Trailer of short film "hungry" | Jillie Simon

----Winner: Indie Spirit Award, Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2017, California, USA ----Winner: Award of Outstanding Excellence - Lead Actress, Jillie Simon for Hungry ----Winner: Award of Excellence - International Short Film , music - Thomas Simon for Hungry ----Winner: Special Jury Award - Eric Roberts for Hungry, International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia -----Winner: Golden State Best Performance in an Acting Role - Jillie Simon for Hungry -----Action On Film International Film Festival, California, USA -----Winner: Honorable Mention,The Indie Gathering International Film Festival 2016, Cleveland, Ohio, USA -----Winner: Best Film (Public Service Honoree), Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2016, Pennsylvania, USA - -----Winner: Award Of Merit, Leading actress (Jillie Simon), at the The Indie Fest Film Awards 2015 ------Semi-Finalist: Social World Film Festival 2017, Vico Equense, Italy - ----- Best Featurette Nominee; -Best Actress Nominee- Jillie Simon; -Best Actor Nominee- Alex Emanuel; -Best Ensemble Cast Nominee; -Best Screenwriting Nominee- Jillie Simon; -Best Musical Score Nominee - Thomas Simon; -Best Cinematography Nominee- Alan Hostetter) at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2017, California, USA - -----Best Short Film nominee, at the Long Beach Indie International Film Media and Music Festival 2016, California, USA -----Best Short Film nominee and -Best Actress in a Short Film nominee, at the Other Venice Film Festival 2015, California, USA -----Best Short Film by Women nominee and Best Actress nominee (Jillie Simon), at the Burbank International Film Festival 2015, California, USA -----Official Selection, Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York 2016, New York, USA -----Official Selection, Hoboken International Film Festival 2016, USA ------Official Selection, Golden Door Film Festival 2016, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA - ------Official Selection, Chesapeake Film Festival 2016, Easton, Maryland, USA ------Official Selection, Big Apple Film Festival 2016, New York, New York, USA ------Official Selection, New York Short Film Festival 2016, New York, New York, USA -------Official Selection, BLOW-UP · Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival 2016, Illinois, USA -------Official Selection, Artemis Women in Action Film Festival 2017, Los Angeles, California, USA -------Official Selection, Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -An idealistic grade school teacher has a fear of speaking up in public (other than in front of her kids). But when she finds out that children in her school are going hungry- thanks to federal cutbacks in school lunch programs- it compels her to do things she wouldn't have thought she could do, including confronting a Congressman, in order to help the children. facebook.com/HungryTheShortFilm imdb.com/title/tt3961658/?ref_=nm_flmg_snd_1 ------directed and produced by Jillie Simon and Thomas Simon starring Jillie Simon, Eric Roberts, Alex Emanuel and Victor Colicchio, Verna Hampton, Bettina Bilger, Melissa Murray-Mutch, Nora Armani, Paul Klementowicz, Elizabeth Murray, Harley Kaplan, Richard Lampone, Jason Crow, Ron Barba, Molly Mutch, Bryce Margolis, Siara Koat, Brian Richardson, Karin de la Penha, Charles Gemmill, Julie Berndt, Fred Velde, Toni Purichia Sharon Pinney Narrator: Louisa Bradshaw -------story by Jillie & Thomas Simon :: screenplay by Jillie Simon :: original soundtrack by Thomas Simon :: endorphin records presents, in association with Mabou Mines, Ltd; New York City, USA :: (c) 2015