New York City TV Festival hosted a screening and Q&A session of Actress, Janel Tanna, whom some are calling rising Indie film queen, latest short film, Intervention, at the Dolby Screening Room in New York City.
During the New York City TV Festival’s award ceremony, Janel Tanna accepted awards presented by R. Couri Hay for “Best Actress” for her performance in Intervention.
Her co-producer and co-star, Julia Silverman, was on hand where they both accepted the best film award the same night. The 14 minutes and 50-second-long film premiered over the summer during the East Hampton TV festival and has since screened at several festivals around the country. The film has been grateful to receive several accolades to date and has also screened in Hollywood, Arizona, and New Jersey early in this festival season.
Intervention looks at addiction and mental health in an artistic and deep way through what was viewed as a riveting and raw acting performance given by Janel, the lead in the piece. In addition to the accolades received for this film, the actress has received many awards in the past for her leading role and screenwriting for Sienna’s Choice (2016). Earlier this year, she also graced the cover of Maxim and was honored as one of Maxim’s 2019 Hot 100.
Guests included: Steve Stanulis, R. Couri Hay, Designer Aya Islamova, Roberto Rizzo, Caroline Johnson, Jean Shafiroff and Dr. Sharyn Lewin.
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Janel Tanna, Robert Rizzo, Julia Silverman