René Bastian and Linda Moran of Belladonna Productions have been active on the highest level of feature-film and commercial production since the company was founded in 1997. Linda and René are two-time Independent Spirit Award nominees with L.I.E. (Best Picture/2002) and TRANSAMERICA (Best First Film/2006) and won the prestigious Motorola Producer of the Year Award in 2002. Linda and René were named among “10 Producers to Watch” by Variety during the 2005 Toronto Film Festival and appeared in V Magazine among 10 international production companies, deemed “Power Houses” by the publication. Their films have garnered awards at the Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance film festivals, as well as a Golden Globe and were nominated for Academy Awards, Emmys, and a Grammy.