Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Dark Comedy
Running Time: 10:38
Year of production: 2019

SYNOPSIS

Upon receiving a ransom note from a witch cult for Harry, his family battles out who should pay the ransom until they discover that Harry's involvement in magic may have provided the funds to cover his own ransom fee.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Artemiy Repin
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Jake Odmark (Ethan)
Stephen Gleason (George)
Phyllis Lindy (Tilda)
Kristin McGuire (Theresa)

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Artemiy Repin
Screenwriter: Artemiy Repin
Producer: Marcus Wei, Jenny He, Artemiy Repin
Director of Photography: Rony Portillo
Sound: Emmi Shockley
Editing: Marcus Wei, Ian Tan
Sound Editing: Matthew Lai, Elizabeth Demmon
Music Composer: Hope Littwin

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Sub-genre: Dark Comedy
Language: English
Country of origin: USA
Year of production: 2019
Total running time: 10:35
Shooting format: Digital Capture
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 1:78:1
Sound format: Stereo, 320 kbps

BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR

Artemiy Repin is a New York-based writer/director and producer of Russian origin. In his films he loves exploring morbid family dynamics and how bigger-than-life personalities deal with moral dilemmas. His short RITE OF BIRTH received Drury 360 Award for Best Experimental VR Film and was shortlisted for Samsung Creators Awards. He also Line Produced SHIVA BABY, an Official Selection at SXSW 2018 and a Vimeo Staff Pick. When he’s not directing or writing films, Artemiy directs fashion and music videos as well as works as a gaffer and a grip on commercial and music video sets. He is currently submitting to festivals with his new short film “The Feud” as well as developing another short film and a feature. Artemiy holds a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Film/TV Production.