IRIS INTERNATIONAL FILM

The story of a young peasant girl who becomes separated from her family and village during the last day of the harvest. She sets off on an adventure in turn of the century Russia in search of her mother. She wanders lost through forests and fields encountering the Mushroom people and others who will help her find her way home. Her innocent love for her mother proves that she is wise beyond her years.

In keeping with the film's international nature, supporting roles were filled by actors representing Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Republic of Georgia, Bulgaria and The United States. This film has a running time of 25 minutes. Within the cast and crew of 60, 32 members were women, 13 children, and 8 disabled.

FORMAT: MDV Cam, Color, Running Time 25:46 minutes

SHOOTING SCHEDULE: 6 Days

LOCATIONS: Los Angeles, Ventura and Kern Counties

Cindy Clark, Nikola Ivanov , Roger Christoffersen and Emanuela Szumilas

DIRECTOR: Jody Lee Olhava

PRODUCERS: Mario Polanco, Jody Lee Olhava

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Max Nikoff

MUSIC: Yuri Fedorko

CHOREOGRAPHER: Pamela Marvel

VISUAL EFFECTS: Peter Polanco

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SPECIAL THANKS: Dr. Dennis Denning (Marymount College of Kansas), The Estate of Walter J. Olhava, California Film Commission,
Ranger Stephen Bylin, Roseann Boffa (Women in Film), Gloria Castaneda (Media Access), Barbara & Ruben Polanco, Carilyn Simmons,
The Sprit Dancer Ranch Hands, J. Erglis Smaltzoff, Kansas Connection Script Reading Series, Lisa Temple, Rich Brunner, Doug Green, Berda Paradise, Insurance West Corp., Biff Yeager and Craig Kusaba.