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LILY
MARIYE 
- DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER Film and Television
- FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR,
(N.O.W., the National Organization for Women)
- FINALIST, Sundance Feature
Film Lab (“More Than This” - 2007, “The Shangri-la Café” feature – 2001)
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THE SHANGRI-LA CAFÉ, Director/Writer/Producer (2000)
- Winner: Best Short
Film- Moondance Film Festival
- Best Screenplay – Brussels Independent
Film Festival
- 2nd Place Best Short Film, Nashville Independent Film Festival
- 2nd Place Best Short Film, Woodstock Film Festival
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INSTANT FILMS, Director (2002-2003) – Independent film project held every two
months in which eight short films are written, filmed, edited and shown in 48
hours
- BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD, GAFFERS Film Festival (“The Shangri-la Café
feature – 2005)
- BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD, Ohio International Independent
Film Festival (“The Shangri-la Café” feature – 2004)
- MEDIA FUND GRANT,
NAATA, National Asian American Television Association (“The Shangri-la Café” feature
- 2004)
- IFP Emerging Narrative Filmmaker (“The Shangri-la Café” feature
– 2005)
- FINALIST, Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (“The Shangri-la
Café” feature –2003)
- FINALIST, Roy W. Dean grant (“The Shangri-la Café”
feature – 2002)
- “SHADOWED” DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/MENTORS: JONATHAN KAPLAN
AND LESLI LINKA GLATTER on 10 episodes of ER, 2 episodes of Gilmore Girls, 4 episodes
of West Wing; observed concept meetings, location scouts, casting, production
meetings, storyboarding, filming and editing (1998-2004)
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"SHANGRI-LA CAFE"
 (feature length)
Synopsis: The harsh reality of segregated Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959,
is given a poignant, sometimes beautiful vision through the eyes of seven year
old Annie Takahashi, as she observes her blue-collar Japanese-American family,
a Black minister’s family and a Casino Boss and his Showgirl girlfriend weather
life's obstacles. 

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