LOVISA GETS DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR BETTY BANGKOK

Lovisa Inserra got development funds from the Swedish Film Institute to prolong her stay in Bangkok where she is researching her next feature BETTY BANGKOK. A film about a Vietnam vet and his unlikely friendship with a street kid.
bettybangkok.com

NOVEMBER 2008

BUSTER IS THE OPENING NIGHT FILM AT
ZERO FILM FESTIVAL

Monday Dec 1st at 8PM
Gold Bear Academy, 200 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake
zerofilmfest.com

NOVEMBER 2008

LISA GETS PAUL ROBESON FUND
Lisa Russell receives production grant from the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media for her new film,
"The Parliament of One"

fex.org

NOVEMBER 2008

WE WILL NOT DE LIKE DOGS AT
WE THE PEOPLES FILM FEST
"We Will Not Die Like Dogs" directed by Lisa Russell will screen at We the Peoples 2008 Film Festival in London on
November 25th

wethepeoples.org.uk

NOVEMBER 2008

BUSTER PART OF NEWFILMMAKERS SERIES AT ANTHOLOGY
NewFilmmakers NY has selected Lovisa Inserra's feature BUSTER to be part of the New York Winter 2009 Series.

newfilmmakers.com

NOVEMBER 2008

WE WILL NOT DE LIKE DOGS on SNAG FILMS
"We Will Not Die Like Dogs" to debut on Snag Films for World AIDS Day (December 1).
Free screening.

snagfilms.com

NOVEMBER 2008

LISA RUSSELL WRITES ARTICLE FOR
YOUTH MEDIA REPORTER
Liberian (or Non-American) Youth Perspectives on the U.S. Presidential Elections

READ IT HERE

NOVEMBER 2008

BUSTER @ FILMSTOCK IN LUTON
Governess made BUSTER directed by Lovisa Inserra is a part of a special season at Filmstock this year concerning Mental Health and related issues... no idea why... perfectly healthy young man that Buster character.

Wednesday 12th November 6.30 Screen 1

FILMSTOCK.CO.UK

OCTOBER 2008

BUSTER & GOOD MORNING HERR HORST PLAY AT ARIZONA UNDERGROUND
Both Buster and it's title track music video with Mando Diao by Lovisa Inserra are playing at Arizona underground film festival Sunday October 19th at 1:00pm at The Screening Room

AZUNDERGROUND
FILMFEST.COM

OCTOBER 2008

OCHRASY PLAYS AT RAINDANCE

The music video for Mando Diao by Lovisa Inserra will play at Raindance. Friday October 10th 5pm @ Cineworld

RAINDANCE.CO.UK

SEPTEMBER 2008

MYTH OF THE MOTHERLAD HEADS TO KENYA

Lisa Russell's new documentary project "Myth of the Motherland" heads to Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa.

Read our blog: MYTHOFTHEMOTHERLAND.COM

AUGUST 2008

MUSIC @ ROUTE 66

The music from BUSTER will be featured at the Route 66 film festival Sept. 20-21 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. ROUTE66FILMFESTIVAL.NET

SEPTEMBER 2008

BI-RACIAL HAR AT REEL SISTERS FILM FESTIVAL

"Bi-Racial Hair" to screen at Reel Sisters Film Festival. Saturday, Sept 26th, 1:00pm. Kumble Theater, Long Island University.

REELSISTERS.ORG

AUGUST 2008

GOOD MORNING HERR HORST WINS FIRST PLACE AT HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL

At the HollyShorts inaugural music video competition, the festival awarded two winners for Best Music Video, Good Morning Herr Horst Directed by Lovisa Inserra and La Chica Y Su Bolsa Directed by Daniel Campos.

HOLLYSHORTS.COM

AUGUST 2008

LOVISA SHOOTS VIDEO FOR SCOTCH BONNET

Lovisa Inserra does a video for the single I'm Crawling with
Scotch Bonnet (AKA Scotty Karate).
Linda Slater shoots.
Millacent Fearon does makeup from the future.
Album out later this year.

SCOTTYKARATE.COM

AUGUST 2008

HONORED SCREENS AT RHODE ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL

AUGUST 2008

Stephanie Fischette's Honored Screens at the Rhode Island International Film Festival on Wednesday August 6th at 1pm

FILM_FESTIVAL.ORG

HONREDMOVIE.COM

BUSTER SCREEN AT TRUE WEST

Governess-made-super8- feature-spectacle BUSTER screens at the True West film festival in Boise Idaho on August 8th.

TRUEWESTCINEMA.ORG

Their festival trailer is cool.

To see some clips from BUSTER or read ore about the film visit BUSTERFILM.COM

JULY 2008

"WE WILL NOT DIE LIKE DOGS" Airs on PBS

"We Will Not Die Like Dogs" directed by Lisa Russell is part of The AfroPop Series and is being broadcasted on select PBS stations nationwide.

"We Will Not Die Like Dogs," examines the efforts of AIDS activists in Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Burkina Faso. For a list of screenings and more information, visit:
www.wewillnotdielikedogs.com

JULY 2008

BUSTER SCREEN AT MOONDANCE

AUGUST 2008

BUSTER screens at Moondance in Boulder Colorado on August 31st. Alex Emanuel will be there to present.

moondance.com

BUSTERFILM.COM

GOOD MORNING HERR HORST PLAYS AT HOLLY SHORTS

Good Morning Herr Horst will screen at the HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF), August 7-10 in Hollywood.

I'm not going (Lovisa that is) but BUSTER/Cosmo/Herr Horst impersonator will be there.

http://www.hollyshorts.com

JUNE 2008

BUSTER SCREEN AT LILLA FILMFESTIVALEN IN BÅSTAD SWEDEN

AUGUST 2008

BUSTER screens at Lilla Filmfestivalen in Båstad Sweden on August 2nd at 11pm. Emma Dixgård the producer will be there with female lead Sandra Andreis and composer Björn Dixgård from the band Mando Diao.

FILMIBASTAD.SE

BUSTERFILM.COM

OCHRASY WINS AWARD

Do you boast about the bronze?
I guess so.
Ochrasy wins 3rd place in the Music video category at REELHEART.
http://www.reelheart.com/2008/

JUNE 2008

LISA PRODUCES FOR WGBH LAB AND POV OPEN CALL
ON 2008 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Lisa receives
production grant for
"LIBERIA??? CHECK!"
from WGBH Lab's
Open Call with POV on
2008 Presidential elections.

Read her blog about
the production here.

MAY 2008

GOVERNESS IN CANNES
Governess Lovisa Inserra and BUSTER producer Emma K Dixgård is in Cannes this year.
Email to meet up.

MAY 2008
LISA TO ETHIOPIA FOR IPAS

Lisa heads to Ethiopia March 7th-20th to shoot a new film on unsafe abortion.


MARCH 2008
OCHRASY & GOOD MORNING HERR HORST ACCEPTED TO THE REELHEART FILM FESTIVAL
The two music videos Ochrasy & Good Morning Herr Horst for Mando Diao will play at the Reel HeART International Film Festival ( RHIFF) Toronto June 16-21, 2008
Check back for schedule.

www.reelheart.com

MARCH 2008
STEPHANIE WRITES ARTICLE FOR FILMMAKER




"Coming Home" - Stephanie Fischette writes article for Filmmaker Magazine highlighting the indie feature "Superheroes" and films about the war in Iraq in the hearts and minds of American audiences.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

FEBUARY 2008
LISA RECEIVES PRODUCTION GRANT FOR 'BI-RACIAL HAIR'

Lisa receives production grant for "Bi-Racial Hair"
from WGBH Lab's Open Call

READ MORE:
http://lab.wgbh.org/#sp-vid-5

FEBUARY 2008
GOOD MORNING HERR HORST PLAY AT THE AFIA FILM FESTIVAL IN DENMARK




Good Morning Herr Horst will play at AFIA international film & video festival in Denmark this year. Dates are March 12th-17th. We'll post the screening schedule as soon as it's public.

READ MORE:
www.afiafilmfestival.dk

FEBUARY 2008
HONORED SCREENS AT THE FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL
BUSTER HAS AN UNOFFICIAL TEST SCREENING IN GOTHENBURGH


BUSTER has had it's first screening (unoffical test screening mind you) at the Gothenburg International Film Festival. The screening was followed by a discussion about alternative film distribution.
Thanks to all the people that showed up!

Björn Dixgård from Mando Diao played a show the night before with some of the more experimental parts of the film projected in the background.

If you are interested in keeping up to date about future screening send me an email and I'll put you on our mailing list.

BUSTER EMAIL

READ MORE:
www.filmfestival.org

FEBUARY 2008
OCHRASY AND GOOD MORNING HERR HORST PLAY AT THE SUNSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL




Ochrasy and Good Morning Herr Horst will play at the sunscreen film festival this year running March 19th -22nd in St Petersburg Florida
Good Morning Herr horst plays in Short Block 6 7:00-8:45 on Friday March 21st
Ochrasy plays in Short Block 8 4:45-6:00 on Saturday March 22nd

READ MORE:
www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com

FEBUARY 2008
SANDRA ANDREIS ANNOUNCES "LEKPLATS STHLM" IN STOCKHOLM THIS WEEKEND


What happens when a bunch of talented writers, directors, actors and musicians get 36 hours to create a play?
Sandra Andreis has brought together a group of dare devils this weekend in Stockholm to a sold out show where team work, creativity and limited time will define the result. We'll keep you posted.

Get your tickets at
www.playhouseteater.se

JANUARY 2008
OCHRASY NOMINATED AT THE NO EXIT MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL


The Music video Ochrasy got nominated in the No Exit Music Video Festival for Best use of Creativity.

READ MORE:
www.noexitfest.com

JANUARY 2008
OCHRASY SCREENS AT SWEDISH ANIMATION FESTIVAL


Animotion will screen a bunch of animated films at the movie theatre Park in Stockholm on Saturday 12 January at 13.30-18.30 pm.
Ochrasy the music video by Lovisa Inserra with Mando Diao will be one of them.

READ MORE:
http://www.animotion.se/program2008.html

JANUARY 2008
LISA WINS PRODUCTION AWARD FROM WGBH LAB


Lisa's proposal for "Bi-Racial Hair" wins production award from WGBH Lab and National Black Programming Consortium.

READ MORE:
lab.wgbh.org/

DECEMBER 2007
GOOD MORNING HERR HORST AND OCHRASY GETS ACCEPTED TO FESTIVUS


The two Mando Diao videos directed by Lovisa got accepted to the festivus film festival.
The FESTIVUS Film Festival will be held in Denver, Colorado between January 11 and January 13, 2008.

Check back for a schedule of when the music videos will play

www.festivusfilmfestival.com

DECEMBER 2007
GOOD MORNING HERR HORST GETS ACCEPTED TO OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL


7-10 feb in missisipi

www.oxfordfilmfest.com

DECEMBER 2007
GOVERNESS HOLIDAY PARTY


DECEMBER 13th
BAR NINE @ 7pm

(9th Ave btw 53 & 54)

Hope to see you there.

VIEW EVITE

DECEMBER 2007
REVIEWS FOR ERASE


Read about the play Erase that Stephanie is acting in.

ARTFORUM


DECEMBER 2007
BEHIND THE SCENES OF LOVE, LABOR, LOSS


Read Lisa's article on the making of Love, Labor, Loss

RHEALITY CHECK


DECEMBER 2007
STEPHANIE ACTS in ERASE at PARTICIPANT INC !!
the play premieres on monday, nov 19th at 9pm as part of PERFORMA 07.
http://07.performa-arts.org/home.php>

followed by performances:
wednesday, nov 28th - 8pm
thurs/fri nov 29, 30 - 10pm
sat/sun dec 1,2 - 10pm

the play runs about 1 hour, tix are $10 + can be purchased at the door :
PARTICIPANT INC - 253 EAST HOUSTON STREET (B/T NORFOLK + SUFFOLK)


NOVEMBER 2007
HONORED WINS SPECIAL JURY AWARD

HONORED, By Stephanie Fischette, won the ACTION/CUT 2007 Special Jury Award for fiction film.

www.honoredmovie.com

NOVEMBER 2007
MUSIC VIDEOS IN QUEENS INT. FILMFEST

The Mando Diao videos got in to Queens International Film Festival. Join us there on November 9th or sip them in solitude on youtube.
Queens Film Festival site - Good Morning Herr Horst - Ochrasy

OCTOBER 2007
STEPHANIE'S BLOG FOR FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

Stephanie was just in Woodstock with her film Honored. She wrote a blog for filmmaker magazine that you should check out.
Filmmaker magazine blog


OCTOBER 2007
HONORED GETS IN TO THE WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

Honored is screening in Shorts Program 3 at 3:15 Saturday 10/13 and 11:00 am Sunday 10/14. The film is also playing the following week at FilmColumbia in Chatham, NY - screening before "My Country, My Country" on Thursday, Oct 18t
www.honoredmovie.com
OCTOBER 2007
BOOK BY NICOLA BEHRMAN IN STORES NOW


Nicola Behrman's book ,Spark your career in film, is out!
It's a how-to-guide on the film industry that is part of a five part series that Barnes and Noble have put out aimed at recent grads and not-so -recent grads who have always harbored big dreams of working in film.
Buy it here


OCTOBER 2007
LISA RUSSELL PART OF NEW MEDIA LAB
Lisa Russell is part of the National Black Programming Consortium's 2007 New Media Institute! The Institute provides workshops, seminars and events online and in Jackson, Mississippi for a group of talented individuals brought together to create new and exciting New Media projects.
SEPTEMBER 2007
BUSTER GETS FINISHING FUNDS FROM THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE


The Swedish film institute gives BUSTER another grant to help get it finished. No more worrying about being sent to the grave before completion. Thank you for that!

SEPTEMBER 2007
MYTH OF THE MOTHERLAND IS AWARDED NYSCA GRANT


Lisa Russell was awarded a NYSCA grant for Myth of the Motherland, an experimental documentary film that follows a group of young spoken word artists from NYC as they embark on a creative writing journey throughout diverse African countries, meeting with African scholars, writers, artists and others to address myths and misconceptions about the Mother Continent.
Read more about NYSCA here.

AUGUST 2007
BUSTER GETS JEROME FOUNDATION GRANT


Lovisa Inserra was awarded a grant from the Jerome foundation to help finish the experimental super 8mm feature BUSTER.
Read more about the foundation here.

AUGUST 2007
NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR MANDO DIAO
Lovisa Inserra makes a new music video for Mando Diao for their song Ochrasy that they recently played at Live Earth in Hamburg.


"great song, great band, gay vid..."
youtube comment. feel free to leave another...

TAKE A LOOK

JULY 2007
KNITTING FACTORY EVENT JULY 10th
MYTH OF THE MOTHERLAND Benefit Show at the Knitting Factory on July 10th with guest appearence by DJ Spooky

JUNE 2007
BACK FROM CANNES - BUSTER GETS DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FROM THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE
Back from Cannes where Stepahine Fischette had her short film HONORED in the Short Film Corner and Lovisa Inserra had meetings for her feature film BUSTER.
BUSTER got developing funds from the Swedish Film Institute.

JUNE 2007
DRINKING IN CANNES

MAY 2007
HONORED WEBSITE

Visit the official HONORED website.
Honored is a 16mm short directed by Governess Stephanie Fischette.

www.honoredmovie.com

APRIL 2007
GOVERNESS ON YOUTUBE
Take a look at some of our work on YouTube.


LISA RUSSELL

LOVISA INSERRA
JANUARY 2007
LISA RUSSELL ACCEPTS AWARD FOR RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT VICTIMS OF FISTULA
Lisa Russel gets award from The Washington DC area Tesfa Ineste Committee "in regocnition of outstanding service in raising global awareness about victims of fistula"
http://www.ethiomedia.com/addfile/fistula_fundraiser.html

DECEMBER 10 2006
GOOD MORNING HERR HORST
Good Morning Herr Horst - Music video with Swedish band Mando Diao is now released in Europe.

The video contains footage from Governess Films feature film Buster (currently in post).

Go to our website www.busterfilm.com or our myspace page to see the video.

NOVEMBER 2006
COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY SCREENINGS
We Will Not Die Like Dogs, directed by Lisa Russell, screened at APHA on November 6th. For information about community or university screenings, please email lisa@governessfilms.com.

CLICK HERE for a list of speaking engagements
NOVEMBER 2006

NICOLA BEHRMAN'S PLAY OFF BROADWAY

WASPS IN BED
Read more.
OCTOBER 2006
STEPHANIE FISCHETTE COMPLETES 16MM SHORT

HONORED
For more information contact stephanie@governessfilms.com
OCTOBER 2006
FINISHED SHOOTING SUPER 8MM FEATURE BUSTER

BUSTER
We have over 8 hours of footage in the can and are currently in post.
Buster is Governess Films first Narrative feature film. Fore more information please visit: busterfilm.com
SEPTEMBER 2006
GOVERNESS FILMS ON MYSPACE

Befriend your governesses on Myspace.
We'll keep you in the loop of our screenings and events.

VISIT GOVERNESS FILMS MYSPACE PAGE

SEPTEMBER 2006
ARTICLES/REVIEWS

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW WASPS IN BED
Review of Nicola Behrman's Play.


LOVE, LABOR, LOSS
Filmmaker Sharpens U.S. Focus on Fistula
WEnews article on Lisa Russell