You're Still Inside Me
New York City, New York | Film Short
Drama, Comedy
You’re Still Inside Me is the story of Alex, a mid-20-year-old who has become sexually obsessed with the voice of his ex-boyfriend. In an attempt to get over him, he turns to the world of audio erotica.
You're Still Inside Me
New York City, New York | Film Short
Drama, Comedy
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You’re Still Inside Me is the story of Alex, a mid-20-year-old who has become sexually obsessed with the voice of his ex-boyfriend. In an attempt to get over him, he turns to the world of audio erotica.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Our Story Begins...
After getting broken up with via voice memo, Alex, a young man, becomes sexually obsessed with this voice memo from his ex-boyfriend. While hooking up with his current situationship, Jessica, Alex begins to secretly listen to this voice memo, which ultimately leads to a messy reveal that Alex has lingering feelings for his ex.
After another failed hookup, Alex's roommate Brian pushes him to get over his ex-boyfriend by listening to Audio erotica, a sensual and immersive world that could leave Alex split from the Voice memo for good. Reluctantly, Alex enters this new world only to be confronted by the one person he wanted to get over, his ex-boyfriend, now an online persona named Lustium. Will Alex finally be able to have closure from his old lover, or will his desire for his ex consume him?
“How do we separate Lust from Love?”
Despite Love being a feeling I’ve yearned for my entire life, I’ve never fully understood what it is. Throughout my life, I’ve been conditioned by movies, TV shows, and overly dramatic stories from friends to believe that Love is a lustful, passionate, and overwhelming feeling. It’s sensual, yet sexual, it’s painful but fulfilling, with all of these contradicting emotions, I couldn’t help but question: How can Love be all these things wrapped up in a singular emotion?
Even in this Drama Comedy, I’ve found that in fiction, love seems to escape me. You’re Still Inside Me explores what it means to love someone in an age when sex equals love. Is lusting over a person really all that love is, or can it be more, and how do we allow ourselves to feel that? How do we allow ourselves to become deserving of Love without lust?
"What does it mean to be loved?"
I have a terrible memory, so I tend to put the feelings and experiences I want to remember into my art, and a product of that is You’re Still Inside Me. You’re Still Inside Me memorializes a love that transcends lust— a love that makes you reexamine your very being and pushes you to move forward. The film serves as a letter to all the people who have loved someone so deeply and so real that it has changed their identity. This film is my thank you to those people, the ones who have loved and who have felt loved at least once in their lives. Keep loving because it is the only thing we have.
WE ARE LOOKING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR...
A wonderful and talented Intimacy Coordinator
Meals for our crew
Lens Rental to make our movie look as sensual as possible
Fantastic Production Design & Costume
... and more! Check out our "wishlist" for more details on how your generous contribution will be used.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Share and follow our Seed & Spark and Instagram for any updates! The more followers we get, we qualify for rewards!
Talk about the erotic world that is You’re Still Inside Me and donate!!!
What better way to spend your money then on this lustful love story?
If money is tight, please give us a follow on Lustium's Instagram: @yourestillinsideme
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Intimacy Coordinator
Costs $250
To make this film as safe as possible, we need a professional Intimacy Coordinator to make sure our cast and crew is comfortable and happy!
Lens Rental
Costs $240
To sell the look of this lustful film, we need lenses that our wonderful DP, Zee, will use to bring it to life!
Food
Costs $320
Help us feed our wonderful cast and crew!
Lustium
Costs $50
Help us bring Lustium to life with makeup and production design!
Festival Submissions
Costs $200
After we make this amazing movie, it's time to show it to the world! Help us submit You're Still Inside Me to festivals around the world!
Other Production Expenses
Costs $140
Help us out with trash bags, napkins, hand sanitizer, gaff tape. Nothing fancy, but essentials in creating this film!
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Cece Collier Director
Cece Collier is a Writer/Director and a current junior studying Film and TV Production at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Their work centers on the meaning of relationships with a more specialized view on love and its impact on others. They have used their work to create a meaning for love with their new piece “You’re Still Inside me.” Their talent has earned them numerous awards and opportunities, including first place in Disney’s 2023 “Be Reel With Your Dreams” PSA competition, and an honorable mention in the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards. They also served as the Director for 2023 Ghetto Film School Frick Film Project, “Nothing Like the Sun” and Ghetto Film’s 2024 International Thesis Project 2024 set In Vancouver Canada called "Wabi Sabi.”
Zee Director of Photography
Zahara (Zee) Slovenski is a Singapore-born, NYC-based cinematographer studying Film and Television at NYU Tisch. Specializing in experimental and short-commercial work, she draws on her multicultural background to explore identity, intimacy, and the complexities of relationships within marginalized communities, often through ethereal light and bold color. She’s excited to translate her experimental style onto a narrative project!
Julian Felix Aaronson Producer
Oklahoma’s Julian Felix Aaronson is a rising senior at NYU Tisch, studying Film and TV and focusing on producing/directing. His producing work has won awards at film festivals such as San Diego International Film Festival, SIFF, and NFFTY. He is currently interning at the International Emmys and is in post production on his coming of age horror short “Envi” which was a finalist in Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Competition and a Young Arts micro grant award winner.
Edyn Lim Producer
Edyn Lim is a filmmaker pursuing a BFA in Film & Television Production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a minor in Business Studies and on the Pre-Med track. She has previously interned at Christian Mercado Productions as a Video Production Intern and helped develop and launch the production company, Brightboy.tv. Currently she works as an intern at the International Emmys and is always considering how to best match a story's messaging with its target audience, alongside how best to match a story’s ends with the filmmaker’s means. She comes from Orange County, California and South Korea.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Our Story Begins...
After getting broken up with via voice memo, Alex, a young man, becomes sexually obsessed with this voice memo from his ex-boyfriend. While hooking up with his current situationship, Jessica, Alex begins to secretly listen to this voice memo, which ultimately leads to a messy reveal that Alex has lingering feelings for his ex.
After another failed hookup, Alex's roommate Brian pushes him to get over his ex-boyfriend by listening to Audio erotica, a sensual and immersive world that could leave Alex split from the Voice memo for good. Reluctantly, Alex enters this new world only to be confronted by the one person he wanted to get over, his ex-boyfriend, now an online persona named Lustium. Will Alex finally be able to have closure from his old lover, or will his desire for his ex consume him?
“How do we separate Lust from Love?”
Despite Love being a feeling I’ve yearned for my entire life, I’ve never fully understood what it is. Throughout my life, I’ve been conditioned by movies, TV shows, and overly dramatic stories from friends to believe that Love is a lustful, passionate, and overwhelming feeling. It’s sensual, yet sexual, it’s painful but fulfilling, with all of these contradicting emotions, I couldn’t help but question: How can Love be all these things wrapped up in a singular emotion?
Even in this Drama Comedy, I’ve found that in fiction, love seems to escape me. You’re Still Inside Me explores what it means to love someone in an age when sex equals love. Is lusting over a person really all that love is, or can it be more, and how do we allow ourselves to feel that? How do we allow ourselves to become deserving of Love without lust?
"What does it mean to be loved?"
I have a terrible memory, so I tend to put the feelings and experiences I want to remember into my art, and a product of that is You’re Still Inside Me. You’re Still Inside Me memorializes a love that transcends lust— a love that makes you reexamine your very being and pushes you to move forward. The film serves as a letter to all the people who have loved someone so deeply and so real that it has changed their identity. This film is my thank you to those people, the ones who have loved and who have felt loved at least once in their lives. Keep loving because it is the only thing we have.
WE ARE LOOKING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR...
A wonderful and talented Intimacy Coordinator
Meals for our crew
Lens Rental to make our movie look as sensual as possible
Fantastic Production Design & Costume
... and more! Check out our "wishlist" for more details on how your generous contribution will be used.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Share and follow our Seed & Spark and Instagram for any updates! The more followers we get, we qualify for rewards!
Talk about the erotic world that is You’re Still Inside Me and donate!!!
What better way to spend your money then on this lustful love story?
If money is tight, please give us a follow on Lustium's Instagram: @yourestillinsideme
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Intimacy Coordinator
Costs $250
To make this film as safe as possible, we need a professional Intimacy Coordinator to make sure our cast and crew is comfortable and happy!
Lens Rental
Costs $240
To sell the look of this lustful film, we need lenses that our wonderful DP, Zee, will use to bring it to life!
Food
Costs $320
Help us feed our wonderful cast and crew!
Lustium
Costs $50
Help us bring Lustium to life with makeup and production design!
Festival Submissions
Costs $200
After we make this amazing movie, it's time to show it to the world! Help us submit You're Still Inside Me to festivals around the world!
Other Production Expenses
Costs $140
Help us out with trash bags, napkins, hand sanitizer, gaff tape. Nothing fancy, but essentials in creating this film!
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Cece Collier Director
Cece Collier is a Writer/Director and a current junior studying Film and TV Production at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Their work centers on the meaning of relationships with a more specialized view on love and its impact on others. They have used their work to create a meaning for love with their new piece “You’re Still Inside me.” Their talent has earned them numerous awards and opportunities, including first place in Disney’s 2023 “Be Reel With Your Dreams” PSA competition, and an honorable mention in the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards. They also served as the Director for 2023 Ghetto Film School Frick Film Project, “Nothing Like the Sun” and Ghetto Film’s 2024 International Thesis Project 2024 set In Vancouver Canada called "Wabi Sabi.”
Zee Director of Photography
Zahara (Zee) Slovenski is a Singapore-born, NYC-based cinematographer studying Film and Television at NYU Tisch. Specializing in experimental and short-commercial work, she draws on her multicultural background to explore identity, intimacy, and the complexities of relationships within marginalized communities, often through ethereal light and bold color. She’s excited to translate her experimental style onto a narrative project!
Julian Felix Aaronson Producer
Oklahoma’s Julian Felix Aaronson is a rising senior at NYU Tisch, studying Film and TV and focusing on producing/directing. His producing work has won awards at film festivals such as San Diego International Film Festival, SIFF, and NFFTY. He is currently interning at the International Emmys and is in post production on his coming of age horror short “Envi” which was a finalist in Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Competition and a Young Arts micro grant award winner.
Edyn Lim Producer
Edyn Lim is a filmmaker pursuing a BFA in Film & Television Production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a minor in Business Studies and on the Pre-Med track. She has previously interned at Christian Mercado Productions as a Video Production Intern and helped develop and launch the production company, Brightboy.tv. Currently she works as an intern at the International Emmys and is always considering how to best match a story's messaging with its target audience, alongside how best to match a story’s ends with the filmmaker’s means. She comes from Orange County, California and South Korea.