Accused

A hotel manager has two hours to vindicate her mother, a housekeeper, accused of stealing an expensive watch from a guest’s room.

  • Jessica Aquila Cymerman
    Director
    The Den, The Pillowman, Gruesome Playground Injuries
  • Jax Smith
    Writer
    Mental ( BravoFACT recipient, Leo Award Nominated), Defect (Shortlisted for the CFC’s Netflix Project Development), DISCORd
  • Helene Taylor
    Writer
    The Grifter Sisters, DISCORd, Flat-Chested Fran
  • Sarah Marchand
    Producer
    DISCORd, Drink of Choice (Toronto Fringe Patron's Pick), Winter of '88 (NNNNN Review)
  • Sarah Marchand
    Key Cast
    "Daughter"
    The Handmaid's Tale, The Umbrella Academy
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 4, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jessica Aquila Cymerman

Jessica Aquila Cymerman is a director, painter, and co-founder of Untold Wants Theatre. Theatre Directing credits include Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, Cock by Mike Bartlett, The Human Ear by Alexandra Wood, Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute (all Untold Wants), The Gift and Strange Relations (staged readings, IAMA Theatre, LA), White Ted and the Right to Die by Jo Clifford (RCS, Glasgow); Il Cambiale di Matrimonio by Rossini (Raucous Rossini, Glasgow); The Seagull: A Musical Adaptation (co-writer, Original Production, RCS); The Dreams in Which I’m Dying by Nick Pappas (Fraggled Productions, LA); Urinetown, The Musical (Fraggled Productions, LA), Reefer Madness! The Musical (SLC), The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee (SLC); Assistant directed La Rondine by Puccini (dir. Ben Davis, RCS). Film Directing Credits include: The Mad Ones, and The Den. She has her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, and MA in Directing from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, with training from Shakespeare’s Globe, UK. jessicaaquilacymerman.com

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