Screening at LA Femme International Film Festival 2026
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) October 14, 2026 — From the outside, Haley Davis has it all figured out. The 24-year-old professional dancer, choreographer and teaching artist moves with the confidence of someone who has spent her life on stage. Inside, the story is different: a constant need for approval and a quiet sense of never being quite enough. That gap between the polished exterior and the private interior is the heart of “Enneagram in Movement: The Achiever,” the pilot of a new docuseries from writer and director Lauren Reins, which makes its Los Angeles premiere Thursday, October 22, at 6 p.m. at the 22nd LA Femme International Film Festival.
The series is built on the Enneagram, a personality framework of nine types, each driven by its own core needs and fears: the Reformer, the Helper, the Achiever, the Individualist, the Investigator, the Loyalist, the Enthusiast, the Challenger and the Peacemaker. Reins gives viewers just enough of each type to understand the map before zeroing in on one personal story. Each episode pairs a dancer with a single type, combining candid interviews with choreography that gives physical shape to the patterns running their lives.
Davis is a Type 3, the Achiever, and her backstory shows how she got there. Growing up in Carson City, Nevada, she sought attention and was good at earning it. She was a gifted dancer and performer, her family loved and applauded what she did, and she grew up on that praise. Success followed, with work spanning touring productions, music videos and dance education, and she now teaches at studios nationwide, including Broadway Dance Center in New York City. “I think in life, one of the biggest challenges we face are ourselves,” Davis says, explaining that what happens inside us does not always match what the world sees. “I want to shed light on that period.”
That period is the film’s emotional core. We watch Davis rise and achieve, then hit a wall: a crisis that is physical, spiritual and professional all at once. What follows is not a tidy recovery. Drawing on the insight the Enneagram offers, along with coaching and a commitment to giving back, Davis learns to work with what she now knows about herself rather than wish it away. Nothing is completely overcome, and the film is honest about that. She moves forward with self-awareness and new tools, which rings truer than a neat resolution would.
Reins, a Seattle-based director, producer, choreographer and Enneagram coach, brings more than two decades of stage and dance film experience to her debut docuseries. John-John Roque, a Filipino American cinematographer with his own background in dance, serves as director of photography and editor, and the soundtrack draws from Sleeping At Last’s Enneagram album. “The Enneagram is a tool of compassion, helping us understand the inner patterns that shape how we think, feel and relate to others,” Reins said.
As a pilot, “The Achiever” makes a strong case for the full series, with each episode set to explore another type, its deepest needs and the tools that help it thrive. Reins is currently seeking partners to bring the series to audiences. Enneagram in Movement screens Sunday, October 18, at 6 p.m. at the Awareness Festival in Santa Monica, followed by its Los Angeles premiere Thursday, October 22, at 6 p.m. at LA Femme. For tickets and information, visit lafemme.org.
