DANK U Amsterdam!
We just won the Van Gogh Award from the Amsterdam Film Festival! We believe Van Gogh would be quite proud. The Amsterdam Film Festival celebrates films that capture both the artistry and progressive nature of world cinema today. Created to recognize and award films that have potential to move audiences and change perceptions, the Amsterdam [...]
Garden State Film Festival
Off to Asbury Park! Thrilled to be a selection in the 2013 GSFF.
Connecticut Film Festival
Proudly and officially selected. We will play numerous times across CT. Dates and times TBA. Thank you!
BEST U.S. NARRATIVE
The International Film Festival Manhattan has awarded THERESA IS A MOTHER its highest award for U.S. Feature films on Thursday November 8, 2012. The event was held at the Philippine Consulate in New York City. Filmmakers from all over the world came to attend the event. It was an honor to be selected and then [...]
BEST ACTOR
Richard Poe has won BEST ACTOR at the 2012 NYC Independent Film Festival. Richard play “Roy McDermott” in the indie feature THERESA IS A MOTHER, winner of BEST FEATURE awards at the Orlando Film Festival and Reel Independent Film Extravaganza. The film also won BEST SCREENPLAY at the same event. Richard is a fantastic actor [...]
BEST FEATURE FILM
THERESA IS A MOTHER is proud to announce it has won BEST FEATURE FILM at the Orlando Film Festival. We traveled there with our whole family and Associate Producer Christine Powers. Drove first to Washington DC then Orlando then back to NYC, all in a few days. Good times, great experience. Thank you Orlando!
BEST DIRECTOR
C. Fraser Press and Darren Press, husband and wife co-directors of the indie feature Theresa is a Mother, have been awarded BEST DIRECTOR at the 2012 Orlando Film Festival. The film went on the win BEST FILM moments later. We are thrilled to be given this award. Orlando was an amazing festival. There were films [...]
BEST SCREENPLAY
NYC Independent Film Festival awarded THERESA IS A MOTHER Best Screenplay in its 2012 competition. Theresa is a Mother was written by C. Fraser Press, Co-Director and star of the award winning indie film. Press also won a BEST ACTRESS award at the Reel Independent Film Extravaganza (RIFE) in Washington DC earlier this month. The [...]
BEST FEATURE FILM
THERESA IS A MOTHER won BEST FEATURE FILM at the 2012 REEL Independent Film Extravaganza in Washington DC. The award ceremony was held at the West End Cinema in beautiful Georgetown.
BEST ACTRESS
C. Fraser Press won BEST ACTRESS AWARD at the 2012 REEL Independent Film Extravaganza in Washington DC for her role as Theresa McDermott in the indie feature film THERESA IS A MOTHER. The October 13th awards ceremony hosted by RIFE was held at the West End Cinemas in beautiful Georgetown. C. Fraser Press also wrote [...]
IFFM 2012
Excited to announce that we are an official selection to the International Film Festival Manhattan. We screen on November 11th at the Quad Cinemas, a well known indie theater in Greenwich Village.
NYC Indie Film Fest
Ok, this is a good story. We received a notice that we were not accepted in the the 2012 NYC Independent Film Festival. Bummer. Never feels good to not get in.We moved on however, need to stay strong. Then a few days later, we received an email stating that they made a mistake and we [...]











