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Cat Fly film festival presents, as part of the Connect Beyond “Homegrown Films” series:

Whistle Down Wind takes place in a tiny mountain town in Western North Carolina. Our story centers two young women, Alex and Janie, who have been best friends since childhood but are now caught in a secret relationship. Alex is cheating on her high-school sweetheart, and Janie is becoming increasingly restless with the intolerant nature of her hometown. Our film finds them at a crossroads, the boiling point of their complicated but beautiful relationship.

15 minutes

Directed By: Julia Christgau & Andie Morgenlander

Andie Morgenlander is an actor, writer and producer of both short and feature length narrative films. She has her Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University in theatre performance and is represented by JTA Talent Inc. Over the past 10 years, Andie has costume designed, produced and acted in a cosmic array of pieces ranging from one-act plays to independent feature films.

Andie co-wrote, executive produced and acted in the independent feature "Luke & Jo" which is currently on the festival circuit. It has played at Tryon International Film Festival, Indie Grits Film Festival, locally in North Carolina, and most recently won "Best Narrative Feature" at Full Bloom Film Festival.  Her award-winning short film "Polished" has shown at numerous film festivals including Longleaf and Cat Fly Film Festival. It recently won “Best Experimental Short” at the Austin Micro-Short Film festival and "Best Actress" at the Georgia Shorts Film Festival. 

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