Beauty Mark (2018)

written and directed by Harris Doran

produced by Bridget Berger, Penny Edmiston, Harris Doran, Corey Moosa, Kiley Lane Parker

edited by Saira Haider and Harris Doran

"Powerful film. Survivors must no longer be silent." - Ashley Judd
"Powerful and gut wrenching" - Jane Seymour
"An exceptional piece of cinema" - Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film

starring
Auden Thornton ("This Is Us")

Catherine Curtin (SAG Award Winner "Orange Is the New Black," "Stranger Things")

Laura Bell Bundy (Tony Award Nominee "Legally Blonde")

Jeff Kober ("Sons of Anarchy" "Walking Dead")

Madison Iseman (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Annabelle Comes Home) 

Deirdre Lovejoy ("The Wire" "Raising Dion")

Executive Produced by Gill Holland, Shannon Houchins, Potsy Ponciroli, Carey Nelson Burch

Distributed by The Orchard/1091 Pictures

Cinematography by Karina Silva

WINNER: Jury Award "Breakout Performance," Auden Thornton, LA Film Festival 
WINNER: Best Ultra Indie Film Award, Woodstock Film Festival
WINNER: Best Narrative Feature Audience Award, Austin Film Festival
WINNER: Best Narrative Feature, San Luis Obispo Int'l Film Festival
WINNER: Best Feature Film, SENE Film Music & Art Festival
WINNER: Best Actress, Auden Thornton, SENE Film Music & Art Festival
NOMINATED: US Fiction Film, LA Film Festival
NOMINATED: Twin Cities Film Fest, Best Feature Film
NOMINATED: Twin Cities Film Fest, Best Performance, Auden Thornton
NOMINATED: St. Louis International Film Festival, New Filmmakers Award
NOMINATED: Bahamas International Film Festival, New Visions Award
NOMINATED: Annapolis Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature
SHORTLISTED: Film Independent Spirit Award, Someone To Watch Award, Harris Doran

"Dealing with the trauma of childhood sexual abuse in a way rarely if ever seen onscreen... Thanks to a strong performance by star Auden Thornton, it pushes through despair and could attract attention at art houses, with appeal stretching beyond the abuse-survival community." - John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter

“Auden Thornton... earning her LAFF Special Mention for Breakout Performance nod many times over for her convincingly raw performance” - Reggie Peralta, FilmBook

“The indie-drama ‘Beauty Mark’ will take viewers on an emotional journey that will most likely stick with them days after watching it... an intense plot that will enthrall audiences until the credits roll.” - Adriana Hymovitz, SoCal Muse

“Thornton's extraordinary performance conjures such powerful emotional  horror and desperation, that audiences have little choice but to be carried along with her into the dramatic vortex of her unrelenting plight.” - Prairie Miller, WBAI-FM

WINNER: Why So Blu, Best of Fest, LA Film Festival: Jeff Kober, Best Actor