Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: short coming-of-age psychedelic fantasy
Running Time: 19 minutes
Year of production: 2022

SYNOPSIS

Set in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, the story follows Nadia the night before her childhood home is sold. High on mushrooms, she and her friends inadvertently open a portal, plunging them into the astral-plane. There, faces The Horned One, an ancient keeper of the land and water. To return to her body, Nadia must come to terms with her responsibility to her home and the water that it protects.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Tone Productions
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Trinity Simpson as Nadia
Emily Bollman as Trish
Sawyer Wright as The Horned One
Eric Palmer as Bret
Rebecca Hamner as Caroline
Tamara Jakos as Sarah

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Kaya Tone
Screenwriter: Kaya Tone
Producer: Kaya Tone, Brian Plain, Time Preston & David M. Night Maire
Director of Photography: Alex Wohlin
Sound: Ian Hunter
Editing: Kale Radcliffe
Sound Editing: Sam Kingston
Music Composer: Ryn Jorgenssen & Haiden Davis

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Psychedelic fantasy
Sub-genre: coming-of-age
Language: English
Country of origin: United States of America
Year of production: 2022
Total running time: 19 minutes 12 seconds
Shooting format: HD
Color type: color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: stereo

AWARDS

1. King Award, 3rd Place Winner, Undergraduate-First Run Film Festival
2. ShoeString Award– Rochester International Film Festival
3. Young Filmmaker Award Winner– Transparent Film Festival
4. Best of Fest– Ocean City Film Festival
5. Best Student Film– Dreamachine International Film Festival, Fall
6. Best Student Film of the Year– Dreamachine International Film Festival, Annual
7. Best Student Film– Winter Film Awards
8. Best Student Short Film– Thilsri International Film Festival
9. Best Long Form Short Film– WILDsound Feedback Film and Screenplay Festival
10. Best Short Film, Diamond Award– Mindfield Film Festival, Albuquerque
11. Best Short Film– Denver Monthly Film Festival
12. Best International Short Film– Athvikvaruni International Film Festival
13. Best US Short Film– Sittannavasal International Film Festival
14. Best Fantasy– Bratislava International Film Festival
15. Best Horror/Sci-Fi Short Film– Aasha International Film Festival
16. Best Horror Short Film– Nitiin International Film Festival
17. Best Director, Horror– Film Invasion Los Angeles
18. Best Director– Denver Monthly Film Festival
19. Best Scream-writing– Scared for Your LIIFE
20. Best Cinematography, Undergraduate– First Run Film Festival
21. Best Cinematography, Grand Jury Award– Film Invasion Los Angeles
22. Best Cinematography– Front Range Film Festival
23. Best Cinematography– Volterra Fantasy Film Festival
24. Best Production Design– Women's International Film Festival Nigeria
25. Best Editing Undergraduate– First Run Film Festival
26. Best Visual Effects, Undergraduate– First Run Film Festival
27. Best Hair & Makeup– CineMAZ Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente
28. Best Costume/Makeup Design– David Film Festival
29. Best Acting, Horror, Cast– Film Invasion Los Angeles
30. Best Actor, Undergraduate, Trinity Simpson– First Run Film Festival
31. Best Actress, Trinity Simpson– First Contact Film Festival
32. Best Actress, Trinity Simpson– Long Key International Film Festival
33. Best Actor, Undergraduate, Emily Bollman– First Run Film Festival
34. Best Supporting Actress, Emily Bollman– Dreamachine International Film Fest, Fall
35. David Special Section– David Film Festival
36. Honorable Mention– Cefalu Film Festival
37. Honorable Mention– Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase
38. Honorable Mention– Lil’ Spooky Fest
39. Honorable Mention– Widescreen Film & Music Video Festival
40. Honorable Mention– Rock the Shorts Film Festival
41. Honorable Mention– Kinda Spoopy