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Film Threat Review
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Film Threat Review
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“The universal becomes highly personal — and overwrought special effects take a welcome holiday — in Janet Grillo’s The Warm Season”

— Dean Lamanna for Film Threat.

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Winner Best Cinematography Santa Fe Film Festival
Winner Best Cinematography Santa Fe Film Festival

“The camera work by Sarah Brandes, always stylishly framed, fluidly moves, or hovers omnisciently overhead.”

— Dean Lamanna for Film Threat.

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Bloody Disgusting Review
Bloody Disgusting Review

“The Warm Season succeeds because writer Adam Seidel and director Janet Grillo craft an intriguing concept”

— Alex DiVincenzo for Bloody Disgusting.

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Winner Director’s Award Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival
Winner Director’s Award Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival

The Festival Director’s Award was presented to The Warm Season!

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Bloody Disgusting Review
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Bloody Disgusting Review
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“Carie Kawa and Michael Esparza are equally affecting counterparts, with the former’s raw performance balanced by the latter’s candor.”

— Alex DiVincenzo for Bloody Disgusting. Read the full review.

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  • BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL

    Screened on May 22, 2023 @ 6:20 pm
    Cinema Village, 22 E 12 St, New York City

  • SCI-FI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

    SCI-FI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

    Screened on June 2, 2023 @ 8:30 pm
    The Garden Cinema.

    Details
  • ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    Proud to be selected as the Opening Night Film on April 19, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
    Mercado Annex, also played April 23rd @ the Screening Room.

  • MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL

    MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL

    Screened April 23 @ 10:00 pm
    Oriental Theatre
    May 4 @ 7:30 pm Times Cinema.

  • THE SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

    THE SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

    Screened February 18, 2023 @ 10:30 am MST New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM.

    WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Review
  • BOSTON SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL

    BOSTON SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL

    Screened February 18, 2023 @ 12:30 pm EST
    Somerville Theatre, Davis Square, Somerville, MA. WINNER - FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S PRIZE

    Review
  • SILICON BEACH FILM FESTIVAL

    SILICON BEACH FILM FESTIVAL

    Screened September 13, 2023 @ 7:30 pm at TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood

  • WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

    Screened September 29, 2023 @ 7:30 pm @ Orpheum Theatre, Saugerties, NY

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Click here for Short Redhead Reel Reviews. “captivating, award-winning, creative, well-written, humorous”.

Click here for Mike Haberfeiner’s review for (Re)search My Trash. Named to 2023 Hot Picks list.

Click here for Darren Lucas’ review for Movie Reviews 101.

Click here for Yitzi Weiner’s interview with producer Julie Crosby for Authority Magazine.

Click here for Dean Lamanna’s review for Film Threat.

Click here for Alex Divincenzo’s review for Bloody Disgusting.

Click here to listen to Kevin Scott’s review for Echo Chamber (review begins 13 minutes into the podcast)

Click here for the interview with Will Gadea at IdeaRocket, The Warm Season’s VFX house.

Click here for Film Daily’s review of The Warm Season’s early reception on the festival circuit.

Click here for Alexandra Hidalgo’s interview with Director Janet Grillo and Producer Julie Crosby for Agnes Films.

Click here to listen to Nazneed Rahim’s interview with lead actor Carie Kawa, cinematographer Sarah Brandes and producer Julie Crosby for KSFR’s CinemaScope podcast.

Click here to listen to Honey Harris’s interview with Carie Kawa for The Big Show.