New Horror Comedy ASKING FOR A FRIEND Makes Waves on Film Festival Circuit; Producers Seeking Distribution Deal - Short film is Switzerland-based Edelweiss Film Productions’ first project - Edelweiss’s Victoria Lacoste and writer/director Kelsey Bollig join in “team effort” to make ASKING FOR A FRIEND LOS ANGELES – Switzerland and Los Angeles-based Edelweiss Film Productions (https://www.edelweissfilmproductions.com/) is pleased to announce that its new horror/comedy ASKING FOR A FRIEND is being greeted with excitement on the film festival circuit. The 25-minute film was written and directed by Kelsey Bollig and produced by Edelweiss Film Productions. Victoria Lacoste (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacoste), head of Edelweiss Film Productions and executive producer of ASKING FOR A FRIEND, also plays the major role of “Q” in the film. Others in the cast include Jacqueline Bell as Blake, Clifton J. Adams as Kevin, Eugenia Kuzmina as Jessica, and Quinn Knox as the police officer. Bollig plays the “Dead Body.” -more- ASKING FOR A FRIEND – 2 ASKING FOR A FRIEND springs from the premise: “What would you do if your best friend killed someone?” Blake and Q are childhood best friends, roommates, and well - soulmates. After a long day of trying to maintain her “#Girl Boss” status at work, Blake’s one-track mind is set on the nachos that Q has promised to make for dinner. However, in addition to making nachos, Q has also unexpectedly managed to kill someone in their apartment. Through a series of graphic and hilarious situations, the girls tap into their inner serial killers and decide to handle the body themselves. Their naiveté and inexperience lead to a weekend full of accidental drugs, Saran Wrap, and a body that, for whatever reason, will not stop bleeding. So hypothetically speaking - how do you get rid of a body? Asking for a friend. ASKING FOR A FRIEND was selected to be shown at the LA Indie Fest, the LA Live Film Festival, the Boobs and Blood International Film Festival, LA Crime and Horror Festival, the HollyShorts Monthly Screenings at the Chinese Theatre, Dickens Horror Film Festival in Colorado, the AX Wound International Film Festival, the Blood in the Snow Horror Film Festival in Toronto, and the NOLA Horror Film Festival in New Orleans, where the film was nominated for Best Short, Best Makeup FX, Best Female Filmmaker and Best Director. So far, Bollig has been awarded Best Director at the New Orleans Horror film Festival and Best Horror Script at