Olympia (2018 drama film)

2018 American documentary film

Olympia

Directed by| Gregory Dixon
Written by| McKenzie Chinn
Produced by| McKenzie Chinn
Gregory Dixon
Lucy Lola Manda
Elliott Lonsdale
Starring| McKenzie Chinn
Charles Andrew Gardner
Ericka Ratcliff
LaNisa Renee Frederick
Penelope Walker
Cinematography| Christopher Vinopal
Edited by| Bernard Lewandowski
Sally O'Brien
Music by| Josh Coffey
Otto Sharp

Production
companies

30 Pictures
The Line Film Company

Distributed by| Cow Lamp Films[1]

Release date

* 22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) (USA)

Running time

| 93 minutes
Country| USA
Language| English

Olympia is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed by Gregory Dixon as his directorial debut. Co-produced by Dixon, writer-actress McKenzie Chinn, Lucy Lola Manda, Sarah Sharp, and Elliott Lonsdale for 30 Pictures. The film stars McKenzie Chinn in the title role whereas Charles Andrew Gardner, Ericka Ratcliff, LaNisa Renee Frederick and Penelope Walker make supportive roles.[2]

The film received positive reviews[3] and won several awards at international film festivals.[4][5] It had its premier on 22 September 2018 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Then it was screened on 15 October 2018 at Chicago International Film Festival on 5 April 2019. Olympia went on to screen at such festivals as RiverRun International Film Festival, [6][7] Pan African Film Festival, Gig Harbor Film Festival and Bentonville Film Festival.

## Cast

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* McKenzie Chinn as Olympia Welles
* Charles Andrew Gardner as Felix
* Ericka Ratcliff as Jemma
* LaNisa Renee Frederick as Grace
* Penelope Walker as Angie
* Sadieh Rifai as AJ
* Shane Kenyon as Damn the Man Dan
* Leah Karpel as Shane
* Stef Tovar as Scott
* Kelly O'Sullivan as Becca
* Charin Alvarez as Gabriella
* Larry Neumann Jr. as Jerry
* Andrew Goetten as Toph
* Joshua Rollins as Nathan
* Ben Fox as Hunter
* Cortney Mckenna as Nurse (as Courtney McKenna)
* Lee Palmer as Stan
* Nyimah Zavaleta as Young Olympia
* Timothy Farrell as Tony
* Emmy Neira as Jen

## References

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1. ^ "Olympia". cowlampfilms. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
2. ^ "Olympia: LA Film Festival 2018 Review". The Movie Isle. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
3. ^ "'Olympia': Film Review – DOC NYC 2018". hollywoodreporter. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
4. ^ ""Olympia" An undeniably strong, humorous, and creative first feature for writer Chinn". reelhonestreviews. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
5. ^ "OLYMPIA: Directed by Gregory Dixon". Beloit International Film Festival. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
6. ^ "Chicago Film Festival 2018: Olympia". reelhonestreviews. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
7. ^ "LA Film Festival 2018 Preview: Gregory Dixon's Olympia Starring McKenzie Chinn". blackfilm. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

## External links

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* Olympia at IMDb
* The Tale of Four on YouTube