Screening followed by Q&A with: Susie Yankou (Writer/director/producer/ Actor 'Lou'), Sarah Khasrovi (Producer/story by, Actor 'Esther'), and Riley Scott (Producer).

About The Film

Directed by Susie Yankou | 2024 | 88 min

​​20something shitheads Lou and Esther are each other’s best friends, constantly daydreaming about what it would have been like to grow up with a sister. But when Lou’s problematic father dies, she learns that she has a very real, very chic long-lost half sister, which threatens her and Esther’s codependent bliss.

Screenplay by Susie Yankou | Produced by Katie Sue Escher, Susie Yankou, Sarah Khasrovi, Riley Scott | Starring Susie Yankou, Sarah Khasrovi, Kausar Mohammed, Peter Banifaz, Pam Murphy, Anna Garcia, Sarah Catherine Hook

About The Director

Susie Yankou is a Toronto-born, LA-based writer/director. She is the founder of Good Pop Films, her production banner specializing in queer, comedic stories that balance her irreverent, referential humour with an undeniable sense of heart. Yankou recently developed a teen comedy with Emma Roberts’ Belletrist TV, alongside showrunner Marlene King (Pretty Little Liars). She previously wrote, directed, and starred in her web series 101 Ways to Get Rejected, which was then developed for TV for Moonshot Entertainment with EP Bryan Cranston.

Her debut feature, Sisters, recently premiered at Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, the largest queer film festival in Canada. In addition to her film & TV projects, she has written, directed, and produced multiple music videos for clients like Atlantic Records and Page 1 Management. She is an alumni of USC’s Writing for the Screen & Television program.