Olive And Mocha

* "Fast Times at Sugar High" plays the Austin Film Festival on October 22nd and 23rd. Click here for details.

* "Fast Times at Sugar High" plays the Gadabout Traveling Film Festival on Sunday, October 9th @ 10:00pm. Click here for details.

* "Fast Times at Sugar High" wins the audience award at the Seattle Sketch Festival on October 6th. Read all about it here.

* "Fast Times at Sugar High" plays the Hammer Museum's Flux Screening on 9-15-11.See pictures from the event here.

*Our new short "Olive & Mocha: Fast Times at Sugar High" is up! See it here.

* Leila Fakouri's been added as our Production Designer! See her bio here!

* Suzi's short, "The Spring of Sorrow" plays the Tribeca Film Festival.

* The reviews are in for Dear Lemon Lima! See the good news here.

* "Dear Lemon Lima" actress Melissa Leo wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. See clip of her dropping F bomb here!

* "Dear lemon Lima" gets distribution from Phase 4 Films.

* New DP added to film crew. We welcome Sarah Levy who's previous work includes working on "The Office," "Brave New Voices," and "30 Days." See her bio here!

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We want to make a hilarious comedy starring a cast full of women. We want to make a movie that makes us laugh really hard and that we also see ourselves in. We want to make a comedy where the women steal the show. Where they get to fart, fight and fuck as good as the boys and in the end still, get the last laugh. We think girls are funny and we want the chance to prove it.

In keeping with our girl power theme, we've chosen to keep the staff our entire creative team with women. We did this, not only to make the movie we want to see, but to serve as an inspiration to female filmmakers all over the world.

As we worked to bring women into the process of making this movie, we were blown away at the talent that agreed to sign up. So, to prove what this team could do, we shot a 3 minute teaser called "Olive and Mocha: Fast Times at Sugar High". The short takes our two main characters and visits them as small children in the 80's. You can see it above in our main video or watch it below.

The Producers of "Olive and Mocha" have been engaged in the process of making this film since the spring of 2010. We started off by setting up the appropriate legal frameworks and bringing on a trusted Line Producer who developed a sound budget for the project. After locking in several key positions like Director and DP, we took the script to the American Film Market in August 2010 to meet with dozens of production companies and test the waters. Not only is this an untapped genre, but we're on the front lines of a, soon to be, hot topic... raunchy girl comedies. Natalie Portman's got her fingers in two to be released and we know, if Natalie's in, we're on the right track.

A good movie starts with a good script and "Olive and Mocha" is not only funny and fresh, but its also got tons of attitude. Stay tuned to hear the rest of this story as it unfolds.