Indie Film Nation Video Podcast #061: Shauna MacDonald (co-writer/director & actress) of Tru Love (Canada), 2013, dramatic feature film.
Shauna MacDonald is an accomplished actress in both television and feature films with 79 credits with appearances in Saw 3D:The Final Chapter, Degrassi: The Next Generation
Shauna co-directors this touching story with Kate Johnston about TRU, 37, who is a serial bed-hopping lesbian who cannot commit to a relationship or a job for long, until she meets ALICE, 60, a beautiful widow, who has come to town at the last minute to visit her daughter, SUZANNE, 35, a too-busy corporate lawyer and Tru’s friend. Alice and Tru begin to forge an unlikely friendship.
For more information on Tru Love visit the official website, twitter, facebook, Vimeo and youtube
Tru Love is available in the USA on DVD from Wolfe Releasing and will be screening at the 2015 Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney Australia on the 20th February 2015.
Tru Love has collected an impressive array of awards during its festival release.
WINNER! Audience Award, Best Dramatic Feature
Fort Worth Q Film Festival
WINNER! Audience Award, Best Women’s Film
Pittsburgh’s Real Q Film Festival
WINNER! Best Actress, Kate Trotter
Iris Prize Festival
WINNER! OUTtv People’s Choice for Best Feature Film
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
WINNER! Audience Award for Best Women’s Feature
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
WINNER! Audience Award for Best Feature
Gaze International Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
WINNER! Audience Award for Best Feature
Out Takes New Zealand
WINNER! Best Actress, Kate Trotter (tie)
San Diego Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
WINNER! Best International Film
San Diego Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
WINNER! Audience Award, Best Feature
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival
WINNER! Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival
WINNER! Best Feature Film
Kashish Mumbai
WINNER! Best Actress, Kate Trotter
Kashish Mumbai
WINNER! Audience Award, Best Feature
Outfilm CT, Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Fest