What's the film about?

Pupa is a Sierra Rose Productions light drama that aims to approach the transgender world with a different take. This Sussex University graduation project by the aspiring Brazilian writer and director Daniela Sierra hopes to raise the awareness against transgender prejudice.

The story offers insight into the world of Marjorie (Nick Moon), the ever-present woman inside Mark, who after 35 years of hiding, is revealed to the world after an office incident. As Marjorie finally experiences being subjected to a society that now extends further from solely her bedroom; she suffers from prejudice from society, and is attacked. After struggling to recover from it, Marjorie decides to revenge those who oppressed her as her way of externalising her self-acceptance.

Art direction and cinematic style will be an essential feature of the film throughout, with every scene, shot and prop undergoing careful consideration in order to provide a clear and continuous design.

Nick Moon (Actor)

An inspiraion: Laurence Anyways (2012) Dir. Xavier Dolan

 

The Crew

Writer/Director - Daniela Sierra

Editor - Rosie Day

Producer - Adam Prendergast

Director of Photography - Dave Tonge

Why do we need your help?

The microbudget for this film is mainly going towards paying location costs, set design, props and costumes, ensuring we get the perfect on-screen balance in order to best represent the director's artistic vision. We have already secured several key locations, and it is crucial that we get the funding to pay the shoot fees for these ideal locations.

 The majority of the remaining budget will go towards cast and crew maintenance costs, as all the crew and cast will be working for free, we will still need to cover travel costs and food and water during the filming. All equipment will be borrowed from the University of Sussex's Media department, so no budget will be used in buying or renting any.

We hope to enter the film into film festivals in the hope to reach a wider audience, therefore any money raised outside the budget will go towards paying the fees to enter these festivals.

Detailed budget

Contacts

Adam Prendergast (producer) - ajp36@uni.brighton.ac.uk

Daniela Sierra (director) - dandesierra@gmail.com