Feature    (FESTIVALS)

Feature    (FESTIVALS)

Short   (FESTIVALS)

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SCRAP 

43   FILM  FESTIVALS,   23   AWARDS,   41  NOMINATIONS.

​​Deauville-American Film Festival - World Premiere​; NOMINATED: Jury Award Grand Prize 
Cinequest - U.S. Premiere; NOMINATED: Jury Award Best Feature
Galway Film Fleadh
Naples International Film Festival - WON: Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature
Phoenix Film Festival - WON: Special Jury Prize in Acting Achievement (Vivian Kerr) 
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival - NOMINATED: Best Cast Ensemble
Micheaux Film Festival - WON: Outstanding Actress, Outstanding Cinematography; NOMINATED: Outstanding Directing, Writing​
Woods Hole Film Festival 
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
​Buffalo International Film Festival 
SOHO International Film Festival - WON: NYWIFT Award for Excellence in Narrative Directing; NOMINATED: Best Acting Performance in a Leading Role (Anthony Rapp), Best Acting Performance in a Leading Role (Vivian Kerr), Best US Showcase Feature Film
Montana International Film Festival - WON: MINT Spirit Award
Port Townsend Film Festival - WON: Jury Special Commendation - Best First Feature
Golden Door International Film Festival - NOMINATED: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress
Fargo Film Festival - ​WON: Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature
Mystic Film Festival - WON: Best Actor (Anthony Rapp), Best Director (Vivian Kerr) 
Fayetteville Film Festival - WON: Best Narrative Feature
Twin Cities Film Festival
Coronado Island Film Festival - WON: Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature
Sedona International Film Festival
Ojai Film Festival
Lake County Film Festival 
Cinema on the Bayou 
El Dorado Film Festival
Beaufort International Film Festival - WON: Best Actress; NOMINATED: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actor (Anthony Rapp), Best Score
Omaha Film Festival
We Make Movies International Film Festival - NOMINATED: Best Feature Film 
FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival - WON: Best Director, Best Actress, Best Young Actor; NOMINATED: Breakout Performance, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Mela Hudson Award
LA Femme International Film Festival - NOMINATED: Best Director 
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival - ​NOMINATED: Best Feature, Best Actress
New Bedford Film Festival - ​NOMINATED: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performer, Best Original Score
Bare Bones International Film Festival - ​WON: Robert Rodriguez Indie Auteur of the Year, NOMINATED: Best Actress
Rutherford Film Festival
HollyShorts Monthly Screenings
Long Island International Film Expo - WON: Best Feature, Best Actress; NOMINATED: Best Director
Waco Independent Film Festival - WON: Best Director; NOMINATED: Best Feature, Best Performance
Lonely Seal Film Festival
Fort Smith International Film Festival
Phoenixville Film Festival
El Paso Film Festival
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival - WON: Best Feature, Best Lead Performance
SModcastle Film Festival - WON: Best Feature; NOMINATED: Best Actor in a Feature, Best Ensemble
Orlando Film Festival

"Scrap marks the very promising debut of Vivian Kerr as a director...a perfect example of what American independent Hollywood cinema should be...with carefully crafted dialogue, committed actors...perfectly mastered script and direction..."
- Mulderville

"...quietly yet beautifully captures a narrative tapestry of the influence of past traumas...Kerr seems to have such an innate understanding of Beth that you'll find [yourself] wondering whether she's intimately familiar with this story or if this is simply the cinematic vehicle showing Hollywood her immense range...With intelligence and insight, Scrap brings all of these complexities to life and one can only hope it finds the audience it so richly deserves." 
- The Independent Critic

"...imbued with the finest hours of Woody Allen cinema, although closer to Noah Baumbach from the Frances Ha era...a real success, uniting the tones wonderfully in an assembly that seems improbable, but surprisingly well balanced...an amazing, funny and often touching film." 
- Toute La Culture

"[5 out of 5 stars]...Kerr does a remarkable job capturing the emotional rollercoaster involved in such situations and weaves an intricate tale...The cast shines. Kerr’s script is tight and accurate, giving her characters solid ground and dialogue on which to play. Rapp and Kerr are wonderful together, and Parrilla is perfection...Kerr has earned her place as a director with this feature film version...Scrap has rich themes that reflect her understanding of serious situations relating to personal and complicated relationships...Bravo to Kerr."
- True View Reviews

"a wonderful echo of what the ’70s ushered in with such grace with the likes of Hal Ashby, Bob Rafelson, Robert Altman, and Sidney Lumet...Writer/director Kerr has peppered her story with real heartfelt people...Vivian Kerr, like her ’70s predecessors, delivers real people in real-life situations that so many of us can relate to...a wonderful little film..."
- The Movie Guys
 
"SCRAP is a scrappy little film...beautiful cinematography and strong performances...beyond heartfelt."  ​
- Behind the Lens

"It's really good writing...The direction is so simple and clean...Vivian is a star in the making. She's excellent on screen, a very talented actor, writer, and director, so I'm very interested to see where she goes in the future. Watch this space. Vivian Kerr is on the rise." 
- Galway Film Podcast

"Kerr lives in the role...Rapp is excellent...SCRAP would do well as a series. Kerr gives us just enough backstory to reel us in, and there is a complexity that drives Beth and Ben...I feel compelled to ask Kerr for more of this family. The film speaks to a vast number of Americans struggling to stay afloat. It is unimaginably relatable."
- Reel News Daily

"Kerr evokes questions of femininity and motherhood...​a story of redemption and reconciliation that invites us to find what is really significant in our own lives." 
- Le Bleu du Miroir

​"Vivian Kerr succeeds in placing cinematic accents with Scrap in a portrait that illustrates the contrast between dream and reality in sunny Los Angeles." 
- FilmKrant

"The shame of her own situation is present for Beth, and Kerr does a stellar job of expressing this personally, as well as through the dynamic of her relationship with Ben; herself and Rapp creating a familiarity with one another that speaks to their sibling bond throughout...It’s a film that values honesty, swallowing your own pride, and owning your truth...its organic nature and performances continually shine through."
- The AU Review

​"...a Woody Allen-style American chronicle that evokes complicated subjects with lightness and humor."
- Bulles de Culture

"There’s an emotional relevance that exists throughout Scrap...in the moments of comedy, the things that come out of the characters’ mouths are hilarious, absurd, and a true reflection of the word vomit that can often arise in real life...an effective and emotionally-driven film."
-Bain's Film Reviews​

"...an important message told with a wealth of empathy that never disappears even as Beth spirals deeper and deeper into depression and denial...Kerr is very good in the role." 
- Jared Mobarek, Rotten Tomatoes

"Though it’s her first feature length work as director, Kerr handles the film with confidence, keeping it smooth enough on the surface for us to appreciate the turbulence underneath." 
- Eye for Film

"...intensely dramatic and infused with a uniquely comedic swagger...SCRAP is a gem of a movie."​
- The Word

"Scrap could have just been another film about a stunted adult breezing through life oblivious to the real consequences of their choices. Director/writer/star Vivian Kerr takes the familiar subject and makes her debut full length film a far more engaging examination of pride, dashed dreams, family bonds and parenthood...The script is very well done with relatable characters and just the right mix of natural humor...fresh perspectives and a charming, talented cast."
- Jeffrey Lyles, Rotten Tomatoes

"What sets this film apart from a lot which follow a similar line, is how committed Vivian Kerr is to making Beth feel real...Vivian Kerr’s directorial effort is solid but it’s her performance that comes out on top. It’s relatable, messy and honest...Scrap is a hugely relatable feature debut... There’s a strong ensemble at work, led by a wonderfully brash and candid performance from Kerr."​
- Film Carnage

"SCRAP is shot as well as any studio production and the cast is fantastic. Rapp as Ben is a delight to watch...Vivian Kerr, doing triple duty on this movie, plays the role of a young, troubled mother figuring out the complexities of how the world works without a safety net with empathy and a natural realness."​
- Film Snobbery

"...Vivian Kerr's painful, joyous drama about a headstrong woman's descent into homelessness and delusion is an authentic portrait of a sibling relationship that is loving but dysfunctional...Kerr and Rapp give beautiful, layered performances."
- Christopher Lloyd, FilmYap 

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JULIAN

LA Shorts International Film Festival
Tallgrass Film Festival
Charlotte Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Port Townsend Film Festival 
Rogers Short Film Festival
Micheaux Film Festival
SModcastle Film Festival - NOMINATED: Best Screenplay (Cory Stonebrook), Best Actor in a Short (Stephanie Drake), Best Short Comedy
Anchorage International Film Festival

“A hugely enjoyable short...a small cast of three who are skillful comedic actors…great deadpan reactions and masterful use of silent takes and pauses...Kerr shows strength in her direction by not allowing the quirkiness that surrounds the characters to overpower them.”​ 
-Screen Critix
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"...a short film that seems to delight in its weirdness but never completely sheds its complex undertone...
Vivian Kerr's direction of "Julian" is excellent... a funny concept put together expertly by a small group..." 
- Indy Red
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"...sturdy dialogue, excellent performances and well-crafted camera and direction... it both explores the pervasiveness of psychological manipulation with lightness and levity -- and finds compassion for the dysfunction...The actors -- Kerr as Brynn, Stephanie Drake as Marlow and Joel Kelley Dauten as Max -- are each committed to their characters' respective truths, making for both conflict and comedy... with the skill of the performances and writing, the short has genuine emotional resonance."
- Omeleto

"As Brynn, Kerr plays the emotional center of the piece...Kerr brilliantly walks that delicate line between being civil and exploding with rage at the reality of the situation."
- Film Threat

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