COMING SOON
A NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FEATURE FILM
location inspiration
synopsis
Over the years, best-selling author Annie Bell has taken criticism for the brutal honesty and slanderous details in her writing. Under pressure to deliver a new book to her adoring yet fickle fans, Annie abruptly announces that she plans to write about the one big mystery left in her life: her mother. Shortly after she receives a call from her older sister Ronogh, a small-town shut-in who lives upstate not far from their childhood home, Ronogh has news: their mother is missing.
Annie is forced to return to her hometown to search for her mother, work on her book, and reconnect with her sister. But the mystery deepens when Annie uncovers ceremonial artifacts and ancient drawings alluding to Norse Mythology in her mother’s possessions. Despite Ronogh’s warnings, Annie enlists the town deputy and a local college professor to decipher some of the clues, but with each discovery she grows more confused about her mother’s role in these forgotten traditions.
Spiraling into obsession, Annie struggles to maintain her sanity. When her mother
materializes, Annie must decide whether to heed the warnings, or step into the darkness in search of the truth.
the team
PRODUCER
Lisa Donmall-Reeve
Lisa migrated to film from a successful and extensive career in theatre, where she spent over twenty years as a performer playing many leading roles in London’s West End and internationally. As a creative, she has assisted some of the world’s finest choreographers on numerous projects and helped shape the next generation of dancers as an educator in both the U.S. and U.K. Lisa launched LDR Creative LLC in 2016 with the objective to build creative teams that inspire, and to produce product that makes a difference. Her first short film, ‘Early Mourning’, was screened at over 20 film festivals, winning 5 awards including the Audience Award at the Soho International Film Festival 2017 in NYC. The follow-up short film, ‘Free’ is distributed on both Shorts TV and Amazon Prime, and ‘Double Exposure’ has had a very successful run on the film festival circuit. Lisa’s first feature length documentary, 'Uprooted - The Journey of Jazz Dance' enjoyed a world premiere at the Lincoln Centers Dance on Camera Film Festival in NYC, winning the Best of Fest Feature Award in 2020 and then continued to take the festival circuit by storm winning eighteen further awards including Best Musical Documentary at The Rhode Island International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Documentary during its International Premiere at Raindance Film Festival.
Uprooted is currently streaming on HBOMax in the US. LDR Creative has just finished her second feature documentary ‘Susan Feniger.FORKED’ and also produced two short films in 2022 They have three narrative features in pre-production.
For more information www.ldrcreative.com IMDB
WRITER
Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey is an award-winning actor and screenwriter. A California kid at heart, his career as a storyteller began as an actor, performing in over 30 states, as well as on and off-Broadway. Onscreen, his credits include ‘Boardwalk Empire’, ‘The Path’, as well as several feature films. As a screenwriter, he has penned over twenty scripts, including DIVIDENDS, AMERICAN MALADY, and WHEN THE CONFETTI FALLS. His latest feature REDWOOD FALLS was a Finalist at the 2021 Austin Film Festival.
PRODUCER
Martin Delon
Martin Delon’s interest in production started at a young age. His strong eye for identifying top notch on- and off- screen talent, creative story lines and technique, combined with savvy business acumen, led him to form Gaucho Entertainment. Since 1999, Gaucho Entertainment’s mission has been to develop and produce both independent film and television programs with a strong emphasis on niche markets. Through Martin’s leadership, the firm’s projects have been featured in prominent film festivals, distributed domestically & internationally and have consistently secured funding to remain on time and on budget.
Martin’s passion for moviemaking first came to fruition when he directed his first feature length film La Taqueria in 2000. The film was ahead of its time, as it was shot in both English and Spanish, as well as invited fans to participate during filming via live video streaming.
Since then, Martin has produced several feature length films with distribution. In 2017 Martin reached a production milestone, embarking on his first international project La Ultima Fase, written and directed by a Uruguayan director, and shot in Argentina. In 2021 Martin was able to acquire a distribution deal with one of the largest distributors for Latin America.
Since his first international film, Martin has produced seven more award winning films in Argentina. Red Latex was acquired by Jinga Films out of the UK and has sold in 8 major markets in the world, including South Korea. El Amigo Visible has racked up over 50 awards and nominations in festivals around the world and Vainilla, a female driven drama, is premiering in Buenos Aires 16th annual festival.
Martin's business background, international cultural experience and industry contacts complement his energy, determination and passion to complete projects and find them audiences.
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Matt Simpkins
Matt is an award-winning cinematographer and colorist. He is the co-founder of On The Rocks Films, where he serves as the Creative Director and Resident Director of Photography. While enjoying a successful career as a performer, Matt discovered a love for photography, and his interest in cameras, films and visual storytelling led him behind the scenes.
Since then, Matt has shot, directed and produced numerous shorts and a feature length documentary, ‘Uprooted’, which premiered at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera Film Festival in New York.
EDITOR
Greg Roderick
After over 20 years in the Broadway theater community, Greg is now the co-owner of On The Rocks Films, a boutique production company based in New York City. Working as a producer, editor, assistant director and script supervisor, Greg has completed over 20 films, in both the documentary and narrative fields.
As editor, his work has screened at 32 film festivals worldwide, garnering awards for his team and nominations for best editing. Some award winners include ‘Early Mourning’, ‘Free’, ‘Talismans’, ‘For Better’, ‘Paternal Instinct’, and ‘The Blizzard’.
ASSOC. PRODUCER
Melanie Waldron
Melanie is a producer, director, writer, actor and professional fundraiser. She is passionate about storytelling through a diverse lens. Her own films have focused on women and queer perspectives.
As a fundraising professional, Melanie consults nonprofit organizations on strategic fundraising, with a focus on the importance of impactful storytelling at events. She lives in New York City with her wife and two furry daughters.
ASSOC. PRODUCER
Robert Clark
Bob Clark is a location manager living in VA. Having worked on the award-winning short film “Free,” he is experienced with the pace and challenges of independent film projects. As a student of classic film, his passion for film production grew out of his experience as an actor in high school and post high school theater productions. His more recent accomplishments include an extra – “Family of Cops”, acting in several industrial films, event production, and writing.
As the owner of Farm to Film Productions LLC, Lineage is Bob’s first foray into an independent film project as an Associate Producer.
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ASSOC. PRODUCER
Vibecke Dahle Dellapolla
Vibecke is a producer, photographer and choreographer. Her extensive background in dance and theater inspired her to explore the world of photography and producing both film and theatrical productions. She is executive producer on the feature length documentary “Uprooted”, the journey of Jazz Dance. She is Associate Producer on the short film “Double Exposure”. Theater credits : Co-Producer of A Christmas Carol on Broadway and Co-Producer of the world’s first Theremin Audio Musical “Falling in love with Mr. Dellamort”. Her passion for storytelling and teamwork are important factors for choosing her projects.
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Trieste Kelly Dunn (Annie Bell)
DUNN first rose to prominence on the FOX TV series Canterbury's Law as Molly McConnell opposite Julianna Margulies. Her early film roles included critically lauded turns in United 93 (2006), Cold Weather (2010) and Vacation! (2010). She has also appeared on Fringe as Valerie Boone, the victim of a scientific experiment in the episode "Midnight", and also guest starred on HBO's Bored to Death. In 2014, she portrayed FBI Agent Elizabeth Ferrell on the TV series Believe concurrently with her co-starring role as Dep. Siobhan Kelly in Banshee. In late 2015, Dunn began a recurring role as U.S. Marshal Allison Knight, on the NBC drama Blindspot. In 2015, she played Natalie, a recurring character in the single season of Almost There, on Audience. Dunn has also appeared in guest roles on episodes of a number of other television series.
IMDB: Trieste Kelly Dunn
Jennifer Mudge (Ronogh Bell)
JENNIFER MUDGE (she/hers) most recently appeared in Molière in the Park’s NY Times Critic’s Pick Tartuffe as Dorine; in the before-times, she was last seen onstage in the world premiere of Will Eno’s The Plot at Yale Rep, directed by Oliver Butler. Recently: upcoming indie shark/horror feature The Requin with Alicia Silverstone and Actors Theatre of Louisville’s remote-capture Romeo and Juliet: Louisville 2020. She appeared as the Witch in Into the Woods for Fiasco at the Roundabout (nominee, Lucille Lortel Award), and the first NYC revival of Dutchman (nominee, Drama Desk Award). Broadway: Rocky, The Philanthropist, Reckless. West End: The End of Longing. Off-Broadway: Roundabout, MTC, LaMama, Playwright’s Horizons, Fiasco, MCC, Atlantic, Naked Angels, Rattlestick, Primary Stages, and many regional theaters. Other Film/TV: The Irishman by Martin Scorsese, Nostalgia by Mark Pellington, The Drummer (opposite Danny Glover), Beautiful Dreamer, My America by Hal Hartley, recurring: "Shades of Blue” and “BOSS”; “Bull”, “Elementary”, “Second Wave”, among many guest stars. Recipient of the Marian Seldes/Garson Kanin Fellowship from the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Company member of Theatre of War and AITAF. Jennifer was also on the producing team for Broadway for Biden’s A Concert for the Soul of the Nation and NYCLU’s Sing Out for Freedom, and lectures at Brooklyn College.
Tovah Feldshuh (Margareta Bell)
TOVAH FELDSHUH is a six-time Emmy & Tony nominee and has been awarded three honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters. Additionally, for her theatre work, she has won four Drama Desks, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, three Dramalogues, the Obie, the Theatre World, and the Helen Hayes and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Actress. She has recently been twice nominated as Best Actress in a Drama in Los Angeles for her work in the play Sisters-in-Law, in which she originated the role of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
On the Page: Tovah’s first memoir, Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I’ve Played was published in April by Hachette Book Group and can be purchased on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Indie Bound, and more. See www.tovahfeldshuh.com/lilyville for more information and to order.
On the Stage: Broadway: Yentl, Cyrano, Rodgers & Hart, Dreyfus in Rehearsal, Sarava!, Lend Me a Tenor, Golda's Balcony, Irena's Vow, and the show-stopping, trapeze-swinging Berthe in Pippin. Off-Broadway and around the country: Dozens of productions playing everything from three queens of Henry VIII and Tallulah Bankhead to Yussel “The Muscle" Jacobs, nine Jews from birth to death in Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! and Holocaust denier Brenda Goodsen opposite Ed Asner in The Soap Myth. In the pre-COVID summer, she starred in the world premiere of Wade Dooley’s The Prompter directed by Scott Schwartz, where she played Irene Young, a legendary diva making her Broadway comeback after a 40-year absence. Immediately on the heels of The Prompter, she filmed Clifford for Paramount Pictures, traveled to the Sing-Sing in New Guinea, and flew from there to Los Angeles to star as RBG in the LA Premiere of Jonathan Shapiro’s Sisters-In-Law. She's thrilled to bring to New York Becoming Dr. Ruth by Mark St. Germain which she first played under the baton of Artistic Director David Ellenstein at North Coast Rep as a streamed performance for subscribers. Since then, the production continued to be developed and deepened through its boffo run at Bay Street Theater under the direction of Scott Schwartz and now again at the exquisite Safra Hall in the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
On TV: Deanna Monroe on "The Walking Dead", Danielle Melnick on "Law & Order", POTUS Pauline Mackenzie on "Salvation", and Naomi Bunch on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" where Feldshuh can be seen singing the dignified showstopper: "Where's the Bathroom!" As the pandemic subsided in 2021, she completed filming "Scenes from a Marriage" for HBO playing Oscar Isaac’s mother, Miryam.
On Film: Kissing Jessica Stein, (Golden Satellite Award), A Walk on the Moon, Brewster's Millions, Just My Luck, Daniel, The Idolmaker, and Ms. Feldshuh's award-winning performance as Prime Minister Golda Meir in Golda's Balcony which has been made into a film entitled Golda's Balcony The Film that won 25 out of 25 Audience Choice Awards. In the last two months, she has completed two feature films: one playing Sir Anthony Hopkins' wife and Anne Hathaway's mother in Armageddon Time by James Gray and a second playing the matriarch Rosalind L. Russell in Start Without Me produced by Matt Damon and directed by Joel Gretsch.
After over 20 years in the Broadway theater community, Greg is now the co-owner of On The Rocks Films, a boutique production company based in New York City. Working as a producer, editor, assistant director and script supervisor, Greg has completed over 20 films, in both the documentary and narrative fields.
As editor, his work has screened at 32 film festivals worldwide, garnering awards for his team and nominations for best editing. Some award winners include ‘Early Mourning’, ‘Free’, ‘Talismans’, ‘For Better’, ‘Paternal Instinct’, and ‘The Blizzard’.
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