LOVE, FROM ELLIE
Austin, Texas | Film Short
Drama
LOVE, FROM ELLIE is a short film about a precocious 9-year-old girl, Ellie, who visits her veteran dad’s memorial on his birthday, chaperoned by her unhoused uncle, to throw him the perfect party. It's a heartbreaking & heartwarming story about the way we grieve and the importance of family.
LOVE, FROM ELLIE
Austin, Texas | Film Short
Drama
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LOVE, FROM ELLIE is a short film about a precocious 9-year-old girl, Ellie, who visits her veteran dad’s memorial on his birthday, chaperoned by her unhoused uncle, to throw him the perfect party. It's a heartbreaking & heartwarming story about the way we grieve and the importance of family.
About The Project
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Mission Statement
The Story
9-year-old Ellie Williams pretends to be sick from school so she can sneak out and venture by bus to visit her veteran father’s memorial on his birthday. She takes her Uncle George, an un-housed man, as her chaperone.
Ellie has planned the perfect celebration for her dad, but everything goes wrong from a broken cake, loud noise, uncontrollable weather, to her uncle wanting to leave before singing “happy birthday”. Ellie must give up control and work with unfavorable circumstances in order to celebrate her dad.
LOVE, FROM ELLIE is a heartfelt and emotionally resonant story that beautifully captures the themes of grief, remembrance, and the enduring power of love through the eyes of a resilient 9-year-old girl. The story also sheds a compassionate light on the repercussions that families endure when a loved one in the military loses their life in the line of duty to their country. A story that we don’t often see represented in film and one that is very relevant to so many on a global scale.
The story was inspired by walks in my neighborhood and my interactions with a homeless/un-housed man who was living by a dumpster near a strip mall. He was a kind man and would always smile and wave to me and my dog as we passed by. We started chatting on a regular basis and I began to wonder about the turn of events that led him to be homeless. This man was the inspiration behind George’s character.
Around the same time I became pregnant with my daughter June, and as all expecting parents do, I started to realize the massive impact a parent has on a kids life. I started to become overwhelmed by the responsibility and it made me think about how important it is for my daughter to have healthy relationships and role models in her life. And I began thinking about the homeless man in my neighborhood and how maybe his life might've been different if his circumstances had been different.
LOVE, FROM ELLIE highlights that we are all so different but there are certain events in our lives that bring and bind us together; our grief and our loss, our triumphs and our wins. This story makes us realize our shared humanity and that we're a lot more connected than we think.
The tone of the movie is on the lighter side. Although it is a drama, there's a lot of comedy in this story and it frequently flips from sadness to laughter. We are looking at the world through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl. Emotions are heightened, colors are brighter, moments sweeter.
In my personal experience, grief is uncomfortable, isolating, and unpredictable. It's a roller coaster of emotions. As humans we try our best to move forward and not get stuck in the pain, we want to feel happy. I wanted to create a film that shows the way we grieve and how life can be both heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time.
The screenplay for LOVE, FROM ELLIE has already made a splash on the festival circuit, winning the Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition 2024, and Reel East Texas Film Festival Best Contest Short Screenplay 2023!
9-year-old Texas native, Sara has a vivacious spirit with a passion to perform. When she is not acting or dancing, Sara spends her time riding horses, tumbling, roller skating, and evading the antics of her older siblings. She adores traveling, being around animals and gaming. Sara studies acting at Carol Hickey Acting Studio with Kim Jackson Davis. LOVE, FROM ELLIE is Sara's first film acting job. She can't wait to continue harnessing her craft and working in the film and TV industry.
Craig Nigh is an actor and acting teacher based in Austin, TX. He’s appeared on Fear the Walking Dead and Breaking Bad and can currently be seen playing Jefferson Davis in the AppleTV miniseries ManHunt. He’s proud to be a part of this thoughtful and heart warming project and always grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with talented and sincere writer/directors like Chantelle and her team.
Whip-smart with a pinch of spice, Carly Christopher is an actor, writer, producer, and gin martini-enthusiast (shaken, served up with a twist). After a fun but expensive degree in Sociology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, she went back to her creative roots and became conservatory-trained and launched into acting. She is known for her extensive commercial resume, racking up over 60 commercial credits in 6 years for brands like Coors Light, Toyota, Nissan, Re/Max, Dell, Jeep, Holiday Inn, Marriott, Discover Card, Home Depot and more. Her improv and comedic content on TikTok and Instagram entertains millions, (remember the video about the mouse infestation?) fun times! She recently co-wrote, produced and starred in her first independent short film, Tiny Hand, a psychological horror that will be released in the fall of 2023. A straight-A student by nature, she trains weekly with Lesly Kahn (LA) and Carol Hickey Acting Studios (Austin).
Kathy Rose Center didn't plan to become an actor. Fueled by a steady diet of sci-fi novels in her youth, she harbored dreams of becoming an astronaut. In 1968, a regional science fair competition won her a seat at the premier screening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" at the Cinerama Theater in Houston, a tour of NASA, and lunch with astronaut Vance Brand. In 1972, she earned her degree in Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics from the University of Texas at Austin. Then life intervened.
She was the first woman engineer to be hired into the new product development lab at IBM in Austin, and continued to break new ground over the next 30 years in a variety of technical and project management roles. In 1993, for example, she published a series of papers on business process reengineering, represented IBM at several workflow technology conferences, and was cited in The Economist.
Kathy Rose is an active member of the Austin Writers Workshop, an organization that meets weekly to provide cold table readings and critiques for local screenwriters.
Chantelle James is an Australian-born award-winning filmmaker. After earning her Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts, Acting, at the Actors Center Australia, Chantelle moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film & TV. It was in LA that she wrote & produced her first short film, ORDINARY, discovering her love and passion for filmmaking. She moved to Austin, TX in 2019 and launched production company Lady Alchemist Films in 2020.
Her directorial debut short film A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY screened at over 30 film festivals internationally, garnering 6 awards including Best Texas Short at Topaz Film Festival 2023, and Festival Treasure Award at Catalina Film Festival 2023. The feature screenplay LOVE, FROM ELLIE was selected for development programs at Athena Film Festival Narrative Writers Lab 2024 and Stowe Narrative Writers Lab 2024.
Chantelle served on the board of Women in Film & Television Austin as Podcast Chair 2021 - 2023. She is a current member of the Alliance of Women Directors.
Paulina Manseau is an award-winning director, writer, and producer of Mexican and Lebanese roots born in Los Angeles, California. Raised in Mexico and later returning to the U.S., she has passionately pursued her career in theater, film, and writing. Recognized as one of Texas' top directors and screenwriters, Paulina's talent and vision have earned her numerous accolades. In 2021, her works were featured on PBS, leading to her induction into the Alliance of Women Directors.
Kirtana Banskota is an award-winning, first-generation Nepali- American filmmaker who loves applying her global-grown work ethic to the world of film and media. She thrives in working with underrepresented communities alongside women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community while seeking to promote themes of passion, social impact, and integrity in all of her work. She is a Producer, Director, Actor, and Philanthropist.
Jess Gutierrez-Hefner is a Mexican-American creative film producer with over 12 years experience in the development and production of Film and TV projects both in the US and Mexico. At the start of her career, she worked as a crew member on projects produced out of Mexico such as Nosotros los Nobles (Warner Bros), Club de Cuervos (Netflix), Pulling Strings (Pantelion), Más Negro que la Noche (Videocine).
In 2016, she worked as the executing Producer of Las Hijas de Abril, directed by Michel Franco, winner of the Jury prize in the "Un Certain Regard" section of Cannes International Film Festival in 2017. That same year she also produced the genre film La Leyenda del Diamante (Corazon films) which was invited to compete at the San Diego Comic Con International Film Festival in July 2017.
In 2018 and 2019, she was the Supervising Producer at 11:11 Film&TV working on series for the streaming platforms Pantaya (now VIX) and Clarovideo such as Rubirosa, La Negociadora and Claramente.
Tori Rose is a production designer based in Austin, TX who currently works in film, theater, and music videos. Recently, she worked in the post production of The Bikeriders which was released in theaters in June 2024. She has also been on the board for Women in Film and Television Austin since 2021 and is excited to continue working with Chantelle James on LOVE, FROM ELLIE in fundraising and in production.
A graduate of the Actors Centre Australia, Eliza St John, continued her training in New York, Los Angeles and London. While in LA, Eliza created a comedic webseries titled FAYMIS, which lead her on the path of producer. Portraying lead roles in the television series Deadly Women (Beyond for NETFLIX) and the web based production NAMELESS (Caffcy Films), Eliza has worked on multi level platforms. This includes starring and producing her own hilarious, award wining, one woman stage show, V.D. (written by Pete Malicki, directed by Lisa Eismen). V.D. has been performed in play festivals in Australia, India, USA and The Brighton Fringe. Eliza made her move from Australia to the US in 2018 where she continues to produce, share and expand her strong belief in the universal power of story.
Newly Austin-based filmmaker who loves storytelling across various mediums and genres. Vassar ‘23 Media Studies and Film graduate.
Ashley Guaragna is a casting director based in Austin, TX, specializing in independent narrative projects. She has a knack for finding talent and connecting filmmakers with outstanding actors. Ashley is passionate about collaborating with visionary directors and helping them find the right faces and voices to bring their stories to life. She is consistently dedicated to diverse representation in her projects.
Zach Morrison is a graduate of the University of Texas, Radio-TV-Film program. After a decade-long stint cutting his teeth in the indie film and music video world of Austin, TX, Zach moved to Los Angeles to pursue narrative film full time in 2022, after being admitted as a Cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute.Films Zach has shot have premiered at festivals including SXSW, New Orleans Film Festival, Inside Out Toronto, and on such platforms as HBO, NoBudge.com, booooooom.tv, and Billboard.
Melissa Baez is an Austin-based production designer who has worked in Texas for the past 10 years on film and TV projects. She loves the challenge of bringing the world that exists on the page to life.
Federico Conforti grew up in the seaside city of Livorno in Tuscany, Italy. He developed his passion for storytelling while performing with local theater troupes, and went on to earn a degree in Cinema, Music & Theater from the University of Pisa. After graduating he moved to Rome, and later Los Angeles, to pursue a career in editing.
In 2016 won a David di Donatello award (Italian Academy Awards) for "Best Editing" for his work on the acclaimed Italian film LO CHIAMAVANO JEEG ROBOT (THEY CALL ME JEEG).
His award-winning editing also includes the 2020 Emmy-nominated and 2021 Webby Award-winning ALMOST FAMOUS series (New York Times Op-Docs, Breakwater Studios). BLOOD RIDER (Google). He won the 2021 Webby Award for "Best Branded Documentary"; DEFYING GRAVITY (All3 Media, Google) and was nominated for a 2021 Sports Emmy for "Outstanding Edited Sports Series''. He also won the 2020 "People's Voice - Best Editing" Webby Award for THAT'S MY JAZZ (Breakwater Studios).
Notable episodic work includes the anthology sci-fi series DIMENSION 404 (Lionsgate, Hulu) and crime drama series THE OATH (Sony).
Federico is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local #700) and of the EFA (European Film Academy).
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Italian-American composer, songwriter and conductor Fabrizio Mancinelli grew up within the medieval walls of L'Aquila, Italy, a lively town rich with culture and history. Surrounded by narrow streets lined with Baroque and Renaissance churches, Mancinelli was attracted from a young age to the fine arts, the opera and eventually, film scoring.
Mancinelli has worked with The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Imagineering, Feeln (Hallmark), Lionsgate, Rai, Mediaset (Taodue), Studio Bozzetto, Felix Film, NBC, Dick Clark Production Company, The Golden Globes, Warner Bros. Animation, Good Deed Entertainment/HBO LATINO, Media RED, The Rockefeller Foundation, Leone Film Group, Lotus and T&B Media Global.
He is a Sundance Film Music Fellow (2015) and BMI Conducting Fellow (2016), Mancinelli is also a voting Member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (OSCAR), the Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences (Emmys), the Recording Academy (Grammys), Asifa and SCL. He is the founder of Fab Music, Inc., a music and sound production company based in Glendale, California
Laurie Powers Going is a writer/filmmaker/artist originally from Texas, but has lived in many different cities, states, and countries. She obtained degrees from Howard Payne University and Vancouver Film School before getting her MFA from Wilkes University. Currently back in Austin, Texas, she owns and runs Deacon Finn Films and VFX, and is a member of the Visual Effects Society and Women in Film & TV Austin.
Laurie recently released the book Visual Effects for Indie Filmmakers - A Guide to VFX Integration and Artist Collaboration, that she co-wrote with Shaina Holmes.
The LOVE, FROM ELLIE cast and crew!
On the set of LOVE, FROM ELLIE.
Making it rain on the set of LOVE, FROM ELLIE!
Carly Christopher (KATE), Sara Willars (ELLIE) & Craig Nigh (GEORGE) at the table read event for LOVE, FROM ELLIE.
Rehearsing the rain scene with Sara Willars (ELLIE) & Craig Nigh (GEORGE).
We shot the film in May 2024, and boy did we have fun! The cast and crew did a phenomenal job and we have a beautiful film in the can!
We can't wait to finish this short film and share it with you! By backing our campaign you are helping us pay for production costs, finishing funds, and the marketing of our film. Any support offered is greatly appreciated by the entire team. We cannot thank you enough!
Love, from Chantelle
& the LOVE, FROM ELLIE cast & crew xo
You can also support our project by sharing our campaign with friends and family! Thank you!!! :)
www.lovefromelliemovie.com
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PRODUCTION FUNDS
Costs $19,000
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POST-PRODUCTION FUNDS
Costs $10,000
Help us pay our editor, composer, sound designer, poster and trailer designer, visual effects supervisor, and color correction.
MARKETING & PROMTION FUNDS
Costs $6,000
Help us pay for festival submissions, travel costs, cast and crew screening, and development funds for the feature.
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Mission Statement
The Story
9-year-old Ellie Williams pretends to be sick from school so she can sneak out and venture by bus to visit her veteran father’s memorial on his birthday. She takes her Uncle George, an un-housed man, as her chaperone.
Ellie has planned the perfect celebration for her dad, but everything goes wrong from a broken cake, loud noise, uncontrollable weather, to her uncle wanting to leave before singing “happy birthday”. Ellie must give up control and work with unfavorable circumstances in order to celebrate her dad.
LOVE, FROM ELLIE is a heartfelt and emotionally resonant story that beautifully captures the themes of grief, remembrance, and the enduring power of love through the eyes of a resilient 9-year-old girl. The story also sheds a compassionate light on the repercussions that families endure when a loved one in the military loses their life in the line of duty to their country. A story that we don’t often see represented in film and one that is very relevant to so many on a global scale.
The story was inspired by walks in my neighborhood and my interactions with a homeless/un-housed man who was living by a dumpster near a strip mall. He was a kind man and would always smile and wave to me and my dog as we passed by. We started chatting on a regular basis and I began to wonder about the turn of events that led him to be homeless. This man was the inspiration behind George’s character.
Around the same time I became pregnant with my daughter June, and as all expecting parents do, I started to realize the massive impact a parent has on a kids life. I started to become overwhelmed by the responsibility and it made me think about how important it is for my daughter to have healthy relationships and role models in her life. And I began thinking about the homeless man in my neighborhood and how maybe his life might've been different if his circumstances had been different.
LOVE, FROM ELLIE highlights that we are all so different but there are certain events in our lives that bring and bind us together; our grief and our loss, our triumphs and our wins. This story makes us realize our shared humanity and that we're a lot more connected than we think.
The tone of the movie is on the lighter side. Although it is a drama, there's a lot of comedy in this story and it frequently flips from sadness to laughter. We are looking at the world through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl. Emotions are heightened, colors are brighter, moments sweeter.
In my personal experience, grief is uncomfortable, isolating, and unpredictable. It's a roller coaster of emotions. As humans we try our best to move forward and not get stuck in the pain, we want to feel happy. I wanted to create a film that shows the way we grieve and how life can be both heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time.
The screenplay for LOVE, FROM ELLIE has already made a splash on the festival circuit, winning the Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition 2024, and Reel East Texas Film Festival Best Contest Short Screenplay 2023!
9-year-old Texas native, Sara has a vivacious spirit with a passion to perform. When she is not acting or dancing, Sara spends her time riding horses, tumbling, roller skating, and evading the antics of her older siblings. She adores traveling, being around animals and gaming. Sara studies acting at Carol Hickey Acting Studio with Kim Jackson Davis. LOVE, FROM ELLIE is Sara's first film acting job. She can't wait to continue harnessing her craft and working in the film and TV industry.
Craig Nigh is an actor and acting teacher based in Austin, TX. He’s appeared on Fear the Walking Dead and Breaking Bad and can currently be seen playing Jefferson Davis in the AppleTV miniseries ManHunt. He’s proud to be a part of this thoughtful and heart warming project and always grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with talented and sincere writer/directors like Chantelle and her team.
Whip-smart with a pinch of spice, Carly Christopher is an actor, writer, producer, and gin martini-enthusiast (shaken, served up with a twist). After a fun but expensive degree in Sociology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, she went back to her creative roots and became conservatory-trained and launched into acting. She is known for her extensive commercial resume, racking up over 60 commercial credits in 6 years for brands like Coors Light, Toyota, Nissan, Re/Max, Dell, Jeep, Holiday Inn, Marriott, Discover Card, Home Depot and more. Her improv and comedic content on TikTok and Instagram entertains millions, (remember the video about the mouse infestation?) fun times! She recently co-wrote, produced and starred in her first independent short film, Tiny Hand, a psychological horror that will be released in the fall of 2023. A straight-A student by nature, she trains weekly with Lesly Kahn (LA) and Carol Hickey Acting Studios (Austin).
Kathy Rose Center didn't plan to become an actor. Fueled by a steady diet of sci-fi novels in her youth, she harbored dreams of becoming an astronaut. In 1968, a regional science fair competition won her a seat at the premier screening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" at the Cinerama Theater in Houston, a tour of NASA, and lunch with astronaut Vance Brand. In 1972, she earned her degree in Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics from the University of Texas at Austin. Then life intervened.
She was the first woman engineer to be hired into the new product development lab at IBM in Austin, and continued to break new ground over the next 30 years in a variety of technical and project management roles. In 1993, for example, she published a series of papers on business process reengineering, represented IBM at several workflow technology conferences, and was cited in The Economist.
Kathy Rose is an active member of the Austin Writers Workshop, an organization that meets weekly to provide cold table readings and critiques for local screenwriters.
Chantelle James is an Australian-born award-winning filmmaker. After earning her Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts, Acting, at the Actors Center Australia, Chantelle moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film & TV. It was in LA that she wrote & produced her first short film, ORDINARY, discovering her love and passion for filmmaking. She moved to Austin, TX in 2019 and launched production company Lady Alchemist Films in 2020.
Her directorial debut short film A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY screened at over 30 film festivals internationally, garnering 6 awards including Best Texas Short at Topaz Film Festival 2023, and Festival Treasure Award at Catalina Film Festival 2023. The feature screenplay LOVE, FROM ELLIE was selected for development programs at Athena Film Festival Narrative Writers Lab 2024 and Stowe Narrative Writers Lab 2024.
Chantelle served on the board of Women in Film & Television Austin as Podcast Chair 2021 - 2023. She is a current member of the Alliance of Women Directors.
Paulina Manseau is an award-winning director, writer, and producer of Mexican and Lebanese roots born in Los Angeles, California. Raised in Mexico and later returning to the U.S., she has passionately pursued her career in theater, film, and writing. Recognized as one of Texas' top directors and screenwriters, Paulina's talent and vision have earned her numerous accolades. In 2021, her works were featured on PBS, leading to her induction into the Alliance of Women Directors.
Kirtana Banskota is an award-winning, first-generation Nepali- American filmmaker who loves applying her global-grown work ethic to the world of film and media. She thrives in working with underrepresented communities alongside women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community while seeking to promote themes of passion, social impact, and integrity in all of her work. She is a Producer, Director, Actor, and Philanthropist.
Jess Gutierrez-Hefner is a Mexican-American creative film producer with over 12 years experience in the development and production of Film and TV projects both in the US and Mexico. At the start of her career, she worked as a crew member on projects produced out of Mexico such as Nosotros los Nobles (Warner Bros), Club de Cuervos (Netflix), Pulling Strings (Pantelion), Más Negro que la Noche (Videocine).
In 2016, she worked as the executing Producer of Las Hijas de Abril, directed by Michel Franco, winner of the Jury prize in the "Un Certain Regard" section of Cannes International Film Festival in 2017. That same year she also produced the genre film La Leyenda del Diamante (Corazon films) which was invited to compete at the San Diego Comic Con International Film Festival in July 2017.
In 2018 and 2019, she was the Supervising Producer at 11:11 Film&TV working on series for the streaming platforms Pantaya (now VIX) and Clarovideo such as Rubirosa, La Negociadora and Claramente.
Tori Rose is a production designer based in Austin, TX who currently works in film, theater, and music videos. Recently, she worked in the post production of The Bikeriders which was released in theaters in June 2024. She has also been on the board for Women in Film and Television Austin since 2021 and is excited to continue working with Chantelle James on LOVE, FROM ELLIE in fundraising and in production.
A graduate of the Actors Centre Australia, Eliza St John, continued her training in New York, Los Angeles and London. While in LA, Eliza created a comedic webseries titled FAYMIS, which lead her on the path of producer. Portraying lead roles in the television series Deadly Women (Beyond for NETFLIX) and the web based production NAMELESS (Caffcy Films), Eliza has worked on multi level platforms. This includes starring and producing her own hilarious, award wining, one woman stage show, V.D. (written by Pete Malicki, directed by Lisa Eismen). V.D. has been performed in play festivals in Australia, India, USA and The Brighton Fringe. Eliza made her move from Australia to the US in 2018 where she continues to produce, share and expand her strong belief in the universal power of story.
Newly Austin-based filmmaker who loves storytelling across various mediums and genres. Vassar ‘23 Media Studies and Film graduate.
Ashley Guaragna is a casting director based in Austin, TX, specializing in independent narrative projects. She has a knack for finding talent and connecting filmmakers with outstanding actors. Ashley is passionate about collaborating with visionary directors and helping them find the right faces and voices to bring their stories to life. She is consistently dedicated to diverse representation in her projects.
Zach Morrison is a graduate of the University of Texas, Radio-TV-Film program. After a decade-long stint cutting his teeth in the indie film and music video world of Austin, TX, Zach moved to Los Angeles to pursue narrative film full time in 2022, after being admitted as a Cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute.Films Zach has shot have premiered at festivals including SXSW, New Orleans Film Festival, Inside Out Toronto, and on such platforms as HBO, NoBudge.com, booooooom.tv, and Billboard.
Melissa Baez is an Austin-based production designer who has worked in Texas for the past 10 years on film and TV projects. She loves the challenge of bringing the world that exists on the page to life.
Federico Conforti grew up in the seaside city of Livorno in Tuscany, Italy. He developed his passion for storytelling while performing with local theater troupes, and went on to earn a degree in Cinema, Music & Theater from the University of Pisa. After graduating he moved to Rome, and later Los Angeles, to pursue a career in editing.
In 2016 won a David di Donatello award (Italian Academy Awards) for "Best Editing" for his work on the acclaimed Italian film LO CHIAMAVANO JEEG ROBOT (THEY CALL ME JEEG).
His award-winning editing also includes the 2020 Emmy-nominated and 2021 Webby Award-winning ALMOST FAMOUS series (New York Times Op-Docs, Breakwater Studios). BLOOD RIDER (Google). He won the 2021 Webby Award for "Best Branded Documentary"; DEFYING GRAVITY (All3 Media, Google) and was nominated for a 2021 Sports Emmy for "Outstanding Edited Sports Series''. He also won the 2020 "People's Voice - Best Editing" Webby Award for THAT'S MY JAZZ (Breakwater Studios).
Notable episodic work includes the anthology sci-fi series DIMENSION 404 (Lionsgate, Hulu) and crime drama series THE OATH (Sony).
Federico is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local #700) and of the EFA (European Film Academy).
Italian-American composer, songwriter and conductor Fabrizio Mancinelli grew up within the medieval walls of L'Aquila, Italy, a lively town rich with culture and history. Surrounded by narrow streets lined with Baroque and Renaissance churches, Mancinelli was attracted from a young age to the fine arts, the opera and eventually, film scoring.
Mancinelli has worked with The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Imagineering, Feeln (Hallmark), Lionsgate, Rai, Mediaset (Taodue), Studio Bozzetto, Felix Film, NBC, Dick Clark Production Company, The Golden Globes, Warner Bros. Animation, Good Deed Entertainment/HBO LATINO, Media RED, The Rockefeller Foundation, Leone Film Group, Lotus and T&B Media Global.
He is a Sundance Film Music Fellow (2015) and BMI Conducting Fellow (2016), Mancinelli is also a voting Member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (OSCAR), the Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences (Emmys), the Recording Academy (Grammys), Asifa and SCL. He is the founder of Fab Music, Inc., a music and sound production company based in Glendale, California
Laurie Powers Going is a writer/filmmaker/artist originally from Texas, but has lived in many different cities, states, and countries. She obtained degrees from Howard Payne University and Vancouver Film School before getting her MFA from Wilkes University. Currently back in Austin, Texas, she owns and runs Deacon Finn Films and VFX, and is a member of the Visual Effects Society and Women in Film & TV Austin.
Laurie recently released the book Visual Effects for Indie Filmmakers - A Guide to VFX Integration and Artist Collaboration, that she co-wrote with Shaina Holmes.
The LOVE, FROM ELLIE cast and crew!
On the set of LOVE, FROM ELLIE.
Making it rain on the set of LOVE, FROM ELLIE!
Carly Christopher (KATE), Sara Willars (ELLIE) & Craig Nigh (GEORGE) at the table read event for LOVE, FROM ELLIE.
Rehearsing the rain scene with Sara Willars (ELLIE) & Craig Nigh (GEORGE).
We shot the film in May 2024, and boy did we have fun! The cast and crew did a phenomenal job and we have a beautiful film in the can!
We can't wait to finish this short film and share it with you! By backing our campaign you are helping us pay for production costs, finishing funds, and the marketing of our film. Any support offered is greatly appreciated by the entire team. We cannot thank you enough!
Love, from Chantelle
& the LOVE, FROM ELLIE cast & crew xo
You can also support our project by sharing our campaign with friends and family! Thank you!!! :)
www.lovefromelliemovie.com
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
PRODUCTION FUNDS
Costs $19,000
Help us pay our cast and crew, production insurance, locations, camera equipment, props, wardrobe, and catering.
POST-PRODUCTION FUNDS
Costs $10,000
Help us pay our editor, composer, sound designer, poster and trailer designer, visual effects supervisor, and color correction.
MARKETING & PROMTION FUNDS
Costs $6,000
Help us pay for festival submissions, travel costs, cast and crew screening, and development funds for the feature.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
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