LEENA PENDHARKAR
Writer and Director
PRESS
"The film (20 Weeks) gracefully humanizes what is often an abstract, philosophical debate around abortion." --The Los Angeles Times
"The very definition of brave filmmaking and something that deserves to be seen." --We Live Entertainment
RECENT NEWS:
Children and Family Emmy Nominations
Warner Brothers Television Sets Its 2020 Class Participants
CBS Director's Initiative Reveals Its Class of 2019-2020
VARIETY, Sony Diversity Program Grooms Industry Directors of Tomorrow
SCRAP Wins Best Director Award at First Glance Film Festival
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Ursula K. Le Guin’s Sci Fi novel The Telling, Getting Big Screen Adaptation
WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD, Film Adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin Novel On the Way, Leena Pendharkar to Write and Direct
PRESS FOR 20 WEEKS:
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, 20 Weeks: An Intimate, Compassionate Take on Abortion
FILM THREAT, Top 10 Indie Movies of 2017
WE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, LA Film Festival Review: 20 Weeks is a Small Film that Asks Big Questions
SCARY MOMMY, How The Film ’20 Weeks’ Is Shedding Light On Fetal Anomalies
MS. MAGAZINE, Walking 20 Weeks in Her Shoes
MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE, Ultrasound Images Spark a Timely Debate in 20 Weeks
MOTHER MAGAZINE, A Powerful Film About a Routine Pregnancy Scan Gone Wrong
WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD, An Expectant Couple Faces a Difficult Decision in 20 Weeks
ENCORE MAGAZINE, Wilmington Beautiful Tales of Humanity
DIRECTED BY WOMEN, Leena Pendharkar: Winding a Nonlinear Path through Difficult Terrain
VICE TONIC, Interview What Considering an Abortion Does to a Couple
DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD, 20 Weeks Exclusive Clip
MOVEABLEFEST, L.A. Film Fest ’17 Interview: Leena Pendharkar
WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD, LAFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Leena Pendharkar — 20 Weeks
INDIEWIRE, LAFF Romantic Drama Explores a Pregnancy in Crisis
OTHER PRESS:
FILM THREAT, Review of Awaken
INDIE SHORTS, The Pains of Leaving a Parent in Bits and Pieces
SCREEN ANARCHY: Parminder Nagra Shines in New Film
FILM DAILY, Meet the Filmmaker, Awaken
THRIVE GLOBAL, Parminder Nagra on Awaken
PICTURE THIS IN POST, Awaken Interview
CINESTAAN, Dandekar Makes a Sandwich Review
THE AEROGRAM, Friday Short Film, Dandekar Makes a Sandwich
FILM THREAT, Scrap Review
SCREENCRITIX, Scrap Review
COMEDIVA, Boss Lady, Leena Pendharkar
HELLO GIGGLES, Leena Pendharkar Talks Bella Thorne, Female Comedy and Making your Dreams Come True
VARIETY, Raspberry Magic Review