"terroir" has won the BEST MUSIC VIDEO award at the monthly Madras International Film Festival in Chennai, India in July 2020. This win secures a berth for the film at the festival to be held in Chennai in person in 2021. (In person screenings have been postponed for 2020 due to the global COVID19 pandemic.) Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake and produced under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, "terroir" is about how the mother-child relationship can influence our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. The film was shot on location in Westlake's childhood home in Wheaton, IL, in a vineyard in Peru, IL, in another in Vilafranca del Penedes, Catalunya, Spain and in the snowy mountains of Font Romeu, France by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. An original score was composed and Westlake's voice coached by GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs.
4-yr-old actress Lilly Johnson makes her professional debut in "terroir".
This is the fourth award for "terroir" and the 2nd won in India.
For more information and to see a trailer, please visit: http://dawnwestlake.com/rondecana/films/terroir/index.html