You Left Me Alone

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2022

Short film

15 minutes

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When a crisis forces Erica home to confront her estranged sibling Marina, they struggle to revive their childhood connection, only to find some wounds are too deep to heal.

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Cast 

Matilda Sakamoto

Akane Little

Emiko Dunn

Keira Lebrun

Pëtra Denison

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Credits 

Writer / Director  Lauren Fondren

Producer  Taylor Mendonca

Producer / Director of Photography Derek Kelly

Choreographer & Movement Director  Katherine Maxwell

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Production Designer  Jon K. Jones

Costume Designer  Eszter Retfalvi

Hair & Makeup Artist  Sarah Early

Production Sound  Andrew Golden

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UPM  Leigh Adel-Arnold

Associate Producer Laurie T. Fondren

1st AD  Saladin White

1st AD  Andrea Goocher

Script Supervisor  Brittany Fondren

Gaffer  Khalid Riley

Gaffer  Glenn Brown

1st AC Will Armstrong

2nd AC Sushant Chaudhary

2nd AC / Grip Brian Velsor

Art Assistant C de la Cruz

PA Michael Spadaccini

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Composer  Katya Richardson
Sound Designer  Peter Trepke

Colorist  Jeff Sousa | Dungeon Beach

Asst. Colorist & Conform Artist  Ilya Ivanov | Dungeon Beach

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Mental Health Consultant  Dr. Alana Fondren, PhD
Music Consultant  Josalynn Smith

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Additional Cast

Peter Wells

Sean Rosado

Rtusha Kulkarni

Sondra Lacey

Leigh Adel-Arnold

Rhonda Taylor

Andrea Goocher

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Best Short

Washington DC International Film Festival

 

Official Selection

Queens World Film Festival

Lone Star Film Festival

Dance on Screen Filmfestival

El Paso Film Festival

Dance on Camera Festival

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

Frame x Frame Film Fest

Long Island International Film Expo