Anna Lakomy: judge at Greenwich International Film Festival
An activist before she was an actress, Anna was thrilled to be a judge at the Greenwich International Film Festival, in which she was on the jury for the documentary feature film series along with Nina Davenport and Asli Coker.
The team chose "Hooligan Sparrow" for the main award due to the risk-taking and fully independent approach of Nanfu Wang to expose the harrassment and other illegal ramifications of the activist work of Ye Haian who aims to protest the sex abuse going on in her home country of China.
Anna was also excited to meet Oona Laurence of Little Boxes who will be attending in the fall the same "fame" high school in NYC that Anna graduated from.
Anna Lakomy stars opposite Julia Montgomery
Actress Anna Lakomy stars opposite Julia Montgomery (One Life to Live, Revenge of the Nerds) in an edgy sci-fi short, “Appetence.”
The film is about a loving, but manipulative stage mom (Montgomery) who convinces her idealistic and ambitious starlet daughter (Lakomy) to “stop eating to save the world” and ignites the Feeder Diet Revolution that propels her to ultimate stardom – but at what price?
The idea for this edgy sci-fi short came when writer/executive producer Paul Cenzoprano was pondering about what may cause people to stop eating in the future and realizing it would probably be due to a fad launched by Hollywood.
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Anna Lakomy's film takes on sexual violence in the military
Lakomy decided to write and produce “Brave Little Soldier” after reading about how women couldn’t join specialized units in Afghanistan due to the ban on females in combat (a policy the Obama administration has since announced is changing).
She said many women soldiers actually fulfill the same combat-related tasks as men in the military, but don’t get the official recognition. This means they can’t receive certain benefits and promotions.
“It seems extremely unfair,” Lakomy said.
She is “shocked” at the level of sexual violence against women in the military, calling it “an occupational hazard” that is ignored. When women victims do speak up, they often are labeled as mentally ill and discharged, she said. [...]
Anna Lakomy gets movie role opposite French actor Gerard Depardieu
Actress Anna Lakomy has finished shooting her role in a film with Gerard Depardieu.
“Welcome to New York” is being directed by Abel Ferrara, an independent filmmaker known for such movies as “Bad Lieutenant,” “King of New York” and “The Funeral.”
Lakomy, plays the role of a young female aide. This was her first principal speaking role in a major motion picture.
“It was such an exhilarating experience.,” Lakomy said of performing in the film. “Abel gave us a lot of creative freedom as the two scenes were mostly improvised, and working with Gerard was surreal as I remember watching him in ‘Asterix and Obelix’ when I was a little girl. Everyone on set was so supportive and helpful.” [...]
Movie with Anna Lakomy to be shown at film festival
Actress Anna Lakomy will attend the 10th annual Big Apple Film Festival in New York City, where a comedic short film in which she appears will be shown.
It has been previously screened at the Coney Island Film Festival and the Pollygrind Film Festival in Las Vegas. Lakomy plays the news anchor that relates the breaking news throughout the short.
Joe DeAngelo, producer of “Vamp,” said of Lakomy: “From the moment Anna auditioned, I knew I wanted her in the film. She had presence and owned the room when she walked in. Her confidence made the audition perfect and made her quite memorable.” [...]
Anna Lakomy travels to Cannes for film premiere
Lakomy said while “Welcome to New York” was not part of the film festival’s competition, “it was the most talked about one, and the tickets to the screening were the most coveted.”
Lakomy was planning to travel to France with an actress from New York City, who also appears in the film. “I’m looking forward to seeing the team I worked with on this film,” Lakomy said before leaving on the trip.
Later, while in Cannes, she said she was having “a phenomenal time” and “had fallen in love with southern France.” [...]
Anna Lakomy talks to Artists on Demand about "Brave Little Soldier"
Anna Lakomy speaks to Lisa Becker form Artists on Demand about her short film "Brave Little Souldier" which she wrote, directed and starrs in as Jenny, an elite female soldier who returns from Afghanistan with a dark secret.
Anna talks about the sexual violence that many women endure in the military and about how most of these cases are covered up. She also is happy to announce that since the filming of the short, the US law has changed and women will now be allowed to officially serve in Special Forces.
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