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Anna Gutto&#8216;s feature film debut as writer-director, Paradise Highway, starring Juliette Binoche, Frank Grillo, Cameron Monaghan, Hala Finley and Morgan Freeman, is playing in select theaters from July 29. Anna co-directed on the successful 2019 Netflix series Home for Christmas and in 2020, Anna initiated Kids Speak Up, a project for kids and families to join the anti-racism movement. Norway-born screenwriter and director Gutto started her career in the theater, earning accolades such as “universally excellent” in The New York Times. She received her MFA in Film Directing at Columbia University, where she graduated with Honors in 2016. A U.S. green card holder, she relocated from New York to Los Angeles the same year. Her short film A Lucky Man is a Sloan Foundation winner and her short films have been playing festivals and gathering awards internationally and domestically. Mommy Heist was bought by FR3 and is currently broadcast in the Courte Libre program. Anna also directs commercials and music videos.

Anna Gutto

Film

The Wonder of Stories Hiding in Plain Sight

Van Ditthavong was born in Vientiane, Laos and immigrated to the U.S. when he was four years old. He began his career as an award-winning still photographer before transitioning to filmmaking. His feature directing debut, <a href="http://www.allroadstopearla.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All Roads To Pearla</a>, starring Alex MacNicoll, Addison Timlin, Nick Chinlund, and Dash Mihok and produced by Red Entertainment and goPOP FILMS, is in theaters and on demand from September 25th. It world premiered in competition at the 26th Austin Film Festival and is nominated for the 2020 Texas Independent Film Award by the Houston Film Critics Society. Van is also the founding partner and executive producer of goPOP FILMS – a creative content studio and production company representing some of the most exciting directors working today. He has taught at the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles) and UCLA Extension – where he received the 2015 Outstanding Instructor of the Year honor for the Visual Arts Department.

Van Ditthavong

Texas and the Lost Girls

human trafficking