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Producer, actress and filmmaker Xenia Leblanc (Orange Is the New Black)'s female-driven web series Gritty & Pretty, which will premiere its pilot episode at the Dances with Films festival on September 5, 2020 with a second screening scheduled for Sunday, September 6th. Leblanc's series was accepted into the festival's 2020 Web and TV Series slate.

The series took seven days to film and an $11,000 budget, a testament to the type of guerilla filmmaking that Dances with Films seeks to highlight.

Dances with Films began in 1998 as a film festival dedicated to finding tomorrow’s talent today and continues to carry on this mission. With many world and West Coast premieres, Dances with Films is a coveted first stop on the festival circuit.

We spoke with Leblanc about how the series came about, what her online presence is like now and poked fun at her Russian background, with her people being known for having an extremely long memory.

Follow Xenia Leblanc on Twitter @thexenialeblanc and on Instagram @xenialeblanc.

Check out the trailer and the Dances with Films schedule below:

Dances with Films Screening Schedule

• Saturday, Sept. 5 at 3:15 p.m. PT
• Sunday, Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. PT