Night Chills/ FKA Devil's in the Details

One hot summer night, when a young woman looks for a cab in the streets of L.A, she's trapped in a car driven by a weirdo, and tries to escape. Inspired by the true story of Debbie Harry's (a.k.a. Blondie) encounter with Ted Bundy, transposed to modern times.

  • Nadejda Kolpacoff
    Writer/ Director
  • Gaurang Bhat
    Producer
    Worked on TV shows for Netflix, and on several short films
  • Doriane Ede
    Director of Photography
    "Skeletons" by Giselle (music video), "Pearl" by Cali Gilbert (doc)
  • Yana Moskalova
    1st Assistant Director
    "Ecstasy Outlaws" by Brian Burkhardt (short film), Co-Director & Writer of "Beware" (short film) (Masters Diploma from Krakow Academy in Poland)
  • Kyle Schraeder
    Sound Mixer
    "Un Autre Jour à L.A" by Marie Tollec (short film) and several short films
  • Léa Cochet
    Stunt Coordinator
    Stunt Coordinator on a short film
  • Tanya Gawdi
    Still Photographer & Poster Designer
    Still Photographer for several short films (BFA in Photography from New York Film Academy in Los Angeles)
  • Marie Tollec
    Production Coordinator
    Director, Editor & Writer of 3 short films
  • Anatole Lardeyret
    Editor
    Worked on TV series for Netflix, and short films
  • Thierry Malet
    Composer
    Collaboration with Hans Zimmer on "Genius" for National Geographic
  • Olivier Mur
    Sound Editor
    "22 Bullets" by Richard Berry/ He works regulary for Dior
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Production Budget:
    2,300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - UCLA Extension
  • Independent Shorts Awards
    Los Angeles
    July 27, 2020
    Finalist
  • Paris Play Film Festival
    Paris
    July 27, 2020
    Semi-finalist
  • Milan Gold Awards - FKA Venice Film Awards
    Milan
    August 9, 2021
    Honorable Mention
Director Biography

Nadejda means hope in Russian. Raised in a village in Siberia before she moved to France at 8 years old, Nadejda finally moved to Los Angeles 2 years ago.

With 6 years of experience as a production assistant/ coordinator on a wide variety of projects (high-end commercials to feature films), Nadejda has been lately exploring her artistic side, writing screenplays and taking a UCLA course to direct her first film.

Her first project is a very short film - "Devil's in the Details" - that she will be shooting mid-August. She's also developing a slate of three feature screenplays, all taking place in Siberia, Yakutia. The first one has won a pitch competition organized by Raindance.

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Director Statement

"Devil's in the Details" is about the question of how to live free in a man's world. I've been raised by a mother who always told me to be back home before midnight, like in a Cinderella film. Having an education where you are told to be on your guard with men is already traumatizing.
But what I love about Debbie is her resilience. Hence this screenplay that I think is still relevant to our society today.