Our creative team is made up of Jacksonville based artists Michelle Calloway and Farrell Huntley. Our film explores themes of trauma and mental health and its effect on our main character. We as artists are also viewing this process as an opportunity to bring healing to many, including ourselves.

Bell Isle film seeks to raise at least $15,000 for production and distribution of our short film. Our team is currently in the production phase and would appreciate your support in order to move forward on our timeline as soon as possible and perpare our film for festival season. 

The film is told through the complex viewpoint of our main character, Jessica. Belle Isle provides an intimate portrait of a woman riddled with a deep pain she can't express. Jessica's narrative begins with a perspective of a woman who appears to be marching out of step with society and unable to claim her full identity. At a time when trauma and mental health are moving towards the forefront of our social conversations, Belle Isle aims to highlight the narrative that one woman's struggle with identity and personal boundaries can be the story of many. 

With that, we have made our production process very inclusive and we are aligning ourselves with team members who can bring their own personal experiences to the film. We have partnered with respected professional dancer and founder of the Jacksonville Dance theater Rebecca Levy as our choreographer and Katie Mccaughan as our body movement expert. Our team has been working with them closely as we learn to tell the story of our main character through movement. We have also partnered with Creative Veins acting school to cast our film. Our production team is made up of members of Color House Productions, a local rental house and production company. All of our cast and crew is local to Jacksonville and everyone involved is included in our budget for the film. Our aim is to include the community as much as possible during the process of filming as well as afterwards for our screenings. 

Belle Isle is currently fundraising to finish our project. We have three or more days of shooting remaining and our final editing, our goal is to have the film finished by spring 2021 for festival submissions and distribution. We will be submitting to large and small film festivals, as well as planning a virtual or in person screening here locally in Jacksonville, Florida- tbd, Covid. During this time we are following all preliminary precautions to move forward as safely as possible. We work in masks and all cast and crew members are/will be Covid tested before and after shooting. We are so excited to include the community in the process of creating this film as well as having them apart of its release and screening.

Learn More Here: www.belleislefilm.com