SYNOPSIS
Remember college? Having a decent apartment meant finding a roommate who was never there, never complained but paid the bills on time. Tina finally found someone willing to share the rent, but Ava seems to lack your average communication skills. How long can Tina take Ava’s onslaught of passive aggressive short films?
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
“One day my friend and coworker, Allen Clements, told me an idea that he had for a short about a horrible passive aggressive roommate, who likes to make short films. It immediately struck my funny bone as a small and interesting idea to run with. So after fleshing it out and scripting it into a 12 page script, we decided to try to get the rest of our coworkers and some new friends that we made along the way to help us turn it into a reality. With a tight budget we just kept calling in more and more favors, and then a freak snowstorm trimmed our shoot from three days to a day and a half. But ours was the little film that could, and in the end I’m proud of our quirky comedy.” – Steve Buckwalter
BEHIND THE SCENES
CAST
Tina | Janae Palmer
Ava | Rebecca Stump
French Woman | Krystle Sights
Private Eye | Lee Irving
Horror Victim | Kristen Norris
Refrigerator Ghoul | Olivia Alberto
CREW
Director | Steve Buckwalter
Assistant Director | Lisbet Byler
Art Director | Catlin Williams
Producer | Allen Clements, Grace Wagner
Director of Photography | Aaron Dienner
Editor | Aaron Dienner
Gaffer | Sebastian Nieves
Sound | Eriabis Jennison
FX Makeup | Alexandria Inker
Writer | Steve Buckwalter
Concept | Allen Clements
Executive Producer | Derek Dienner
Accountant | Ashley Dienner
Flyer Artists | James Vanway III, Rob Seitz, Aaron Baksa
Behind the Scenes Photographer | Sam Interrante
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
“Like lots of other people, I’ve been making movies in some fashion all of my life. I find every part of the process enjoyable, from making it in my head to working out the credits at the very end. Every day for me is about finding a new way to tell stories and entertaining the people who watch them.” – Steve Buckwalter
THANK YOU
The Cozy Cottage
ACCOLADES
Official selection in the Red Rose Film Festival
Official selection in the Great Lakes International Shorts Festival
Finalist at The Culdee Arts Reel Entertainment (CARE) Awards
For press inquiries please contact Lisbet Byler at lisbet@makefilms.cc.