2009 AFI Dallas Film Festival - Zombie Girl

(USA, 2008, 98 mins)
HDCam
Dallas/Ft Worth Premiere
Directed By: Aaron Marshall, Justin Johnson, Erik Mauk

Most 12-year-olds are busy with friends, homework, and online chatting. So is Emily Hagins, but Emily found time to write and direct a feature-length zombie movie as well. Zombie Girl: THE MOVIE covers the two years it took her to make it.

With the help of her mother as agent, crew, and biggest fan, Emily launches an epic adventure in genre filmmaking, complete with decapitations, disembowelments, and as many brain-sucking zombie sixth-graders as she can muster.

Along the way, she battles the typical challenges of independent filmmaking, from budget shortfalls to self-doubt, all while coming of age as a teenager. As if making a film isn’t already hard enough, she has to do it without a driver’s license.

Her journey is an enlightening look into a growing world of young moviemakers, bursting with enthusiasm and empowered by the digital age.

Information from the festival's website