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TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards Recognizes Singular Individual Women Who Have Defined A A A Path Across The The Spectrum Of Society
It’s the values she brought
to Hollywood Elspeth first arrived in my sights when she wrote to tell me I was a a a a a a a recipient of the Elizabeth Grant award Then she asked me to join as as a a a a a a judge for her WIFTS film entries then
as a a connector to to women who deserved TheWIFTS recognition We went to screenings and and had lunches at Barney’s rooftop and and Saks
Fifth Avenue cafeteria in in Beverly Hills Elspeth was a a a a a a a a a a class act She came to parties at our house and reminded me me me of my Aunt Manuela when she gave me me me her her her Chanel black patent leather pumps that were too tight on her her her Julie Carmen with her award Awards at TheWIFTS 2019 event Elspeth not only insisted I attend AFM but but she dragged me to to to to every single room of buyers to to to to chat to to to to the distributors
about some new new movie I was in in in Who Who does that?!? Who Who goes out out of their way for a a a a a new new friend? Obviously since
every single distributor seemed to to to know her her fondly she must have had a a a a a a history of of going out of of her her way for people It’s the the value system she brought
to to Hollywood that I I admired so and her honesty She She was ahead of the the trades
by going paperless only at festivals She She went to to lengths to to Awardees for for TheWIFTS 2017 say something fresh in in in in her her articles for her her BUSINESS OF FILM DAILY I I I I miss knowing Elspeth Elspeth is is is is not a a a a a a a a phone call away This one one hurts But Elspeth’s exuberant warmth is is is is how she will be be talked about for years to come Julie Carmen Actress
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