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Nine Miles

Three friends rent a house in coastal East Lyme, Connecticut in an attempt to revive a neglected friendship, but when a peculiar neighbor intrudes, tensions rise and a supernatural force takes hold. Following a fireside telling of the town’s Lyme disease lore, they each begin to experience strange symptoms including a shared vision, none of which they divulge to one another. By the next nightfall, the mysterious forces have pushed the fraying friendship to its limits, revealing what each would do to help the other survive.

  • Angelique Georges
    Director
  • Angelique Georges
    Writer
  • Andrei Zakow
    Producer
  • Angelique Georges
    Producer
  • Devyn Inez Fusaro
    Key Cast
    "Jane"
  • Hillary Sproul
    Key Cast
    "Olivia"
  • Joel Nagle
    Key Cast
    "Jacob"
  • Amir Mosallaie
    Key Cast
    "Taj"
  • James Sparber
    Original Score
  • Damien Paris
    Writing Consultant
  • Ali Edwards
    Associate Producers
  • Devyn Inez Fusaro
    Associate Producers
  • Cayla Logan
    Assistant Camera
  • Ingrid Krampe
    Gaffer
  • Jack Flachsbart
    Production Sound Mixer
  • Hillary Sproul
    Costume Design
  • Joseph Mastantuono
    Colorist
  • Raul Cevallos
    Sound Mixer
  • Angélique Georges
    Visual Effects & Titles
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 22, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED KOMODO 6K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Angelique Georges

Angélique Georges is an Emmy Award winning French-Australian Graphic Artist and Director based in NYC. She is a master of merging traditional set design, prop styling and hand-made elements with the digital sorcery of VFX and Animation.

Growing up on Australia's east coast, she was drawn to making art from a young age, eventually gaining a Bachelor degree in Film and Television from Swinburne University. In 2013, she arrived in New York City and began working at Zero Point Zero Productions (Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, In The Mind Of A Chef, Somebody Feed Phil). Four years later she became an independent graphic artist, working on various feature documentary, commercial and television productions. In 2017 she won an Emmy award for Best Main Title and Graphic Design and in 2019 she spoke at the IFC Craft-Ed Seminar on Documentary Post Production. In 2023 she presented her directorial debut short thriller: Nine Miles, a film centered around the lore and mystery of the origins of Lyme disease.

Nine Miles is her directorial debut and her goal is to continue to explore the sometimes bizarre nature of life with a human touch.

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Director Statement

The story of Nine Miles was developed after I began spending time in East Lyme, Connecticut. A beautiful coastal hideaway where city folk such as myself can find relief from the summer heat of New York City. New England hospitality comes in the form of beers around a bonfire in the summer months, and there is no shortage of tales, however tall, to go around.

Visible on the horizon, across the Long Island sound (exactly nine miles away) is a place called Plum Island. I have been told many versions of what exactly goes on at there, but “officially” it’s a government animal disease research facility. After doing some research into its long and storied past dating back to the 1950’s, and the many theories of its purposes. I was very intrigued by the concept of this beautiful scenery shrouding such a sinister secret.

Coming from Australia I am also fascinated by the local fauna in North America, and the fact that deer roam freely so close to suburban homes. Furthermore, I learnt that almost every person in the region has had some kind of brush with Lyme Disease and in 2020, with a quarantine lock-down happening worldwide, disease spread felt like a topic I could not escape.

As a graphic artist and director of animation, I am constantly pushing to work more with in-camera effects, set design and props, but Nine Miles was one of my first real opportunities to bring a story to life with actors. I’m looking forward to continuing to explore storytelling through characters and people.