Your funding and support will help our team make a hilarious story about women and friendship that is spunky, touching, and truthful.
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Stefanie Sparks, Writer/Director/Producer
A proud no-budget filmmaker, Stefanie received her M.A. in 2010 from the New School in Film and Media. In 2011, her thesis film,
Bleed, screened at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival. After receiving a grant from the Jerome Foundation in 2012, she made her first feature film,
Cathy Coppola. It was nominated for Best in Show at Toronto's 2014 Female Eye Film Festival. Most recently, it was chosen as the opening night selection for the 2015 Brooklyn Girl Film Festival and was nominated for the Audience Choice Award.
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Lara Aqel, Cinematographer
Lara has also directed and produced seven narrative shorts of her own, three of which are currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. She has a B.A. in Film and Media Arts from American University and an Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media from the International Film School Sydney in Australia, where she lived and shot for two years. Lara also got to spend a life-changing six months studying at FAMU, the renowned film school in Prague.
Lara believes a frame should always feel like something. As a DP, Lara has shot dozens of narrative films, web series, and video projects worldwide. She has tackled many looks and genres and welcomes a creative challenge. She also excels in stretching limited resources (budget, gear, and crew) to achieve higher production value on screen.
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Ann Carr, "Sarah Williams"
An actress, writer, and director in New York City, Ann's list of credits and accolades grows by the day. Her screen appearances include the 2014 SXSW grand-jury award winning film Fort Tilden, Louie (FX), the web series F to the 7th, Little Horribles, and Jack in a Box; she performs regularly with the sketch team Legs for Days at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater; and she writes and stars in the web series The Actress. Co-written with her husband, Warren Holstein, The Actress screened at the 2014 Friars Club Film Festival and received acclaim from The New York Observer, The Boston Globe, Bust Magazine, Time Out, Indiewire, Splitsider, and The Huffington Post. All episodes can be seen at www.theactresstheseries.com.
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Phoebe Robinson, "Charlene"
One of the best female stand-up comedians in the country, Phoebe has probably made you laugh without you even knowing it. Besides appearing on Last Comic Standing, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Broad City, Phoebe is also a writer for MTV's Girl Code and Glamour.com. Her blog Blaria (as in Black Daria) is featured on The Huffington Post and her show, Blaria LIVE!, can be seen on the last Tuesday of every month, 9:30 pm, at the UCB East Theater.
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Jenni Ruiza, "Melinda"
An NYC-based Latina actor and writer, Jenni has written for shorts featured on FunnyorDie.com and ConanOrBust.com. She has also been a writer/featured performer on
Ay Que Funny and co-writer/producer for
Becoming Ricardo, both created by Jesenia: The Comedic Actress. Jenni also performs musical improv with The LocoMotives, co-hosts the
Comedy Girls radio show for BlogTalkRadio, and contributes a weekly column about The Bronx for UptownCollective.com.
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Karleah Del Moral, Associate Producer/ Assistant Casting Director
Karleah is a NYC based videographer; originally from Portland, OR, Karleah followed film to New York City where she has worked on multiple productions with developing skills that range across departments.
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EVEN NO-BUDGET FILMS NEED A BUDGET. We raised most of our budget the old-fashioned way (through soul-crushing day jobs) but with your help we can make a much better movie. Either way this film is happening. It's just a matter of how difficult the process is for us and our crew.
We hope to shoot in New York City neighborhoods like Park Slope and Midtown, so we'll need to make sure we have enough to pay for locations and props.
We have a large cast so we need to make sure there's enough in the budget for their travel, food, and salaries.
Lastly, the remainder of the budget will help pay for the production's insurance.
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But there's more!
Six percent of our goal (no matter how much we raise) will be donated to Ghetto Film School so New York City's budding filmmakers can realize their dreams.
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We are so excited about making this film.
Thank you for helping us make that happen!
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