PRESS

PlayStation Unveils Winners of Emerging Filmmakers Program

Feature film script All Your'n scored multiple 8s
and is currently trending on The Black List.

TV Writing Contest
Quarterfinalist

Big Break
Quarterfinalist

Pilot Launch TV
Quarterfinalist

New PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers Pilot Features a Trans Teen

College Television Awards Nominee
Trying to Fuck: A Modern Day Romance

Vanessa King and Miranda Sajdak's Pilot TWO ROADS Starring Jennifer Bareilles is Available Now on PlayStation

PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers Program Names Winners

Festival Coverage

The College Television Awards
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 52 Years Ago, Las Vegas was Epicenter of a Wild Wedding Rush
Las Vegas Weekly - The Fourth Nevada Women's Film Festival Offered Everything From Naughty Nurses to Social Activists
Beloit Daily News - BIFF Closes out Successful 13th Run
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Dam Short Film Fest Brings Virtual Reality to Boulder City
We Are Moving Stories - Rhode Island Film Festival - I Got You Babe
The Independent - Small State, Big Screen
The Westerly Sun - Films by 3 URI Grads Make the Cut for International Film Festival
The Narraganstt Times - Local Filmmakers to Screen Works at RIIFF
URI Today - Films by URI Graduates Selected for Rhode Island Film Festival
Providence Journal - R.I. International Film Festival Will Screen 300 Movies from 48 Countries
Crescenta Valley Weekly - Local Student's Film Accepted Into Academy Short Competition
Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts - Film Festival Kudos for July
The Good Five Cent Cigar - Alumna's Graduate Film Tells the Tale of 'A Modern Day Romance'
Festival Reviews - Film Review: HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, 12min, USA, Comedy

Awards

The College Television Awards
The Caucus - The Caucus Foundation Awards Grants to 5 Student Filmmakers
Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts - The Caucus Foundation Awards Grants to Chapman Filmmakers
The Orange County Register - Zonta Award Gives Financial Support, Recognition to Three Chapman Filmmakers
Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts - Challenging the Status Quo with Women in Focus 2016

Interviews

Breck Film Fest - Filmmaker of the month
Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts - Alumna Directs Original Pilot for Playstation
VoyageLA - Check Out Ashton Avila's Artwork
Backstage - Director Ashton Avila On Casting Musical Comedy

FILM FestivalS SCREENED

Breckenridge Film Festival *Winner*
Nevada Women's Film Festival *Winner*
Pasadena International Film Festival *Winner*
North Hollywood Cinefest *Winner*
Beloit International Film Festival *Winner*
Glendale International Film Festival *Winner*
Highland Park Film Festival *Winner*
Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival *Winner*
FFTG Awards *Winner*
Terminus Conference + Festival *Nominee*
UCFTI Expo *Semi-Finalist*
LA Shorts International Film Festival
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Dam Short Film Festival
Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival
Panic Fest
Richmodn International Film & Music Festival
Laughlin International Film Festival
Rahway International Film Festival
Skyline Indie Film Fest
SENE Music Film Art Festival
HorrorHound
Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest
Twister Alley Film Festival
Catalina Film Festival
Broad Humor Film Festival
Hoboken International Film Festival
Cat Fly Indie Film Festival
Route 66 Film Festival
Ojai Film Festival
Oakland International Film Festival
Kapow Intergalactic Film Festival
Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival
Prescott Film Festival
Carmel International Film Festival
Action on Film Festival
Goa Short Film Festival
Pune Short Film Festival
Wild Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival
Across the Globe Film Festival
Queens World Film Festival
Global Indie Film Fest

Teaching

The Good Five Cent Cigar - Taking a Slight Break From the West Coast Life
The Good Five Cent Cigar - Students Partner with Alumna, Work on Film Set with Mentors from Los Angeles