20 Films. $50,000 cash. You're the Judge.
Attend Film Prize in-person or online, watch all 20 short films, and you can vote for the grand prize winner as well as the best acting performance category.
Chicken Bones
Directed by Abby Waters
Inspired by the life of my grandmother, Chicken Bones is the surreal story of a bitter Italian crone from New Orleans (Rita Katerina) hanging to life by a pure thread of spite as she spends the evening in her assisted living home hunting down a forbidden cigarette. All-the-while, a hurricane brings in faces from her past.
Written by Abby Waters
Produced by Jennifer Low
Starring Lu Stand, George Lewis
Cinematography by Nick Shamblott
Edited by Andrew Drazek
Music Composed by Alan Kamen
About the Filmmaker
Abby Waters
Abby Waters is an emerging director who will complete her MFA in Film and Media Arts at Temple University in August. Born in Mississippi and raised as an honorary Cajun in Lafayette, rhizomes to her New Orleans heritage and home, she is made in delta mud. A passionate Louisianan with a background in Clown, Mime, and Mask from the École Lassaad in Belgium; award-winning research in the French Creole literature of Louisiana; and a career in both industry and community production spaces, Abby is committed to making magic from inside the communities whose stories continue to enchant her own imaginary.
