SANDY LANE PRODUCTIONS
ELLEN IS LEAVING
SHORT FILM
GENRE: DRAMA
RELEASE: 2013
DURATION: 15m
This anti-romantic comedy shows Ellen, who on the eve of her departure for foreign shores, receives a thoughtful goodbye present from her boyfriend. This prompts her to gift him a replacement girlfriend, but her plan is far more successful then she ever anticipated - can she really give him up?
KEY PERSONNEL:
Director: Michelle Savill
Screenplay: Martha Hardy-Ward
Producer: Desray Armstrong
Executive Producer: Gaylene Preston
D.O.P: Andrew Stroud
Production designer: Heather Hayward, Tessa Peach
Editor: Simon Price
Cast: Tai Berdinner-Blades, Jack Sergent, Rose Young
Made in association with Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
WINNER - 2013 SXSW Grand Jury Prize Winner
WINNER - 2013 San Francisco Grand Jury Prize Winner
WINNER - 2013 Honorable Mention, Best Narrative Short - Marin County International Festival
IN COMPETITION
2013 Aspen Shortsfest - USA
2013 Vancouver International Film Festival - CANADA
2013 San Francisco International Film Festival - USA
2013 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - FRANCE
2013 St Kilda - AUSTRALIA
2013 Sydney Film Festival - AUSTRALIA
2013 PHI CENTRE in Montreal - CANADA
2013 Lviv International Short Film Festival - UKRAINE
2013 Kyiv International Short Film Festival - UKRAINE
2013 FEMINA International Women's Film Festival - BRAZIL
2013 Heart Of Gold International Film Festival - AUSTRALIA
2013 FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival - UNITED STATES
2013 BE FILM New York – UNITED STATES
2013 Yuma Film Festival – Arizona, USA
2013 Tenerife Shorts - SPAIN
2013 FILMETS Badalona Film Festival - SPAIN
2013 Fairhope Film Festival, - Alabama, USA
2013 Milwaukee Film Festival, USA
2013 Calgary International Film Festival, CANADA
2013 LA Shorts Festival, USA
2013 The Northwest Ohio Independent Film Festival, USA
2013 8th International Short Film Festival, Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania
2013 Northwest Ohio Independent Film Festival
2012 Chicago International Film Festival
2012 New Zealand's Best Short Film Programme - New Zealand International Film Festival
2012 Show Me Shorts Film Festival
