Serial
Desperate for connection, questioning aromantic Nora dips her toes into the waters of romance at a speed dating event. She hits it off with fellow cynic Joe, but he may be much worse than she fears.
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Sydney RelihanDirector
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Sydney RelihanWriter
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Shannon O'SheaProducer
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Ishini GammanpilaKey Cast"Nora"
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Andrew V. LorenzenKey Cast"Joe"
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Adam ShulmanKey Cast"Vassilios"
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Joshua AkinwumiKey Cast"Spud"
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Anna BethKey Cast"Taylor Bazos"
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Shannon O'SheaSound
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Joelle RamsonSound
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Joelle RamsonIntimacy Coordinator
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Sydney RelihanScore
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Stewart ThorndikeSpecial ThanksLyle, Eyes Wide Shut
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Randy HendricksonSpecial Thanks
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Cornell Department of Performing & Media ArtsSpecial Thanks
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Mackenzie RelihanSpecial Thanks
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Taliyah TrueheartSpecial Thanks
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Genres:Romance, Comedy, Drama, Horror
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Runtime:11 minutes 3 seconds
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Completion Date:May 17, 2021
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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:Digital
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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:Yes - Cornell University
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Centrallly Isolated Film Festival 2021Ithaca, New York
United States
Official Selection
Sydney Relihan is a writer, director, and film composer from Naperville, Illinois, currently studying at Cornell University. With her films, Sydney often discusses themes of platonic love, identity, and mental health, and has a particular interest in exploring how people relate to one another in the context of their environment.
Self-described as an anti-romance rom-com, Serial explores and critiques romance culture through a combination of dark-comedy and horror. Romance dominates and dictates much of today's western society, and often times that intense focus and expectation can isolate those who fall outside the norm. As an asexual and aromantic filmmaker, Sydney looks at romance in media through a different lens and hopes to give representation to a group so rarely positively depicted on screen if even present at all.