Due to popular demand, the comedy short film “Jane Austen’s Period Drama” will receive a third screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). The film, which had its world premiere at the festival, will screen one more time on Saturday, February 17th in Santa Barbara. Temple of Geek caught up with the filmmakers and stars of  JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA on the red carpet about the film’s initial reception last week.

Co-directors/co-writers Julia Aks and Steve Pinder shone at the festival in inspired looks for their carpet appearances. Pinder’s outfit was a custom look designed by his partner Barrett Walter.

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Actor Ta’imua, who plays leading man Mr. Dickley in the film, called the pair “comedic geniuses” and that the film’s script instantly sold him on the project.

“Jane Austen’s Period Drama” takes place in 1800’s England, where in the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot (Aks) gets her period. Her suitor, the dashing Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his very expensive education has most certainly missed a spot.

The short parodies film adaptations of Jane Austen classics such as PRIDE & PREJUDICE, while poking a healthy amount of fun at more modern takes on the film like BRIDGERTON.

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Despite the historically taboo subject of menstruation, it’s clear that Aks and Pinder, along with producer Elli Legerski, crafted a comedy able of disarming audiences. Actors Sam Smart and Nicole Alyse Nelson who play Estrogenia’s sisters in “Jane Austen’s Period Drama” weighed on why the film was able to navigate its premise.

“It’s brilliant that it’s a comedy,” said Nelson. “The best way I think to talk about some of the hardest subjects is through humor…because it allows the conversation to be had in more of a carefree way.”

WATCH OUR INTERVIEW WITH SAM SMART & NICOLE ALYSE NELSON

All three actors raved about the reception to the film during its first two screenings at SBIFF. “There was so much laughter,” Smart gushed, “I almost wanted to cry.”

Find out how to see “Jane Austen’s Period Drama” the weekend at SBIFF HERE.

Learn more about the cast and crew of “Jane Austen’s Period Drama” HERE.