The Other Side of 25
Chicago, Illinois | Film Short
Comedy, Drama
The Other Side of 25 is a dark comedy that tells a heartbreakingly hysterical story about two sisters navigating themselves through the same pregnancy. What started as the successful one woman show by actor & independent filmmaker Becca Hurd, now transitions into a short film.
The Other Side of 25
Chicago, Illinois | Film Short
Comedy, Drama
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The Other Side of 25 is a dark comedy that tells a heartbreakingly hysterical story about two sisters navigating themselves through the same pregnancy. What started as the successful one woman show by actor & independent filmmaker Becca Hurd, now transitions into a short film.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Photo by Julia Boyd
The Story
Amory’s 25. 26? 27. Oh my God, she’s 27.
She’s got an aversion to being ‘put together’ and likes to write funny songs to get herself out of sticky situations. But when Amory’s older sister asks her to carry out the pre-pubescent promise she made to become her surrogate, Amory can’t just sing her way out of it. She’s stuck, pregnant, on the other side of 25. Full of humor, music, and a few tears, too, 'The Other Side of 25' explores a woman’s discovery of what you gain through what you lose.
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The Other Side of 25, Old 505 Theatre, Feb. 2019 (By Jasmin Simmons)
The Background
American actress and writer Becca Hurd first wrote The Other Side of 25 as a one woman show that she toured around Australia and the United States in early 2019. Now, she is adapting the internationally successful play into a short film. Teaming up with All My Friends Media, the production company Becca started with college film pals Liam Hall and Chris Carter, the short film goes into production in Chicago in November 2019 with characters, dialogue and moments inspired by the one woman play.
Crested Butte Film Festival with STAY & RUN, Sep. 2017
The Team
Chris, Becca and Liam have been making films together since they met at Elon University in 2014. In 2016, their short film STAY&RUN, toured numerous film festivals and picked up multiple awards, including Audience Choice and Best Actor at Trinity Film Festival. The Other Side of 25 is their biggest collaboration yet, and they cannot wait to share this exciting piece of independent work with audiences around the world.
Writer's Statement
If you've made it this far down the page - thank you. Admittedly, I still sometimes get surprised when people want to hear me tell my stories. Women have so many important stories to tell, and I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to tell this one.
I wrote the orignial play in the midst of anxiety spell spun by my approaching 25th birthday. 25 is such an arbitrary age -- yet it is one weighted with the expectations of who we should be, what we should be doing with our lives, who we should be in love with, how much money we should be making... it feels like society wants us to have this figured out by 25, and I certainly did not. Yes, this is a story about a surrogacy. Yes, this is a story about a beautiful female relationship. But it's also a story that I think anyone who has felt the pressure of life's expectations can relate to. We're all just helplessly trying to navigate this side of 25 together. - Becca Hurd
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Talent Payments
Costs $500
We believe in paying our actors! Each of our primary actors will be paid a day rate while on set
Locations
Costs $400
We have to pay to rent some of the locations we're using in the film
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Rental Car
Costs $350
We need to rent a car for airport trips, equipment pickups, transportation to shoots, etc
Filming Equipment
Costs $700
We need to rent equipment like lighting, a car mount, lenses, tripods, etc
Music & Sound Mixing
Costs $800
To make this film the best it can be, we have to hire professionals who specialize in editing
Catering for Cast and Crew
Costs $300
We need to feed the people who are giving us their talent and their time!
Festival Submissions
Costs $300
In order for audiences and film professionals to see the film, we have to pay to submit to festivals
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
BECCA HURD
(Writer / Actor / Producer)
You may already know her from the stage version of TOSO25! Becca wrote The Other Side of 25 while getting her MFA in Writing for Performance from NIDA in Sydney, Australia. After touring the one woman show to Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, Becca brought the play back home to America. She's now adapting the one woman show into THIS short film with her best friends, and she is so excited for you to see it. Becca has her BFA in Acting & BA in Cinema and Television Arts from Elon University, and currently resides and continues to train in Chicago.
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LIAM HALL
(Director)
Liam Hall is a writer/director originally from Crestone, Colorado. He is best known for his award-winning short films Tri Ciga and STAY&RUN. He recently completed his first feature film, Here On Out. In his spare time, you can find him hiking in the mountains or lost in a good book.
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CHRIS CARTER
(Director of Photography)
Chris' main focus lies in cameratography and editing, abut also has skills spanning graphic design, photo manipulation, web design, and making Moscow mules. He attended Elon University, originally to study physical therapy, but switched to where he felt his true passions were, in the end receiving a B.A. in Media Arts & Cinema. Since then he has gone on to shoot multiple award winining short films as well as a feature-length film and works in many corporate and freelance film and video environments.
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HUNTER MCCORMICK
(Casting Director / Co-Producer)
Hunter is a Casting Associate at Karge + Ross Casting here in Chicago. She's been working in casting since graduating Elon University in 2016. Shows she's worked on include: Empire (Fox), The Exorcist (Fox), The Chi (Showtime), Chicago Med (NBC), and Soundtrack (Coming to Netflix in December). Film credits include: Hala (as seen at Sundance 2019), and Teacher (available on Prime Video). Hunter is thrilled to reconnect with some fellow Elon alum to make this short a reality.
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Cast
KAT BRAMLEY
(Meg)
Kat is thrilled to be joining the team of The Other Side of 25. Kat is a Chicago based actor and teaching artist with a passion for baking, the outdoors and her puppy, Lucy. Theater credits include Enemy of the People (Goodman), The Liar (Promethean Theatre Ensemble), Dancing at Lughnasa (Tantrum Theater), Twelfth Night, Enemy of the People, Brighton Beach Memoirs (Monomoy Theatre), and An Appalachian Christmas Carol (Brick Monkey Theater Ensemble). Her TV and Film work includes Chicago Med (NBC) and Haimerican (Nayokah Sixty-One). Kat is a proud graduate of Ohio University (MFA) and Hope College (BA). Kat is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Photo by Julia Boyd
The Story
Amory’s 25. 26? 27. Oh my God, she’s 27.
She’s got an aversion to being ‘put together’ and likes to write funny songs to get herself out of sticky situations. But when Amory’s older sister asks her to carry out the pre-pubescent promise she made to become her surrogate, Amory can’t just sing her way out of it. She’s stuck, pregnant, on the other side of 25. Full of humor, music, and a few tears, too, 'The Other Side of 25' explores a woman’s discovery of what you gain through what you lose.
.
The Other Side of 25, Old 505 Theatre, Feb. 2019 (By Jasmin Simmons)
The Background
American actress and writer Becca Hurd first wrote The Other Side of 25 as a one woman show that she toured around Australia and the United States in early 2019. Now, she is adapting the internationally successful play into a short film. Teaming up with All My Friends Media, the production company Becca started with college film pals Liam Hall and Chris Carter, the short film goes into production in Chicago in November 2019 with characters, dialogue and moments inspired by the one woman play.
Crested Butte Film Festival with STAY & RUN, Sep. 2017
The Team
Chris, Becca and Liam have been making films together since they met at Elon University in 2014. In 2016, their short film STAY&RUN, toured numerous film festivals and picked up multiple awards, including Audience Choice and Best Actor at Trinity Film Festival. The Other Side of 25 is their biggest collaboration yet, and they cannot wait to share this exciting piece of independent work with audiences around the world.
Writer's Statement
If you've made it this far down the page - thank you. Admittedly, I still sometimes get surprised when people want to hear me tell my stories. Women have so many important stories to tell, and I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to tell this one.
I wrote the orignial play in the midst of anxiety spell spun by my approaching 25th birthday. 25 is such an arbitrary age -- yet it is one weighted with the expectations of who we should be, what we should be doing with our lives, who we should be in love with, how much money we should be making... it feels like society wants us to have this figured out by 25, and I certainly did not. Yes, this is a story about a surrogacy. Yes, this is a story about a beautiful female relationship. But it's also a story that I think anyone who has felt the pressure of life's expectations can relate to. We're all just helplessly trying to navigate this side of 25 together. - Becca Hurd
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Talent Payments
Costs $500
We believe in paying our actors! Each of our primary actors will be paid a day rate while on set
Locations
Costs $400
We have to pay to rent some of the locations we're using in the film
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Rental Car
Costs $350
We need to rent a car for airport trips, equipment pickups, transportation to shoots, etc
Filming Equipment
Costs $700
We need to rent equipment like lighting, a car mount, lenses, tripods, etc
Music & Sound Mixing
Costs $800
To make this film the best it can be, we have to hire professionals who specialize in editing
Catering for Cast and Crew
Costs $300
We need to feed the people who are giving us their talent and their time!
Festival Submissions
Costs $300
In order for audiences and film professionals to see the film, we have to pay to submit to festivals
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
BECCA HURD
(Writer / Actor / Producer)
You may already know her from the stage version of TOSO25! Becca wrote The Other Side of 25 while getting her MFA in Writing for Performance from NIDA in Sydney, Australia. After touring the one woman show to Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, Becca brought the play back home to America. She's now adapting the one woman show into THIS short film with her best friends, and she is so excited for you to see it. Becca has her BFA in Acting & BA in Cinema and Television Arts from Elon University, and currently resides and continues to train in Chicago.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
LIAM HALL
(Director)
Liam Hall is a writer/director originally from Crestone, Colorado. He is best known for his award-winning short films Tri Ciga and STAY&RUN. He recently completed his first feature film, Here On Out. In his spare time, you can find him hiking in the mountains or lost in a good book.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
CHRIS CARTER
(Director of Photography)
Chris' main focus lies in cameratography and editing, abut also has skills spanning graphic design, photo manipulation, web design, and making Moscow mules. He attended Elon University, originally to study physical therapy, but switched to where he felt his true passions were, in the end receiving a B.A. in Media Arts & Cinema. Since then he has gone on to shoot multiple award winining short films as well as a feature-length film and works in many corporate and freelance film and video environments.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
HUNTER MCCORMICK
(Casting Director / Co-Producer)
Hunter is a Casting Associate at Karge + Ross Casting here in Chicago. She's been working in casting since graduating Elon University in 2016. Shows she's worked on include: Empire (Fox), The Exorcist (Fox), The Chi (Showtime), Chicago Med (NBC), and Soundtrack (Coming to Netflix in December). Film credits include: Hala (as seen at Sundance 2019), and Teacher (available on Prime Video). Hunter is thrilled to reconnect with some fellow Elon alum to make this short a reality.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cast
KAT BRAMLEY
(Meg)
Kat is thrilled to be joining the team of The Other Side of 25. Kat is a Chicago based actor and teaching artist with a passion for baking, the outdoors and her puppy, Lucy. Theater credits include Enemy of the People (Goodman), The Liar (Promethean Theatre Ensemble), Dancing at Lughnasa (Tantrum Theater), Twelfth Night, Enemy of the People, Brighton Beach Memoirs (Monomoy Theatre), and An Appalachian Christmas Carol (Brick Monkey Theater Ensemble). Her TV and Film work includes Chicago Med (NBC) and Haimerican (Nayokah Sixty-One). Kat is a proud graduate of Ohio University (MFA) and Hope College (BA). Kat is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent.