THUMBPRINT COOKIES
LOGLINE: As a woman makes her husband’s favorite cookies, she recovers the sweet aroma of memories.
SYNOPSIS: Annie & Howie have been married for over 50 years. They think each other’s thoughts and finish each other’s sentences. As Annie bakes cookies in the kitchen she converses with Howie in the living room about changing the filling of the thumbprint cookies from raspberry to apricot jam. In the tiny joyful moments of everyday life, the presence of timeless love is revealed. Watch the trailer!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Director, Cinematographer & Editor: Katy Frame
- Writer & Producer: Navida Stein
- Production Manager: Katerina Mangini
- Cast: D.C. Anderson as Howie & Navida Stein as Annie
NOT IN IOWA ANYMORE
LOGLINE: Watching a dramatic sci-fi indie film, a mother and daughter soon
discover the real drama is between them.
TIME & PLACE: 1990’s New York City. An arthouse movie theater.
SYNOPSIS:Kari, an aspiring actress is apprehensive about her mother Klara’s very first visit to New York. “Please don’t embarrass me” is her silent mantra. Everything her mother does is mortifying to Kari, she acts like she’s back in Clarinda Iowa, population 5,000, a town that Kari couldn’t wait to get
away from. As they view an esoteric sci-fi film together, Kari realizes that love is more important than sophistication. Watch the trailer!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Director, Cinematographer & Editor: Katy Frame
- Writer & Producer: Navida Stein
- Production Manager: Katerina Mangini
- Cast: Navida Stein as Klara & Jamey Jacobs as Kari with Justin Turpin & Clarissa Boston
THE DOUBLE DD Bs
LOGLINE: A concerned Grandma comes up with a creative solution to fight despair.
SYNOPSIS:Didi’s disappointment is pulling her down into the depths of despair until Grandma comes up with a creative solution to fight those Double DDs, reminding Didi of the importance of moving forward no matter what the obstacle. Watch the trailer!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Directors & Cinematographers: Molly Weinberg & Justin Turpin
- Writer & Producer: Navida Stein
- Editor: Justin Turpin
- Manager: Katerina Mangini
- Cast: Navida Stein as Grandma & Kate Bell as Didi
- Co-Producers: Curious Bunny Productions
INTERGALACTIC LOVE Micro Short Sci-Fi Romance
LOGLINE: Abandoned on a deserted planet, a princess pines for her alien lover.
SYNOPSIS:Of noble birth, Princess Ariadne has been dumped on an abandoned planet for defying her father and the gods and loving an alien. Her lover, Alien T ignores the rule forbidding them to ever meet again and visits Ariadne to proclaim their eternal love. Inspired by the Greek mythical characters of Ariadne and Theseus and the Island of Naxos. Watch the trailer!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Director, Cinematographer & Editor: Justin Turpin
- Writer & Producer: Navida Stein
- Production Managers: Katerina Mangini & Riley Hammett
- Production Assistant & Sound: Anita Yung
- Cast: Justin Turpin as Alien T & Clarissa Boston as Princess Ariadne
BLESSED
LOGLINE: Two women share an experience, only one knows where it leads.
SYNOPSIS: Detective Pratt of the Domestic Violence Unit of the NYPD interviews a young Polish woman, Beata, who was found unconscious on her front porch in subzero temperatures. Acknowledging Beata’s black eye, Detective Pratt encounters denial from the victim prompting her to speak frankly about the downward spiral of domestic violence and offering Beata a way out. Watch the film!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Director: David Chai
- Cinematographer: Alexander Ribeck
- Writer & Co-Producer: Navida Stein
- Editor: David Chai
- Cast: Navida Stein as Detective Pratt, Janelle Meghan as Beata & Hugo Salazar as the Husband