Vanessa gets a dose of reality when Philip, her one true love, ends their relationship, again. The quirky teen enrolls in his school to win him back, but ends up making matters worse. Downgraded to social outcast, Vanessa struggles to reclaim Philip's affection. When Vanessa is declared a captain for the school s survival competition, she assembles a team of like-minded misfits to prove they deserve to compete, and win her love s heart again
Award-winning director Suzi Yoonessi's film Unlovable (2018) premiered at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Prize and rave reviews. The film stars academy award nominee John Hawkes and academy award winner Melissa Leo, and it won the 2017 Sun Valley Film Festival Film Lab. Yoonessi’s Dear Lemon Lima (2009) premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize. The film was released by Phase 4 Films, HBO, Showtime and The Sundance Channel. Yoonessi directed Daphne and Velma (2018) for Warner Brother’s Blue Ribbon Content, which is the origins story of two female super sleuths from Scooby Doo. Yoonessi has been nominated for an Emmy for go90's Relationship Status, a Webby for Snapchat's The Dead Girls Detective Agency and a Streamy Award for her International Women's Day spot #OwnYourVoice.
Yoonessi is currently a director at Walt Disney Animation Studios where she is developing an original feature film.
