Mark your calendars & join us at the Cincinnati Art Museum on Jan 2nd at 7pm for the Cincinnati Premiere of My Days of Mercy. After the film, stay for a discussion with prominent Cincinnati filmmakers Karri O’Reilly, Kristen Schlotman and Amy Bradford. Moderated by Amy Faust.

My Days of Mercy was shot entirely in Cincinnati. Much of the crew was local including many of our Women in Film members! 
Women headed up many of the departments including production, casting, production design, hair, makeup & special effects. . 

Learn for more about our guest speakers below:

 Karri O’Reilly served as an executive producer on my Days of Mercy.  She oversaw the physical production of the film from pre-production to delivery.   Based in Dayton, Ohio,  she is a producer and production manager with extensive multi-state domestic and international experience.  Karri is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.

 AMY BRADFORD, Cincinnati is leading special day effects supervisor, led the effects team on My Days of Mercy. Her effects work can also be seen in Captain America: Winter soldier, Miles Ahead, A Kind of Murder,  Hallmark’s A Christmas Melody and The Old Man and The Gun. 

 KRISTEN SCHLOTMAN is the Executive Director of Film Cincinnati. She has been with the commission since 1997 and began by coordinating production. Her many credits include, The Blunderer, Carol, Miles Ahead, Ides of March, Secretariat, Dreamer, Traffic, In Too Deep, Seabiscuit and Elizabethtown. Kristen was instrumental in developing a relationship with Killer Films and bringing My Days of Mercy to Cincinnati. 

 The panel will be moderated by AMY FAUST. As the key camera assistant & focus puller on “Mercy”, Amy played an integral role in the storytelling of this film. As the only female member of the camera department, Amy was often placed in intimate situations where the actresses would only permit female crew members to be in attendance. Amy is a Local IATSE 600 camera operator and serves on the National Executive Board in the central region. She is a founding, and currently serving, board member of Women In Film Cincinnati. Though she frequently travels for work projects, Amy has been a part of the camera department in virtually every major production in the Cincinnati area. Her clients include Netflix, Killer Films, HBO & MTV.