Dying & Trying
A distant relationship between a very young dying mother and her nine-year-old daughter who are both experiencing the importance of time and forgiveness.
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Sage DrakeDirectorSelfies Fever, Christmas Shit, Addiction, The Tale of Hide & Shriek, Callmeister, Ham Jam, His Good Wife, Lost Track
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Sage DrakeWriterSelfies Fever, Christmas Shit, Addiction, The Tale of Hide & Shriek, Callmeister, Ham Jam, His Good Wife, Lost Track
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Natalie MangianteProducerAddiction, Christmas Shit, Selfies Fever, Loves Me, Loves Me Not
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Natalie MangianteKey Cast"Carol (Mother)"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:4 minutes 44 seconds
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Production Budget:200 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Canon 5D EOS Mark 3
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Indie Short Fest
Official Selection -
Florence Film Awards
Finalist -
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
Best Young/Child Actress McKenna Rose -
Alternative Film Festival
Best Actress - Natalie Mangiante -
IndieX Film Fest
Official Selection -
Independence Shorts Awards
Finalist -
Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival
Awards: Grand Jury Award (Gold) Actress Natalie Mangiante and Grand Jury Award (Silver) Best Drama. -
Caldas Film Festival
Official Selection -
LA Shorts Awards
Best Short Film Diamond Award -
Monthly Indie Shorts
Official Selection -
Indies Shorts Film Festival
Nominated for Best Actress Natalie Mangiante and winner for Best Original Story -
Sparks Microshort Film Festival
Finalist
Studied filmmaking at the College of San Mateo. Film instructor Jay Rosenblatt. Freelance photographer/videographer San Francisco.
Director of currently 20 short films, 100+ plus official selections, and 26 awards. Short films include HAM JAM (official selection Long Island International Film Expo), CHRISTMAS SHIT (official selection San Francisco Another Hole in the Head film festival) and CALLMEISTER (official selection San Francisco Frozen Film Festival).
I'm about forgiveness and moving on. Being exposed to death at a very young age made me thought about life as I was growing up. I wanted to show the viewer from the point of view of a child on when you are facing death and how to respond to it when it happens.