In 2011 Olnek adapted one of her plays into her first feature film '' Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same '' , which played at Sundance and was nominated in the category of Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You at the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards . Her second feature film '' The Foxy Merkins '' also played at Sundance and other festivals , and included some of the actors from '' Codependent '' . Olnek received research grants from Harvard University Press and the Guggenheim Foundation to adapt another of her plays into her third feature , '' Wild Nights with Emily '' , which premiered in 2018 . She is currently working on a new project with Peg Healey of the The Five Lesbian Brothers
2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards
Gotham Independent Film Awards 2011
Madeleine Olnek