JAWLINE

Austyn Tester — handsome and 16 — feels oppressed by the confines of life in his small hometown in Tennessee. But in the online-streaming world, Austyn is adored by thousands of young girls, all eager for his ‘likes’, his attention, or just to hear him say their name. For Austyn and many like him, a big enough fan base could mean a ticket out of rural America and into a new life of wealth and fame — quite the undertaking when you’re coming of age.

Jawline delivers us into this burgeoning online world as Austyn is discovered by a manager and sets off on a U.S. tour to build his following and make his dreams come true.

LIZA MANDELUP

Film director from New York residing in Los Angeles. She has published two photo books and shown her work in numerous exhibitions. She has been a longtime collaborator for many online platforms such as Vogue, Nowness, i-D, and Dazed, as well as having directed numerous films for many other premiere editorial platforms. Liza was featured on Filmmaker Magazine’s «25 New Faces of Independent Film 2017» and recently won the Sundance Film Festival’s «U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker». She is currently in production on her second feature film.

• Sundance
• CPH:DOX
• Sheffield Doc Fest
• New Zealand International Film Festival
• Filmfest München
• Melbourne International Film Festival
• Bergen International Film Festival
• Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
• Dublin International Film Festival
• DocMX Documentary Film Festival México.
• IDFA
• DocPoint Helsinki
• Docs Against Gravity
• Docville

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