Good Girls Don’t

Narrative Short Film

Director:
Ana de Lara

Shooting Country:
Burnaby, BC, Canada

Language:
English, Tagalog

Format: ProRes, Color

Length: 14 min.

A comedic short film about a Filipina-Canadian girl who defies her mother’s warnings that she will turn into a boy if she plays basketball.

Winner of the MPPIA Short Film Award

Producers

Producers: Michelle Morris, Ana de Lara Executive Producer: Anita Reilly McGee
Consulting Producers: Kyle Irving, Arielle Boisvert

Trailer

Gallery

Production Partners

Awards

Wins:

2019 Matrix Award, Outstanding Achievement in a BC Short Film, Vancouver Women in Film Festival (CA)
2019 Audience Award, Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festiva (CA)
2019 Best Comedy, Asians on Film Festival (US)
2019 Best Screenplay, Asian on Film Festival (US)
2018 Best Comedy, Asians on Film Festival, Summer Edition (US)
2018 Best Screenplay, Asians on Film Festival, Summer Edition (US)
2018 Spirit Award, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival (US)
2018 Best Director, Broad Humor Film Festival (US)
2018 Audience Award, Dallas Women in Film Flicks by Chicks Festival (US)
2018 Grand Jury Prize, Marcellus Mini Movie Family Film Festival (US)
2018 Category Winner (General Category), Marcellus Mini Movie Family Film Festival (US)
2018 Audience Award (Ages 9-12), KINOdiseea International Children Film Festival (RO)
2018 3^rd Place Best Narrative Short, Women Over 50 Film Festival (UK)
2016 MPPIA Award (Production Grant), 2016 Whistler Film Festival (CA)

Nominated:

2018 Best Canadian Short Film, Vancouver Asian Film Festival (CA)
2019 Best Director, Asians on Film Festival (US)
2019 Best Actress (Evryle Ebora), Asians on Film Festival (US)
2018 Best Director, Asians on Film Festival, Summer Edition (US)
2018 Best Actress (Evryle Ebora), Asians on Film Festival, Summer Edition (US)

Screenings:

Canada: St. John’s International Women Film Festival; Whistler Film Festival; Reelworld Film Festival; Yellowknife International Film Festival; Vancouver Women in Film Festival; Vancouver Asian Film Festival; Vancouver Reel to Real Youth Film Festival; Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival; Eve Film Festival

United States: Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film; Chicago Feminist Film Festival; Chicago Comedy Film Festival; Detroit Shetown Women Film Festival; Dallas Women in Film Flicks by Chicks Festival; Broad Humor Film Festival; Marcellus Mini Movie Family Film Festival; Ithaca Pan Asian Film Festival; Kids First Film Festival;

United Kingdom: London Raindance Film Festival; Women Over 50 Film Festival;

Romania: Short to the Point Film Festival; KINOdiseea International Children Film Festival

India: Arthouse Asia;

Philippines: CineKasimanwa;

United Arab Emirates: World of Women Film Fair