BOO
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Horror, Drama
A recovering addict experiences a traumatic event, forcing her to relapse in order to save herself. Can she regain her sobriety before her boyfriend discovers the truth? Sometimes addiction can be a real monster.
BOO
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Horror, Drama
2 Campaigns | California, United States
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A recovering addict experiences a traumatic event, forcing her to relapse in order to save herself. Can she regain her sobriety before her boyfriend discovers the truth? Sometimes addiction can be a real monster.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
So... I’ve only done this once before, but I can’t stop thinking about doing it again. Sure, it was a challenging experience, that I swore I would never repeat, but yet…here I am. My name is Rakefet Abergel, and I'm addicted to making movies. I wrote BOO to be my directorial debut, that I plan to star in, as well. Doing both will be a challenge, but I am ready for that challenge! We have an incredible cast and crew and I believe in this project whole-heartedly.
BOO is a short horror film about addiction, self-loathing, and the desire to be loved. It's a story about anyone who's ever felt like they had to hide a part of themselves, a part they didn't like. When our heroine, Devi, finds herself in a dangerous situation, she is forced to make a decision that will impact her sobriety, and her relationship. BOO is a tense tale of what happens when addiction threatens to get the better of one woman at exactly the wrong time. We all have our vices and addictions. What's yours?
STRETCH GOALS
Since we need to make 80% of our goal to be greenlit and able to access the funds, we are only asking for $15k. We probably need closer to $20-$25k to cover film festival expenses and submissions and marketing materials, as well as any unexpected expenses that come up during production. So if we reach our goal, please continue to contribute if you can! We need every penny we can get. All funds will go towards production, post production, or marketing and distribution of BOO.
If we reach $18,000 we will be able to offer better rates to our cast & crew.
If we reach $20,000 we will be able to cover the above as well as film festival submissions & expenses
If we reach $25,000 we will be able to cover all of the above and create professional marketing materials to get the film to as many people as possible, as well as cover most distribution costs.
RAKEFET ABERGEL - "DEVI"
A native of Los Angeles, Rakefet Abergel is an award-winning American/Israeli actress, writer/producer/director, and outspoken stand up comedian. One month after taking a stand up class, Rakefet won Best Comic and Best Overall Talent on the Tyra Banks Show. She appeared in the movie Superbad with Jonah Hill, and as Adam Sandler's sister in Just Go with It . She can also be seen in the films My Best Friend's Girl opposite Dane Cook, with Halle Berry in The Call, and alongside Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington in the film, A Thousand Words. Rakefet regularly guest stars on TV shows including Showtime's Shameless, New Girl, My Name is Earl, Bella and the Bulldogs, and iCarly.
Recently, Rakefet wrote and starred in a horror/thriller short film called Jax in Love, which she co-produced with executive producer & casting director Jory Weitz (Napoleon Dynamite). The film, directed by Oscar-nominated director Colin Campbell had an extremely successful film festival run and garnered Abergel nine Best Actress awards from a variety of festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Hollywood Horrorfest, GenreBlast Film Festival and Oregon Scream Week. The film also won Best Horror Short at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, Best Featurette, and Best Original Screenplay. Her new short screenplay, “BOO”, is a finalist at Women in Horror Film Festival in Georgia and Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
Rakefet also originated the role of "Brooke" in the hilarious and touching play, The Furniture, written by Marc Warren (Even Stevens, Full House) and directed by industry veteran Joel Zwick (Full House, My Big Fat Greek Wedding), that premiered at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts.
JOSH KELLY - "JARED"
You probably know him as Jeremy Caner on the Lifetime show UnREAL. Or maybe from his role as Walker Chisum on the NBC show Midnight, Texas. You've also seen him in the Transformers movies and the TV shows FlashForward, True Blood, and as Cutter Wentworth on One Life to Live.
PARISA FITZ-HENLEY - "AVA"
Parisa Fitz-Henley is a Jamaican-American actress best known for her role as Reva Connors in Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Since 2017, Fitz-Henley has starred in the NBC drama Midnight, Texas. Parisa also recently played Meghan Markle in the television movie "Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance".
LAURA WIGGINS - "GRACE"
Laura Wiggins is an American actress, singer and musician. She is best known for her roles in Shameless, The Tomorrow People, Starving in Suburbia and Rings.
MICHAEL VILLAR - "CHRIS"
As his diverse list of credits attests, Michael Villar has always been drawn to the unconventional, showing depth and range in every role he plays. Villar was born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to his mother Susan McMillen Villar and his father, Spanish native, Luis Alberto Villar. As a young boy Villar found his surroundings constantly changing; he was raised in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and Spain. Michael's only constant is his brother, David Villar, who is also a Los Angeles based actor. Michael graduated from the University of Minnesota where he majored in Film Studies, Film Production and Theater. His talents with situational improv landed him the role of Grumpy, in contemporary artist Paul McCarthy's piece "White Snow". A character actor, Villar enjoys playing roles in both drama and comedy.
Michael Villar had two movies in the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. "Carnage Park", directed by Mickey Keating, and "Sleight", directed by J.D. Dillard. His most recent films “Skin” (currently nominated for an Academy Award) and “Amy’s in the Closet” both had an extremely successful film festival run. Currently shooting "The Soviet Sleep Experiment" with Chris Kattan.
*Cast is subject to change based on scheduling availability at the time of production.
BOO is produced by Cyclamen Films, the team behind the award-winning horror short, Jax in Love. In association with VKTRY Creative.
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You can contribute with confidence knowing that we will take this film all the way. My first short film, Jax in Love, (that I wrote, produced, and starred in) ended up an Official Selection at over 50 film festivals in 4 countries. It won dozens of awards including 9 Best Actress awards and awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Horror Short, amongst them. 52 Weeks of Horror wrote, "Jax in Love is beautiful, horrifying, and all too real." And Film Festival Circuit wrote, "Rakefet Abergel delivers an intense performance in this psychological thriller that will have you guessing till the end."
For more information on our last award-winning production, including screening locations, press, laurels, and more, visit Jax In Love.
The screenplay for BOO, written by Rakefet Abergel, was an official selection this year at multiple film festivals including Upstate NY Horror Film Festival, Georgia Shorts Film Festival, Horror Films In Hotlanta, and Bloodstained Indie Film Festival.
2018 Boo Screenplay Nominations: Nightmares Film Festival Short Screenplay Finalist, Oregon Scream Week Best Horror Short Screenplay Nominee, Independent Horror Movie Awards Best Short Script Nominee, and Diabolical Horror Film Festival Best Short Script Nominee.
2018 Boo Screenplay Awards: Boobs and Blood Film Festival for Best Vampire Short Screenplay, Women in Horror Film Festival for Honorable Mention Best Short Screenplay, Queen Palm International Film Festival Gold Award for Best Dialogue and Antic Horror International Short Film Screenplay Contest for 2nd Runner Up Best Short Screenplay.
Click the MEDIA tab to watch our Teaser!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Crew
Costs $4,000
We need to pay our crew for 2-3 days of work. We negotiated the lowest rates legally possible.
Post-Production Picture & Sound
Costs $1,000
This will help us get the best coloring, sound mixing, and editing possible!
Permits, Insurance & Location Costs
Costs $3,000
SAG requires us to have specific insurance and LA requires permits and they aren't cheap!
Camera & Lighting Equipment
Costs $2,000
We need lighting & equipment to make a great film! This will help us with our rentals & expendables.
Catering
Costs $500
We gotta feed people, right? Everyone knows a good crew is great with amazing craft services.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Picture Cars
Costs $1,000
BOO needs very specific cars for the shoot. This covers rentals and insurance.
Film Festivals & Marketing
Costs $1,500
This is for submission fees, travel, marketing. Only a fraction of what we need, but it's a start.
Special FX Makeup & Props
Costs $2,000
Creating a visually truthful experience will enhance the scares! We have an award-winning FX team.
Share this update!
About This Team
RAKEFET ABERGEL - DIRECTOR, WRITER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Founder, CYCLAMEN FILMS
A native of Los Angeles, Rakefet Abergel is an award-winning American/Israeli actress, writer/producer/director, and outspoken stand up comedian. One month after taking a stand up class, Rakefet won Best Comic and Best Overall Talent on the Tyra Banks Show. She appeared in the movie Superbad with Jonah Hill, and as Adam Sandler's sister in Just Go with It . She can also be seen in the films My Best Friend's Girl opposite Dane Cook, with Halle Berry in The Call, and alongside Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington in the film, A Thousand Words. Rakefet regularly guest stars on TV shows including Showtime's Shameless, New Girl, My Name is Earl, Bella and the Bulldogs, and iCarly.
Recently, Rakefet wrote and starred in a dramatic/horror/thriller short film called Jax in Love, which she co-produced with executive producer & casting director Jory Weitz (Napoleon Dynamite). The film, directed by Oscar-nominated director Colin Campbell has been making the festival rounds and garnered Abergel nine Best Actress awards from a variety of film festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Hollywood Horrorfest, GenreBlast Film Festival and Oregon Scream Week. The film also won Best Horror Short at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and Best Original Screenplay. Her new short screenplay, “BOO”, is a finalist at Women in Horror Film Festival in Georgia and Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
Rakefet also originated the role of "Brooke" in the hilarious and touching play, The Furniture, written by Marc Warren (Even Stevens, Full House) and directed by industry veteran Joel Zwick (Full House, My Big Fat Greek Wedding), that premiered at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts.
Rakefet has performed stand up comedy all over Los Angeles, including the World Famous Comedy Store and The Improv in Hollywood, as well as the University of Las Vegas and as a featured performer with Sweet, a women's travel company, in Mexico.
She teaches sixth and seventh grade religious school and Hebrew in Los Angeles and also works as an acting coach and mentor for kids and adults at Kid (F)Actor, a company she founded in 2010.
SHAWN CHRISTIAN - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Shawn Christian grew up acting purely for the love of it. Acting in and writing for talent shows and school plays was simply a small town passion until he graduated from Ferris State University. After earning a degree in Marketing Shawn left the next day to pursue his dream as an actor by relocating to Chicago where he honed his acting skills with a variety of acting coaches and styles. He began to find his true voice with the improvisational company “Improv Olympic.”
Just as he was about to begin Second City in Chicago Shawn got his first big break portraying working class anti-hero ‘Mike Kasnoff’ on the New York-based CBS daytime drama “As The World Turns.” From NYC he took the leap to Los Angeles. He landed recurring roles on ABC’s “Boston Legal” as delinquent husband to Julie Bowen and nemesis to Josh Duhamel on “Las Vegas.” He returned to his comic roots with a roles on the HBO series “12 Miles of Bad Road,” “Friends,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “Ellen,” “Will and Grace,” “Becker,” and Shawn experienced more than a few failed pilots and shows until he starred opposite Lori Loughlin in The WB’s hit series “Summerland” and opposite Jami Gertz and Tyne Daly in the CBS hit movie “Undercover Christmas.” Additional television work includes starring opposite Paige Turco in the NBC hit family movie "Secrets of the Mountain,” and “Shark” with James Woods, as well as lead roles in John Woo’s action drama pilots “Red Skies” for USA and quirky spy comedy “Spy Girl” opposite Jennie Garth for NBC. Shawn was excited to delve into darker characters in the role of convicted killer Danny Pelosi in “Murder in the Hamptons” and con man in “Ghost Whisperer.” Shawn started picking up film roles in Christopher Guest’s feature film “For Your Consideration,” “Shopgirl” with Claire Danes directed by Steve Martin, “Beautiful,” with Minnie Driver directed by Sally Field, Eddie Murphy’s film “Meet Dave” and stars as the lead in the cult franchise hit “Tremors III” as the offbeat Zen cowboy Jack Sawyer.
For two seasons Shawn recurred on the hit show “Famous in Love” with “Entourage” co- star Perrey Reeves. He Executive Produced, Co-Directed and starred in the independent film “Spanners,” which won the award for BEST SCI-FI film at the 2015 Hollywood Independent Reel Film Festival, and BEST ACTOR at the 2015 Hollywood Underground Film Festival. He stars opposite Chris Pine, Oscar nominee John Hawks and Oscar winner Octavio Spencer in "Small Town Saturday Night.” After a run as ‘Dr. Daniel Jonas’ on NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” Shawn jumped into Villainous street hustler “Lance” in Indie Thriller “Last Seen in Idaho.” Duplicitous killer in “Hidden Truth,” and back into comedy with the film “Savannah Sunrise.”
Shawn’s latest appearance with Nathan Fillion as roguish Police officer trainer “Hawke” begins this Fall on ABC’s newest hit “The Rookie.”
MARSHALL LANGHOR - PRODUCER
Marshall Langohr(producer) is a Northwest-bred, Los Angeles based high school drop out, and Seahawks fan. When he's not experimenting with how to best live his life he can be found doing any number of things. The question isn't what he is doing.
The question is: what isn't he doing? www.marshall-langohr.com
NED THORNE - CREATIVE PRODUCER, EDITOR
NED THORNE is a writer, director, and film editor based in Los Angeles. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he spent a decade in New York City working in features, docs, shorts, journalism, corporate, and other arenas before making the journey west. Since arriving, he has concentrated on cutting scripted features and developing his own projects, including his most recent short, Not If, But When (available on Amazon Prime!). www.nedthorne.com
SYLVIA RAY - CO-PRODUCER
CO-FOUNDER VKTRY CREATIVE
SYLVIA RAY is a writer, director, and co-founder of VKTRY Creative Studios. As a storyteller, she is passionate about projects that are inclusive, fearless, and truthful.
Having grown up in a small desert town -- where nearly half the population lives beneath the poverty line -- and moving to Los Angeles as a young adult, she draws inspiration from her own self discipline and determination, and provides a unique perspective as a Korean/Mexican-American woman.
Sylvia has directed shorts that have been selected for festivals around the world and has been asked to speak on several panels. She has also worked creatively with clients such as Magnopus, Disney, and Disney-Pixar. She is an active member of Women in Film and the Los Angeles Women's Film Collective.
Sylvia is a California native, was born and raised in the high desert, and earned a degree in Communications while minoring in Asian Studies at Cal State Fullerton. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
LOWAM EYASU - CO-PRODUCER, 1st AD
CO-FOUNDER VKTRY CREATIVE
Lowam Eyasu immigrated from Eritrea with her parents and siblings when she was 2 years old. They somehow landed in Barstow Ca, a small desert town that is equivalent to The Hills Have Eyes meets Breaking Bad. At 17 she got the hell out of Barstow and attended California State University Long Beach. She received a BA in performance and has studied viewpoints under Jeff Perry and Alexander Billings at Steppenwolf Theatre West. Lowam’s passion for TV and entertainment eventually drove her to not only act but write and produce her own content.
A tenacious and confident actor, Lowam left college to pursue her career. After living in Los Angeles and New York, she learned that the industry wasn’t quite representing her or woman like her. In result of the misrepresentation she started the production company VKTRY Creative a year ago with two of her childhood friends. Vktry focuses on creating narrative content for women, women of color and other underrepresented communities. She is passionate about advancing narratives that stand to uphold the uniquely individual stories that are seldom told. With Vktry Lowam has produced over 10 projects, including writing her first feature film!
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
So... I’ve only done this once before, but I can’t stop thinking about doing it again. Sure, it was a challenging experience, that I swore I would never repeat, but yet…here I am. My name is Rakefet Abergel, and I'm addicted to making movies. I wrote BOO to be my directorial debut, that I plan to star in, as well. Doing both will be a challenge, but I am ready for that challenge! We have an incredible cast and crew and I believe in this project whole-heartedly.
BOO is a short horror film about addiction, self-loathing, and the desire to be loved. It's a story about anyone who's ever felt like they had to hide a part of themselves, a part they didn't like. When our heroine, Devi, finds herself in a dangerous situation, she is forced to make a decision that will impact her sobriety, and her relationship. BOO is a tense tale of what happens when addiction threatens to get the better of one woman at exactly the wrong time. We all have our vices and addictions. What's yours?
STRETCH GOALS
Since we need to make 80% of our goal to be greenlit and able to access the funds, we are only asking for $15k. We probably need closer to $20-$25k to cover film festival expenses and submissions and marketing materials, as well as any unexpected expenses that come up during production. So if we reach our goal, please continue to contribute if you can! We need every penny we can get. All funds will go towards production, post production, or marketing and distribution of BOO.
If we reach $18,000 we will be able to offer better rates to our cast & crew.
If we reach $20,000 we will be able to cover the above as well as film festival submissions & expenses
If we reach $25,000 we will be able to cover all of the above and create professional marketing materials to get the film to as many people as possible, as well as cover most distribution costs.
RAKEFET ABERGEL - "DEVI"
A native of Los Angeles, Rakefet Abergel is an award-winning American/Israeli actress, writer/producer/director, and outspoken stand up comedian. One month after taking a stand up class, Rakefet won Best Comic and Best Overall Talent on the Tyra Banks Show. She appeared in the movie Superbad with Jonah Hill, and as Adam Sandler's sister in Just Go with It . She can also be seen in the films My Best Friend's Girl opposite Dane Cook, with Halle Berry in The Call, and alongside Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington in the film, A Thousand Words. Rakefet regularly guest stars on TV shows including Showtime's Shameless, New Girl, My Name is Earl, Bella and the Bulldogs, and iCarly.
Recently, Rakefet wrote and starred in a horror/thriller short film called Jax in Love, which she co-produced with executive producer & casting director Jory Weitz (Napoleon Dynamite). The film, directed by Oscar-nominated director Colin Campbell had an extremely successful film festival run and garnered Abergel nine Best Actress awards from a variety of festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Hollywood Horrorfest, GenreBlast Film Festival and Oregon Scream Week. The film also won Best Horror Short at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, Best Featurette, and Best Original Screenplay. Her new short screenplay, “BOO”, is a finalist at Women in Horror Film Festival in Georgia and Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
Rakefet also originated the role of "Brooke" in the hilarious and touching play, The Furniture, written by Marc Warren (Even Stevens, Full House) and directed by industry veteran Joel Zwick (Full House, My Big Fat Greek Wedding), that premiered at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts.
JOSH KELLY - "JARED"
You probably know him as Jeremy Caner on the Lifetime show UnREAL. Or maybe from his role as Walker Chisum on the NBC show Midnight, Texas. You've also seen him in the Transformers movies and the TV shows FlashForward, True Blood, and as Cutter Wentworth on One Life to Live.
PARISA FITZ-HENLEY - "AVA"
Parisa Fitz-Henley is a Jamaican-American actress best known for her role as Reva Connors in Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Since 2017, Fitz-Henley has starred in the NBC drama Midnight, Texas. Parisa also recently played Meghan Markle in the television movie "Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance".
LAURA WIGGINS - "GRACE"
Laura Wiggins is an American actress, singer and musician. She is best known for her roles in Shameless, The Tomorrow People, Starving in Suburbia and Rings.
MICHAEL VILLAR - "CHRIS"
As his diverse list of credits attests, Michael Villar has always been drawn to the unconventional, showing depth and range in every role he plays. Villar was born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to his mother Susan McMillen Villar and his father, Spanish native, Luis Alberto Villar. As a young boy Villar found his surroundings constantly changing; he was raised in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and Spain. Michael's only constant is his brother, David Villar, who is also a Los Angeles based actor. Michael graduated from the University of Minnesota where he majored in Film Studies, Film Production and Theater. His talents with situational improv landed him the role of Grumpy, in contemporary artist Paul McCarthy's piece "White Snow". A character actor, Villar enjoys playing roles in both drama and comedy.
Michael Villar had two movies in the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. "Carnage Park", directed by Mickey Keating, and "Sleight", directed by J.D. Dillard. His most recent films “Skin” (currently nominated for an Academy Award) and “Amy’s in the Closet” both had an extremely successful film festival run. Currently shooting "The Soviet Sleep Experiment" with Chris Kattan.
*Cast is subject to change based on scheduling availability at the time of production.
BOO is produced by Cyclamen Films, the team behind the award-winning horror short, Jax in Love. In association with VKTRY Creative.
You can contribute with confidence knowing that we will take this film all the way. My first short film, Jax in Love, (that I wrote, produced, and starred in) ended up an Official Selection at over 50 film festivals in 4 countries. It won dozens of awards including 9 Best Actress awards and awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Horror Short, amongst them. 52 Weeks of Horror wrote, "Jax in Love is beautiful, horrifying, and all too real." And Film Festival Circuit wrote, "Rakefet Abergel delivers an intense performance in this psychological thriller that will have you guessing till the end."
For more information on our last award-winning production, including screening locations, press, laurels, and more, visit Jax In Love.
The screenplay for BOO, written by Rakefet Abergel, was an official selection this year at multiple film festivals including Upstate NY Horror Film Festival, Georgia Shorts Film Festival, Horror Films In Hotlanta, and Bloodstained Indie Film Festival.
2018 Boo Screenplay Nominations: Nightmares Film Festival Short Screenplay Finalist, Oregon Scream Week Best Horror Short Screenplay Nominee, Independent Horror Movie Awards Best Short Script Nominee, and Diabolical Horror Film Festival Best Short Script Nominee.
2018 Boo Screenplay Awards: Boobs and Blood Film Festival for Best Vampire Short Screenplay, Women in Horror Film Festival for Honorable Mention Best Short Screenplay, Queen Palm International Film Festival Gold Award for Best Dialogue and Antic Horror International Short Film Screenplay Contest for 2nd Runner Up Best Short Screenplay.
Click the MEDIA tab to watch our Teaser!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Crew
Costs $4,000
We need to pay our crew for 2-3 days of work. We negotiated the lowest rates legally possible.
Post-Production Picture & Sound
Costs $1,000
This will help us get the best coloring, sound mixing, and editing possible!
Permits, Insurance & Location Costs
Costs $3,000
SAG requires us to have specific insurance and LA requires permits and they aren't cheap!
Camera & Lighting Equipment
Costs $2,000
We need lighting & equipment to make a great film! This will help us with our rentals & expendables.
Catering
Costs $500
We gotta feed people, right? Everyone knows a good crew is great with amazing craft services.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Picture Cars
Costs $1,000
BOO needs very specific cars for the shoot. This covers rentals and insurance.
Film Festivals & Marketing
Costs $1,500
This is for submission fees, travel, marketing. Only a fraction of what we need, but it's a start.
Special FX Makeup & Props
Costs $2,000
Creating a visually truthful experience will enhance the scares! We have an award-winning FX team.
Share this update!
About This Team
RAKEFET ABERGEL - DIRECTOR, WRITER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Founder, CYCLAMEN FILMS
A native of Los Angeles, Rakefet Abergel is an award-winning American/Israeli actress, writer/producer/director, and outspoken stand up comedian. One month after taking a stand up class, Rakefet won Best Comic and Best Overall Talent on the Tyra Banks Show. She appeared in the movie Superbad with Jonah Hill, and as Adam Sandler's sister in Just Go with It . She can also be seen in the films My Best Friend's Girl opposite Dane Cook, with Halle Berry in The Call, and alongside Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington in the film, A Thousand Words. Rakefet regularly guest stars on TV shows including Showtime's Shameless, New Girl, My Name is Earl, Bella and the Bulldogs, and iCarly.
Recently, Rakefet wrote and starred in a dramatic/horror/thriller short film called Jax in Love, which she co-produced with executive producer & casting director Jory Weitz (Napoleon Dynamite). The film, directed by Oscar-nominated director Colin Campbell has been making the festival rounds and garnered Abergel nine Best Actress awards from a variety of film festivals including Nightmares Film Festival, Hollywood Horrorfest, GenreBlast Film Festival and Oregon Scream Week. The film also won Best Horror Short at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and Best Original Screenplay. Her new short screenplay, “BOO”, is a finalist at Women in Horror Film Festival in Georgia and Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
Rakefet also originated the role of "Brooke" in the hilarious and touching play, The Furniture, written by Marc Warren (Even Stevens, Full House) and directed by industry veteran Joel Zwick (Full House, My Big Fat Greek Wedding), that premiered at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts.
Rakefet has performed stand up comedy all over Los Angeles, including the World Famous Comedy Store and The Improv in Hollywood, as well as the University of Las Vegas and as a featured performer with Sweet, a women's travel company, in Mexico.
She teaches sixth and seventh grade religious school and Hebrew in Los Angeles and also works as an acting coach and mentor for kids and adults at Kid (F)Actor, a company she founded in 2010.
SHAWN CHRISTIAN - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Shawn Christian grew up acting purely for the love of it. Acting in and writing for talent shows and school plays was simply a small town passion until he graduated from Ferris State University. After earning a degree in Marketing Shawn left the next day to pursue his dream as an actor by relocating to Chicago where he honed his acting skills with a variety of acting coaches and styles. He began to find his true voice with the improvisational company “Improv Olympic.”
Just as he was about to begin Second City in Chicago Shawn got his first big break portraying working class anti-hero ‘Mike Kasnoff’ on the New York-based CBS daytime drama “As The World Turns.” From NYC he took the leap to Los Angeles. He landed recurring roles on ABC’s “Boston Legal” as delinquent husband to Julie Bowen and nemesis to Josh Duhamel on “Las Vegas.” He returned to his comic roots with a roles on the HBO series “12 Miles of Bad Road,” “Friends,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “Ellen,” “Will and Grace,” “Becker,” and Shawn experienced more than a few failed pilots and shows until he starred opposite Lori Loughlin in The WB’s hit series “Summerland” and opposite Jami Gertz and Tyne Daly in the CBS hit movie “Undercover Christmas.” Additional television work includes starring opposite Paige Turco in the NBC hit family movie "Secrets of the Mountain,” and “Shark” with James Woods, as well as lead roles in John Woo’s action drama pilots “Red Skies” for USA and quirky spy comedy “Spy Girl” opposite Jennie Garth for NBC. Shawn was excited to delve into darker characters in the role of convicted killer Danny Pelosi in “Murder in the Hamptons” and con man in “Ghost Whisperer.” Shawn started picking up film roles in Christopher Guest’s feature film “For Your Consideration,” “Shopgirl” with Claire Danes directed by Steve Martin, “Beautiful,” with Minnie Driver directed by Sally Field, Eddie Murphy’s film “Meet Dave” and stars as the lead in the cult franchise hit “Tremors III” as the offbeat Zen cowboy Jack Sawyer.
For two seasons Shawn recurred on the hit show “Famous in Love” with “Entourage” co- star Perrey Reeves. He Executive Produced, Co-Directed and starred in the independent film “Spanners,” which won the award for BEST SCI-FI film at the 2015 Hollywood Independent Reel Film Festival, and BEST ACTOR at the 2015 Hollywood Underground Film Festival. He stars opposite Chris Pine, Oscar nominee John Hawks and Oscar winner Octavio Spencer in "Small Town Saturday Night.” After a run as ‘Dr. Daniel Jonas’ on NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” Shawn jumped into Villainous street hustler “Lance” in Indie Thriller “Last Seen in Idaho.” Duplicitous killer in “Hidden Truth,” and back into comedy with the film “Savannah Sunrise.”
Shawn’s latest appearance with Nathan Fillion as roguish Police officer trainer “Hawke” begins this Fall on ABC’s newest hit “The Rookie.”
MARSHALL LANGHOR - PRODUCER
Marshall Langohr(producer) is a Northwest-bred, Los Angeles based high school drop out, and Seahawks fan. When he's not experimenting with how to best live his life he can be found doing any number of things. The question isn't what he is doing.
The question is: what isn't he doing? www.marshall-langohr.com
NED THORNE - CREATIVE PRODUCER, EDITOR
NED THORNE is a writer, director, and film editor based in Los Angeles. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he spent a decade in New York City working in features, docs, shorts, journalism, corporate, and other arenas before making the journey west. Since arriving, he has concentrated on cutting scripted features and developing his own projects, including his most recent short, Not If, But When (available on Amazon Prime!). www.nedthorne.com
SYLVIA RAY - CO-PRODUCER
CO-FOUNDER VKTRY CREATIVE
SYLVIA RAY is a writer, director, and co-founder of VKTRY Creative Studios. As a storyteller, she is passionate about projects that are inclusive, fearless, and truthful.
Having grown up in a small desert town -- where nearly half the population lives beneath the poverty line -- and moving to Los Angeles as a young adult, she draws inspiration from her own self discipline and determination, and provides a unique perspective as a Korean/Mexican-American woman.
Sylvia has directed shorts that have been selected for festivals around the world and has been asked to speak on several panels. She has also worked creatively with clients such as Magnopus, Disney, and Disney-Pixar. She is an active member of Women in Film and the Los Angeles Women's Film Collective.
Sylvia is a California native, was born and raised in the high desert, and earned a degree in Communications while minoring in Asian Studies at Cal State Fullerton. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
LOWAM EYASU - CO-PRODUCER, 1st AD
CO-FOUNDER VKTRY CREATIVE
Lowam Eyasu immigrated from Eritrea with her parents and siblings when she was 2 years old. They somehow landed in Barstow Ca, a small desert town that is equivalent to The Hills Have Eyes meets Breaking Bad. At 17 she got the hell out of Barstow and attended California State University Long Beach. She received a BA in performance and has studied viewpoints under Jeff Perry and Alexander Billings at Steppenwolf Theatre West. Lowam’s passion for TV and entertainment eventually drove her to not only act but write and produce her own content.
A tenacious and confident actor, Lowam left college to pursue her career. After living in Los Angeles and New York, she learned that the industry wasn’t quite representing her or woman like her. In result of the misrepresentation she started the production company VKTRY Creative a year ago with two of her childhood friends. Vktry focuses on creating narrative content for women, women of color and other underrepresented communities. She is passionate about advancing narratives that stand to uphold the uniquely individual stories that are seldom told. With Vktry Lowam has produced over 10 projects, including writing her first feature film!