Sometime at the start of March, I got into a creative, existential, and burnout malaise so deep that I was in desperate need of a hard reset, and to reevaluate my personal creative practice. I took myself out of social media entirely to protect my peace. I was still running around doing things, achieving and creating in some regard, but as an immigrant who increasingly felt the pressure and the weight of the state of things in the world, I had no personal container for the internal storm of dread and uncertainty that I faced on a daily basis. Eventually, the answer came to me, clear as day - to go back to basics, to write, to find the fun in the work again. To express myself on the page like I haven’t done in forever.
From that process, Friendsgiving was born, the first narrative short script that I’ve completed in over ten years throughout many, many moments of self-doubt. And to have
@panavisionofficial join the project as a sponsor was something I could never, ever have imagined. Call it catharsis, call it healing, but it definitely unlocked something new in me that I still continue to process.
We are still in need of supporting cast, rounding out the crew, and as a fully self-funded project, resources. But we are here, and we are ready. Audition, send this to someone you know, and follow the journey.
So as they say, let’s make a short film! My deepest thanks to
@panavisionofficial and my amazing gang of collaborators who were down since day one. 🥺
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