Julia has produced over 30 critically acclaimed theatrical releases and top film festival favorites including the recent 2 Jacks, directed by Bernard Rose,  starring Danny Huston, Jack Huston, Sienna Miller, Jacqueline Bisset and Billy Zane. Julia also recently Executive Produced Born of War, directed by Vicky Jewson, and starring James Frain and Sophia Black D’Elia to be released by Lionsgate in 2015. She founded and has been running Rough Diamond Productions since 1995.

Lost Girls is the story of a 16 year old, Marisol, raised by a conservative single mother who is working 2 jobs to give her a good education. Like most teenagers, Marisol wants to find herself and fit in.  After witnessing Marisol being cruelly abandoned by her 2 school friends another young girl, Kara, who seems to understand her, befriends her and gives her a makeover.  Seduced by Kara’s friendship and her perceived glamour, she accompanies her to a party while her mother is out at work.  She blacks out and the next day to her horror, she wakes up to find herself in the hands of sex traffickers…

The story will be told in a non-exploitive way with a goal of raising awareness on this very important issue and the various ways sex traffickers recruit and exploit young girls.

Written by Julia Verdin and Janet Odogwu, and featuring a fantastic cast that includes: Siena Goines, Jamie Harris , Marisol Nichols, and Bar Paly.