My Directorial Debut.

Lily’s Mirror - Synopsis

Struggling with phantom-limb syndrome after a dinner date severs her hand, Lily is given a therapeutic mirror box that enables an unexpected paranormal ability. A super inventive experimental dramedy that tackles the dead-serious subject of gendered violence and the social conditionings that enable it.

– Mitch Davis, Artistic Director
Fantasia International Film Festival

Lily’s Mirror. Co-written and co-directed with Adam Pinney. Produced by Megan Dahl.

Festivals.

U.S. Premiere - Genre Blast - September 3, 2022

European Premiere - Motel/X - September 12, 2022

French Premiere - Court Metrange - September 29, 2022

Northeastern U.S. Regional Premiere - Montclair Film Festival - November 2022

Mid-Western U.S. Regional Premiere - FilmQuest - October 2022

Southern U.S. Regional Premiere - Miami Short Film Festival - November 2022

Georgia Premiere - Rome Int'l Film Festival - November 2022

U.K. Premiere - ShortCom - November 2022

Spanish Premiere - Maniatic Film Festival - November 2022

Alabama Premiere - George Lindsey Film Festival - March, 2023

Atlanta Premiere - Atlanta Film Festival - April 2023

North Carolina Premiere - Carrborro - Nov 2023

Awards.

Best Short Film - GenreBlast 2022,

Vanguard Award - George Lindsey Festival 2023,

Best Actor, Short Films (Linnea Frye) - DTLA 2023

Best Short Film - GenreBlast 2022, Vanguard Award - George Lindsey Festival 2023, Best Actor, Short Films (Linnea Frye) - DTLA 2023

Nominations.

GenreBlast 2022 - Best Actress (Linnea Frye), Best Comedy Short, Best Short Film (WINNER)

Miami Short Film Festival 2022 - Best Narrative Short

FilmQuest 2022 - The Minerva Award (embodies empowerment of the female filmmaker)

ShortCom 2022 - Best Comedy Short

George Lindsey Film Festival 2023 - Vanguard Award (WINNER)

Atlanta Film Festival 2023 - Best Georgia Short

DTLA Film Festival 2023 - Best Actor (Short Films) - Linnea Frye (WINNER)

Reviews.

“A fresh and engaging satire from co-writers/co-directors Linnea Frye and Adam Pinney, Lily’s Mirror is a brilliant, hilarious, wholly inventive, and ultimately damning takedown of the quotidian nature of gendered violence and society’s laissez-faire attitude toward male entitlement.”

— Valeska Hexpot
Anatomy of a Scream

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“I found myself nodding, laughing, and exclaiming, “This is sheer perfection.” Highlighting women going to bat for other women and the fragility of the white man, Lily’s Mirror could easily be an entire series or feature film.”

— Liz Whittemore
Alliance of Women’s Film Journalists

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“Steeped in black humor, but delivered dead straight, this is a film focused on pointing up absurdities in the real world. There are no weak links in the cast, all of whose members work well together, and Frye makes us feel for Lily even when she shows surprisingly limited concern for herself.”

— Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film

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The idea of gendered violence, and the social structure that empowers perpetrators while shaming victims, is explored with inventive creativity and wit.”

— Stephanie Malone
Morbidly Beautiful

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“This movie exists in its own world with its own rules, a place at once brighter and darker than our own. I loved every single minute of this short and it definitely deserves to be a full-length movie.”