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Family Remains

A mother and daughter are marooned in a sleepy community 10 years after the disappearance of the girl’s father in this film by Tamara Jenkins.

Series

APT Presentation

Premiere Date

November 23, 1994

Length

30 minutes

Awards & Recognition

Winner

1994 Sundance Film Festival - Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking

Tamara Jenkins

Producer

Tamara Jenkins is an Academy Award-nominated American screenwriter, actress, and director. She is best known for her two feature films Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) and The Savages (2007). She began her career with 1991's Fugitive Love, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Soon afterward, she collaborated on the effort to establish a fund for diverse programming on public television, which resulted in the founding of ITVS. She directed Family Remains in association with ITVS in 1993, and the film received a Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Short Filmmaking at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.