LOGLINE
A determined dancer, Faye, ceaselessly practices her craft in order to escape an abusive home life, only to realize that her skills extend beyond the limitations of contemporary dance when pushed to a breaking point.
DIRECTORS' STATEMENT
Come to Forget is a story about boundaries. It’s about understanding yourself, what you’ve been through, and not letting traumas hinder further self growth. The filmmakers believe it’s important to shed light on patterns of abuse that are often perpetrated by those closest to us. Isabel’s most recent short film, What Lies in the Woods, focused on a complex power dynamic within a student/teacher relationship. On the other hand, Sabrina’s last film, Losing Momentum, honed in on a tumultuous relationship that reflected the subtleties of emotional abuse over an extended period of time. The protagonist recalls this through dreamlike lulls of isolation. Isabel and Sabrina both draw influences from their past films in order to cover a larger sentiment in Come to Forget surrounding themes of sexual assault and its aftermath.
MEET THE DIRECTORS
ISABEL FAINTYCH
Isabel Faintych is a filmmaker and photographer. She completed her BFA in Film and Video at Pratt Institute in 2019, and was awarded the Steve Horn Art & Design Award for Excellence in Filmmaking. She shoots primarily 35mm photography. Isabel’s documentaries, Shine (2016) and The Baroness (2018), have played in film festivals around the world, winning awards for Best Short Documentary. She is interested in screenwriting, directing, and editing. She currently works as an Assistant Editor for an unreleased HBO Documentary series. Isabel Faintych currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
SABRINA NGUYEN
Sabrina Nguyen is a filmmaker and art director from Los Angeles who obtained her BFA in Film/Video from Pratt Institute in 2019. She has been the main production designer on several sets that span from commercial work to films. In her post graduate year, Sabrina has been working for the production company 'Valparaiso Pictures' as a script coverage reader in the development department while freelancing shoots on the side. She resides in New York City at the moment, but plans to expand in her field of set design after moving to Los Angeles this spring.
TONE
Come to Forget will be a non-linear film, including montages reflecting Faye’s memories and emotional state. The montages represent the blurred line between Faye in the present, and Faye recalling her traumas. The film will draw influence from Suspiria’s (Luca Guadagnino, 2018) dark color palette, Black Swan’s (Darren Aronofsky, 2010) psychological thriller elements, and Thelma’s (Joachim Trier, 2017) emotionally charged telepathy.
The score (a sinister, experimental, drawn-out synth) will act as a subliminal reminder for Faye to rehearse at the studio, a place that serves as an emotional trigger. However, she must go to escape home. Her “Catch-22”.
WHAT WE NEED + WHAT YOU GET
To make this project a reality, we'll need to raise $4,000 in order to properly compensate our cast and key crew members, pay for general production costs, and the magical results of post production!
In return, we want to show our supporters some appreciation with a selection of perks including: personalized 'thank you' emails, digital BTS look books, film credits, exclusive hand bound photo books, and much more! Also, each perk includes all previous perks. So the more you donate, the more you get!
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RISKS + CHALLENGES
As women in the industry, we take on a lot more than we can handle on a day to day basis when it comes to maintaining our projected careers. For us, this film is a passion project that we have carved a lot of time out of our busy schedules to work on. It means a lot to us that Come to Forget gets made since we will not be living in the same city this upcoming spring. From both ends of the country, we hope to share the story of our film.
THANK YOU!
