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Logline

A young woman suffering from trauma-induced memory loss finds herself spiraling dangerously out of control as the impending anniversary of the event nears, threatening to destroy her carefully crafted veneer of normalcy, her relationships and even her life.

Synopsis

HANNAH, a young teacher and sole survivor of a school shooting, suffers from PTSD and trauma-induced memory loss. Rather than acknowledge her issues, she puts on a brave face, insisting “Everything’s Fine”, while attempting to hide her symptoms from her family.

As the hours tick down to the one-year anniversary of the event, Hannah finds herself spiraling dangerously out of control. Plagued by fragmented, disjointed flashbacks, her panic attacks, isolation, and self-harming behaviors only increase, threatening to destroy her carefully crafted veneer of normalcy. Cracks also emerge in her family members. Her parents, RACHEL and DAVID, and her wife PAIGE all manifest varying degrees of PTSD.
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Meet the Filmmakers

Christina Hulen – Writer, Director, Producer
Christina Hulen is an award-winning Writer / Director / Producer. Her female centric work has won the Meryl Streep funded Writers Lab and was a top 20 semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. She’s been a selected participant to the Cinestory Feature Lab, the Stowe Story Lab and the exclusive Imagine Impact writers platform. She writes across genres, specializing in historical dramas featuring LGBTQ + experiences.

As a producer she was part of the producing teams for SHELTER which won a GLAAD Media Award for Best Narrative Feature Limited Release as well as multiple award-winning, festival favorite, A MARINE STORY.

She has directed two short films previously, KEPT and SOUNDTRACK FOR AN INSOMNIAC. Both screened at film festivals worldwide.

Staci Witt – Producer
Staci is a producer and make-up artist for both film and television best known for her work on AMERICAN HORROR STORY 1984, DR. SLEEP, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and HEIST.

Kim Turner – Producer
Kim Turner is a writer/actor/producer. She is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory in Chicago, Second City’s writing program and IO’s (formerly Improv Olympic) writing programs. She’s performed improv and written sketches for almost 20 years and her screenplay, CHRISTY’S GOT CANCER! was selected for the inaugural Meryl Streep Screenwriters’ Lab (and the only comedy!). Her half hour comedy pilot, GOOD IN A ROOM, was a Second Rounder at Austin. Her feature comedy, DINNER WITH THE QUEEN, was selected for the Stowe Story Lab and her current drama feature, TOMÁS, is a quarterfinalist at Cinestory and Scriptapalooza. Kim is currently writing a biography picture about mountain biker, Grace Ragland, with Mountain Dirt Productions. Additionally, she is cultivating new projects with Suzanne Dunn and Anna Hozian under their production company, Lioness Productions.

Andrew Hammer – Production Designer
Andrew Hammer’s vast and eclectic experience in the entertainment industry spans over 25 years. Production Designer for music videos including Mika Ben-Yami Nothing is Wrong. Art Director for feature films including The Final Song. Assistant Art Director for feature films and TV including Primal Doubt, and Day of Independence
An award winning theatrical set designer, with over 100 productions, including; Broomstick; Ovation award nominated for best set design. My Fair Lady; Winner: San Diego Critics Circle award for best set design. At Walt Disney Imagineering; lead set decorator for Shanghai Disney’s Fantasyland. Before that he was a paint and color specialist, working on such projects as color designing and painting the Hat Box ghost inside Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion. Recently he was the Colorist for Universal Studios Japan’s Super Mario Land An accomplished Scenic Artist, Andy has worked on hundreds of projects for television, film, theatre and theme park projects, including the Academy Awards, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge, Fear Factor, and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Most recently, Black light painting the Peter Pan attraction going to Tokyo Disney Seas in 2023.

Contact

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