Chain NYC Film Festival — Land of the Mustaches

Meet Carol Anne from “Mommie Dearest!”

For the children and women of all wars, it never leaves.

Land of the Mustaches is an autobiographical story of a young girl growing up in the Displaced Persons refugee camps with her mother and grandmother after World War II.

Six Academy members came together to make this unique, truly independent, and micro-budget film: Actress Rutanya Alda (The Deer Hunter, Mommie Dearest, Amityville II, among 110+ film and TV credits); acclaimed Emmy-nominated editor, David Ray (Scarface, Reds, All That Jazz, the Bronx Tale); brilliant Emmy-winning composer, Charles Bernstein (ASCAP Deems Taylor award, 140+ films); director and award-winning filmmaker, Leon Joosen (Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Scooby-Doo, Muppet Babies); Emmy-winning animator, Candy Kugel (MTV, Sesame Street, Berenstain Bears, A Warm Reception in L.A.), and producer Donna Dickman (who publicized Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Pianist, and The Motorcycle Diaries).

Join Managing Director Rick Hamilton for discussion with the filmmakers after the block.