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False Awakening Productions

Highlighting the human condition through non-traditional writing & filmmaking, and in doing so, inspiring profound thought and reflection.

Ania MacIndewar is a Massachusetts filmmaker and recent graduate of Fitchburg State University. She has spent her entire life chasing the high of expressing herself through visual media. With passions ranging from cinematography to illustration and writing, she strives to tell compelling stories through her art.

Allison Thompson is an aspiring producer, director, writer, sound designer, and recent graduate of Fitchburg State University. Allison’s passion is telling stories, whether it be through her writing, filmmaking, or theater production. Her main goal is to tell underrepresented narratives and spark meaningful change through film.

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Lisa Olivieri is an award-winning documentary filmmaker in the Boston area. Her first documentary, Blindsided, is an intimate portrait of a female artist slowly losing her sight and hearing while surviving her abusive girlfriend. The film has won numerous awards, including the Artistic Achievement Award in Directing from the qFLIX Film Festival/Worcester, and the Jury Award for Best Documentary from The Women’s Film Festival/Philadelphia. Blindsided aired on Maine Public Television in 2016 and received national grants from LEF Foundation, Frameline Film and Video Completion Fund, Women in Film Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Olivieri is best known for her ability to coax and capture unwavering raw and intense footage from her subjects. She is currently on tour with her second documentary, Recovery City, about women in recovery in Worcester, MA.

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DK is a freelance creative from Massachusetts and writer/director of the short film, Mercy.

DK's main areas of focus are photography, videography, and filmmaking. 

DK is someone who feels the most creatively inspired by music. DK's ultimate dream is to connect their work with this medium. 

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Growing up in his home country of Cape Verde, his mother would buy him coloring pencils and clay to keep him busy. His high school years at Brockton High School engraved into his mind an obsession with expressing his thoughts via oil paint and clay sculpting... and as an adult living in San Francisco, he accidentally discovered his next transition as an artist: filmmaking.

Favorite Anawan Project...

I've always known that we had a real solid group of ambitious and resourceful creatives...but it wasn't until Vindicta that our ambitons were put to the test. To take a project of that scope on with very little money was a huge risk, but one that we looked at dead in the eye and conquered. After that project, it became clear that we have the right team, and that the inevitable is around the corner.

Favorite Movie Character...

The Joker from The Dark Knight

Favorite Film Quote...

"I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it" - The Joker, The Dark Knight

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