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News about the creative work of Karen Dee Carpenter

Sep
24
12:00 PM12:00

Awards & Festival Recognition, 2024–2026

The Measure of She has received more than twenty awards, finalist placements, official selections, and other honors from film festivals and screenplay competitions in the U.S. and Europe since 2024.

Top Honors

  • Top 3 Finalist — ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival (2026)

  • Top 10 Screenplay — Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (2026)

  • Winner — New York Screenwriting Awards (2024)

  • Winner — Berlin Women Cinema Festival (2024)

Finalists

  • Rome Prisma Film Awards (2025)

  • New York International Film Awards (2025)

  • The Women's Independent Film & Television Festival (2024)

Semifinalists

  • Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition (2025)

  • Katra Film Series (2025)

  • B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest (2024)

Quarterfinalists

  • PAGE International Screenwriting Awards (2025)

  • Palm Springs International Screenplay Competition (2025)

  • New York International Screenplay Awards (2025)

  • Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (2025, 2026)

  • Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2025)

  • New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards (2024)

Official Selections / Selected

  • Beverly Hills Film Festival (2024, 2025, 2026)

  • ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival (2026)

  • Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (2026)

  • Rome Prisma Film Awards (2025)

  • Yucca Valley Film Festival (2025)

  • INROADS Screenwriting Fellowship (2025)

  • American Screenwriting Conference (2025)

Additional Recognition

  • Honorable Mention — Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2024)

  • Honorable Mention — INFLUX Film Awards (2024)

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Making Monsters Beautiful: An Interview with Karen Dee Carpenter
Jan
31
11:00 AM11:00

Making Monsters Beautiful: An Interview with Karen Dee Carpenter

At the intersection of an unlikely trio of characters—opera, Greek mythology, and virtual reality technology—lies Karen Dee Carpenter’s new project “Beautiful Monsters.” This ambitious production recasts the stories of female monsters from Greek mythology in a sympathetic, humanizing light. Mediterranean landscapes provide not simply a backdrop for musical movements, but an immersive experience that challenges these female characters’ alleged monstrosity by placing them in familiar settings. By pairing well-known stories with the resurgent opera genre, Carpenter seeks to capture the interest of new audiences. In this interview, we learn more about the continuing relevance of ancient myths, the power of opera, and the potential of virtual reality productions.

—John Haberstroh for EuropeNow

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Stereopsia
Dec
11
to Dec 13

Stereopsia

Muse of the Underworld: A Virtual Reality Opera was chosen to participate Stereopsia's "3D Film Booster" program which is designed to help independent producers to find financing and to reach their market and audience. Stereopsia is a VR international symposium (organized in collaboration with the Hollywood-based Advanced Imaging Society) held in Brussels in December 2017.

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