"Scrappy" represented the USA in the "best of" screening from the 2016 Vittoria Peace Film Festival at the Parco archeologico di Kaukana, Italy on 7/31/2017.

Helmed by Dawn Westlake, "Scrappy" is based on the Studs Terkel Humanities Award-winning poem by Donald G. Westlake. It recounts Westlake's real-life anecdote of standing up to the gun culture in the USA at the age of 6.

The film was shot on a C300 provided by Canon USA, Inc. by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. He also edited and did VFX. "Scrappy" was scored by 2016 Peer Raben Music Award nominee GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs.

"Scrappy" stars Nefertina Lizarraga, her dog Kong, and Dismas & GrissyG. Dawn Westlake provided narration.

For more info and to see a trailer, please visit: http://dawnwestlake.com/rondecana/films/scrappy/index.html