Although it’s not remarkable to see someone walking onscreen, ‘Perfection’ is set in Los Angeles, a city of cars and freeways. Yet this LA appears more intimate and unthreatening the sunlight and its exteriors appear filtered as if filmed through a gauzy haze as Kristabelle (Christina Beck) walks, navigating her way around the neighbourhood a striking figure with pronounced blonde bangs, clad in large sweaters, and black brogues.
A home life shared with her glamorous Mother Sally (Robyn Peterson) 
their environment is defined by their addictions, Kristabelle with freshly, bloodied scars on her upper thighs, self harms her way to feeling alive whilst Sally addicted to plastic surgery tries to maintain a younger, Hollywood aesthetic. At times each thrive on past nostalgia connected with their old lives and younger selves that relies on a currency, an emphasis associated with youth and desire “Oh Tony looked so handsome then’ remarks Sally whilst watching old westerns starring her husband and Kristabelle’s punk rock adolescence remembered through the eyes of a younger man, the brother of an old 
childhood friend. The original posters of ‘The Damned’ ageless images are still tacked on her bedroom wall.
Director/Writer: Christina Beck 
Producers: Tatiana Kelly, Annette Murphy
Co Producers: Beth Dewey, Robert Poswall
Director of Photography: Robert Poswall
Editor: Katy Skjering
Composer: Marika Tjelios
Cast: Christina Beck, Robyn Peterson, David Melville, Jeff Kober, Jackson Davis and Jamela Biggs.
Best Narrative Feature – Oxford Film Festival, Mississipi, USA
Best Actor – Christina Beck
Information about the film can be found here
http://perfectionthemovie.wordpress.com/who-we-are/
Slice – the short film version of the feature ‘Perfection’ can be viewed on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBM7j0nqfco&list=FLIZeOxashTb1FNCkA8aEfQA&feature=player_detailpage
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