Lady Hunters
Synopsis: Three best friends, on a moms’ weekend retreat to the Adirondacks, learn a heinous gang rapist has been released from prison nearby. Incensed by the atrocious nature of the crime against a teenaged girl, and incarceration of only one of the perpetrators, the women find themselves novice killers and arbiters of justice.
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Marianne Hardart (Maya)
Angela Atwood (Hilde)
Roy J Buck (Guy)
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David Bertoni
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Director's Statement
Lady Hunters began as a conversation between my great friend Lara Buck Antolik (co-star & co-executive producer) and I when the news about Bill Cosby first came out. That game-changing weekend, we found ourselves fantasizing ways we’d punish rapists if we had the opportunity, usually with rather violent results that had us rolling with laughter at the same time. It was extremely therapeutic! Our three co-stars are all graduates of the William Esper Studio. Thanks to the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant and my terrific DP Lauretta Prevost (this was our fourth project together), we were able to tell a story that’s been a very long time coming, with remarkable equipment, stunning footage, and beautiful performances by a truly ensemble cast.
Director's Bio
Angela Atwood is a Missouri-born, Buffalo-bred, William Esper Studio graduate, NYC-based director/actor/writer/producer in Yarmouth, Maine. Her time spent living in Moscow, Russia and Frankfurt, Germany as a girl, then raising her own daughter and son to adulthood in NYC, imbue her films and writing with specific life experience on common horizons, tackling themes of repression and injustice with humanity and humor.
Awards
Detroit Shetown - United States - 2018
Best Film (Angela Atwood, Writer-Director)
Women in Horror - United States - 2018
Best Writing (Angela Atwood, Writer)
Nightmares - United States - 2018
Best Cinematography Short (Lauretta Prevost, Cinematographer)
Manhattan Film Festival - United States - 2018
Best Adventure (Angela Atwood, Writer-Director)
Women in Horror - United States - 2018
Best Socially Conscious Narrative (Lara Buck Antolik and Angela Atwood)
Alternative Film Festival - Canada - 2019
Best Mystery / Suspense / Thriller (Angela Atwood, Writer-Director)
Sick Chick Flicks - United States - 2019
Best Cinematographer (Lauretta Prevost, Cinematographer)
Sick Chick Flicks - United States - 2019
Sick Chick Flick Award (Angela Atwood, Writer-Director)
PA Indie Shorts - United States
Best Thriller (Angela Atwood, Writer-Director)
Nominations
Women in Horror - 2018
Best Performance Short
GenreBlast - 2019
Best Director
Female Eye - Canada - 2018
Best Short Film
Nightmares - 2018
Best Thriller Short
Women in Horror - 2018
Indie Spirit
Women in Horror - United States - 2018
Best Thriller Short
Detroit Shetown - United States - 2018
Best Director
New York Istanbul - Turkey - 2020
Best Female Director
Official selection
Lady Filmmakers Festival - United States - 2019
Women Make Waves - Taiwan - 2019
Artemis Women in Action - 2019
Hollywood New Directors - Honorable Mention - 2019
Fabulosis - United Kingdom - 2019
Quotes
"This project promises great action and a space to laugh at the world’s absurdity. More importantly, though, its protagonists speak to the very real situation in which many of us now find ourselves: first-time, ordinary people who must step up, speak out, and take action.” - Kelsey Moore, Women and Hollywood
“Blunt and meaningful, Lady Hunters delivers a powerful punch … a favorite among a stellar lineup of female filmmaking talent.” - Claire L. Smith, Morbidly Beautiful
“The best short of the lot, in my opinion, is Lady Hunters.” - Chloé Harper Gold, Nightmarish Conjurings
“The whole film unfolds with the sort of cadence and sleekness that only comes with a truly adept and skillful director guiding the story and performances, and Atwood’s precision is without exception on display here.” - Mike Madigan, Detroit Shetown Film Festival
