Thirsty Girl
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama
A short film for anyone who drinks water and has lost or fears losing someone they love.
Thirsty Girl
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama

1 Campaigns | California, United States
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A short film for anyone who drinks water and has lost or fears losing someone they love.
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
The Story
Lily, a once apathetic millennial now throws herself into the task of saving Los Angeles from the intensifying water crisis as a means to avoid her own reality that she is losing her mother. Heroic intentions aside, Lily alienates those around her as she descends into self destruction by ceasing to consume water all together.
WHY:
Running out of clean drinking water is one of my biggest fears. I have obsessed over NPR’s dreadful scientific predictions and the state of the world’s water, and imagined an extreme version not being able to seperate myself and let it go. So I decided to write about what that might look like.
My other main inspiration while writing Thirsty Girl was losing my own mother, Debbie, to Breast Cancer. After beating an early diagnosis several years ago, it aggressively came back and she just passed this December. Although I personally never distanced myself from my parents during this period, I did struggle with my own lack of control and desire for distractions. My need to make THIRSTY GIRL became very pressing after this life changing experience.
-Karina Wolfe
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Our DP & his ALEXA MINI!
Costs $500
Our INSANELY talented Director of Photography and his remarkable ALEXA MINI camera.
Our Film Crew & Cast!!
Costs $2,500
Producers, ADs, Sound Mixers, Grips, etc. Can't make it happen without 'em!
Permits
Costs $200
Gotta get those permits so you don't kicked out off your location and fined!
Equipment Rentals
Costs $1,000
Lighting Package rentals, plus lenses and extra camera equipment, etc.
Film Festivals & Distribution Costs
Costs $600
If we're gonna make it, people have to see it!
Odds & Ends
Costs $100
Pop-ups, batteries, this and that! There is ALWAYS more costs than you account for!
About This Team
Karina Wolfe- Writer/Actress.
Karina has been a performer, generator, and educator of theatre throughout her life. She went on to earn her BFA in the acting/Original Works Writing & Directing program at Cornish in Seattle. Following graduation, she spent several years creating and performing original work across the country, spent three years in the San Francisco theatre scene, and landed in Los Angeles, where she continues to pursue both her stage and on-camera careers. Karina is a Resident Artist with the LA Theatre Company The Vagrancy where she also works as their Public Relations Director. Thirsty Girl is the first film she has written. www.karinawolfe.com
Sean Berger- Director
Colin Trenbeath- Director of Photography
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
The Story
Lily, a once apathetic millennial now throws herself into the task of saving Los Angeles from the intensifying water crisis as a means to avoid her own reality that she is losing her mother. Heroic intentions aside, Lily alienates those around her as she descends into self destruction by ceasing to consume water all together.
WHY:
Running out of clean drinking water is one of my biggest fears. I have obsessed over NPR’s dreadful scientific predictions and the state of the world’s water, and imagined an extreme version not being able to seperate myself and let it go. So I decided to write about what that might look like.
My other main inspiration while writing Thirsty Girl was losing my own mother, Debbie, to Breast Cancer. After beating an early diagnosis several years ago, it aggressively came back and she just passed this December. Although I personally never distanced myself from my parents during this period, I did struggle with my own lack of control and desire for distractions. My need to make THIRSTY GIRL became very pressing after this life changing experience.
-Karina Wolfe
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Our DP & his ALEXA MINI!
Costs $500
Our INSANELY talented Director of Photography and his remarkable ALEXA MINI camera.
Our Film Crew & Cast!!
Costs $2,500
Producers, ADs, Sound Mixers, Grips, etc. Can't make it happen without 'em!
Permits
Costs $200
Gotta get those permits so you don't kicked out off your location and fined!
Equipment Rentals
Costs $1,000
Lighting Package rentals, plus lenses and extra camera equipment, etc.
Film Festivals & Distribution Costs
Costs $600
If we're gonna make it, people have to see it!
Odds & Ends
Costs $100
Pop-ups, batteries, this and that! There is ALWAYS more costs than you account for!
About This Team
Karina Wolfe- Writer/Actress.
Karina has been a performer, generator, and educator of theatre throughout her life. She went on to earn her BFA in the acting/Original Works Writing & Directing program at Cornish in Seattle. Following graduation, she spent several years creating and performing original work across the country, spent three years in the San Francisco theatre scene, and landed in Los Angeles, where she continues to pursue both her stage and on-camera careers. Karina is a Resident Artist with the LA Theatre Company The Vagrancy where she also works as their Public Relations Director. Thirsty Girl is the first film she has written. www.karinawolfe.com
Sean Berger- Director
Colin Trenbeath- Director of Photography