Awarded Ruben Abreu of Excellence - Bridgeport Film Festival!

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Melissa is haunted by other worldly beings who prey on her in her recurring cryptic nightmares. Her friend, Esteban, thinks he can help her decipher and find whats in her dream using an app called Quantum-Scouting. Together they confront her nightmare, but by the time she realizes her dreams have been a premonition, its too late.

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Inspired by early experimental/surrealist cinema; in combination with limited digital effects, this film utilizes an analog visual effect called direct animation, done by manipulating the film stock directly by bleaching, painting, scraping, and more.

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Colorway Productions and Static Sifting Films, in collaboration with Manderfilm, present an experimental mixed-media sci-fi short film written, directed, produced, and edited by Teresa-Esmeralda Sanchez.​

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Please visit teresa-esmeralda.com for behind the scenes coverage, award info, and more.

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A FILM BY

Teresa-Esmeralda Sanchez

 

STARRING
Starring Makeba Ross as Melissa

Giovani Naarendorp as Esteban

 

STORY EDITOR/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Galen Powell

CINEMATOGRAPHERS

Stephen "Gadget" Taylor
James Mckenzie

 

LOCATION SOUND
Brandon Manderville

 

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Valerie Barnhart

BTS PHOTOGRAPHER

Claire Walsh

POST-PRODUCTION SOUND

Jane Manderville

Brandon Manderville

 

DIGITAL VFX
Saffia Rahimtoola

Analog VFX

Teresa-Esmeralda

Mono No Aware

 

CATERING
The Sanchez Family