Award-Winning Actress Nia Fairweather
Wrote, Produced and Starred in Short Film
Film Also Nominated For ‘Best Writing’
Los Angeles, CA – Diversity in Cannes, the global film movement created by Yolanda Brinkley to promote inclusion at the Cannes Film Festival, announced the winners of the 2020 Short Film Showcase, via a virtual awards ceremony. The event, originally scheduled for May 2020, was postponed as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Award-winning actress Nia Fairweather’s FOUR SEASONS won awards for ‘Director’s Choice’ and ‘Best Score,’ as well as a nomination for ‘Best Writing’. Previously, FOUR SEASONS was awarded the ‘Audience Choice Award’ at the 2020 Chicago Southland International Film Festival, and nominated for ‘Best Narrative’ short film at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival.
FOUR SEASONS follows Charisse (Nia Fairweather) and Braxton (David J. Cook) as they navigate the high and low tides of their relationship. It is a peek into what happens when expectations and things left unsaid collide. Will they be able to ride the seasons of change or be crushed by them? Only time will tell!
“The first international festival I attended as an actress was with a film THE ROE EFFECT at Cannes Festival,” said Nia. “10 years later, here I am as the Writer-Producer-Lead Actress of FOUR SEASONS. I am now steeped in my craft, fortified by things I’ve learned along the way and in gratitude for the mystic way my journey brought me back to the first film community that embraced my work, internationally.”
Check out FOUR SEASONS’ official website and trailer here!
FILMMAKERS, CAST AND CREW:
Directed by Kurt Williamson
Written by Nia Fairweather
Starring Nia Fairweather and David J. Cork
Featuring J. Ivy and Keir Thirus
Produced by Kurt Williamson, Nia Fairweather and Warren Oliver
Director of Photography by Chris Velona
Cinematography by Rafael Gomez
Original Music by Steve Wallace
Edited by Alex Grybauskas
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ABOUT NIA FAIRWEATHER
Nia Fairweather is an award-winning Actress (A New York Christmas Wedding,The Roe Effect, Paralysis) and Writer/ Producer (OORDEEL, Four Seasons) whose work has been featured at the Cannes Film Festival, American Black Film Festival, UrbanWorld Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival and BlackStar Film Fest; on HBO, Nickelodeon, Cinemax, CBS, AspireTV, BET, Centric and Creative Control, to name a few. Currently, Nia is developing New Amsterdam, the feature film adaptation of her viral short film OORDEEL, the TV series expansion of Four Seasons and sharing discoveries along the way FIRE SPUN, an audio short story series. A firm believer in the importance of giving back and community, Nia is a volunteer and supporter of the Assistance League of Los Angeles, A People’s Concern (formerly LAMP Arts), an arts studio and creativity center serving LA’s Skid Row community, GLIDE’s Meal Program, and United Way’s HomeWalk to end homelessness.
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Website: https://www.niafairweather.
ABOUT DIVERSITY IN CANNES
The Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase, with support from Julius Tennon and Academy Award Winner Viola Davis’ JuVee Productions, featured 17 uniquely themed films, from across the globe, in competition. The showcase also featured an additional 20 projects specific to the Black American experience screened as a part of the Black Lives Black Stories Matter edition. The winners were chosen by a distinguished jury of diverse film industry professionals led by Renée Robinson, Jamaica’s Film Commissioner with support from Darren Dean, Kaylon Hunt, Pierre Stefanos, Raphael Bittencourt and Rosa Falu-Carrion. Director’s Choice Award recipients received complimentary badges to the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market as a part of Diversity in Cannes’ Black Filmmaker Global Film Market Initiative, launched last June.