Dawn Westlake's "Through the Pane" will represent the USA in the documentary section of the Catone Film Festival held at L'Osservatorio di Roma in Rome, Italy July 14-15, 2017. Based on a memoir chapter by her father, Donald G. Westlake,"Through the Pane" is about his acceptance of Dawn's mother's death in 2012. Dawn's parents were happily married for 62 years.

The film was shot in 2015 in Dawn's childhood home in a suburb of Chicago, IL, USA. Cinematography/editing/VFX were done by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. An original score was provided by GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs. The score was a Peer Raben Music Award-nominee at the 2016 SoundTrack_Cologne in Germany.

"Through the Pane" has won 5 awards (in Spain, Chile, Greece & two in Italy) and has been nominated for 7 awards.

For more info on the Catone Film Festival: http://www.catonefilmfestival.com

For more info on "Through the Pane" and to see a trailer, please visit: http://dawnwestlake.com/rondecana/films/throughthepane/index.html