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Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral

As Max prepares to eulogize his sister Chloe just minutes before her funeral, he wrestles with the anger, frustration, and grief of losing her to an overdose, attempting to understand who Chloe was.

  • Vince Dixon
    Director
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  • Vince Dixon
    Writer
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  • Alyssa Callahan
    Producer
  • Seth Woodhouse
    Producer
  • Gabriel Donnelly
    Producer
  • Josiah Sergeant
    Key Cast
    "Max"
  • Samantha Ryan
    Key Cast
    "Chloe"
  • Brooklynn Walker
    Key Cast
    "Teen Chloe"
  • Michael Mann
    Key Cast
    "Teen Max"
  • Angus Caldwell
    Key Cast
    "Child Max"
  • Genevieve Jane
    Key Cast
    "Child Chloe"
  • Leanne Johnson
    Key Cast
    "Extraction, USA"
  • Mac Williams
    Key Cast
    "Brian"
  • Jessie Pettit
    Key Cast
    "Ellie"
  • Christopher Yang
    Director of Photographer
  • Katie Flaherty
    Production Designer
  • Mackenzie Hayden
    Wardrobe Styling
  • Kellie McCann
    Wardrobe Styling
  • Reid Andersen
    Sound Designer
  • Matt Ridge
    Music
  • Vince Dixon
    Editing
  • Seth Woodhouse
    Editing
  • Colton Stock
    Editing
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Coming of Age, Addiction
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 21, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Vince Dixon

Vince Dixon is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker born and raised in Central Indiana. With a degree in film from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, Vince seeks to tell authentic stories that are full of heart, whether they are dramatic and uplifting, or comedic and quirky.

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Director Statement

Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral is based on the lived experiences of writer/director Vince Dixon, who lost his sister Lauren to an overdose in 2021. Prior to Lauren's death, Vince wrote – but never sent – a letter to Lauren titled "Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral", about the helplessness and frustration he felt as Lauren's substance abuse progressed. Scenes from the film were based directly on memories of Vince and Lauren's childhood growing up in Fishers, Indiana, and certain shots in the film were crafted to replicate real home videos Vince found during the scripting phase.

Vince hopes that Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral is able to shed light on what it feels like to be adjacent to addiction, to capture on-screen all the complicated emotions you feel — anger, fear, guilt, grief — when your loved one is battling addictions, and to ask the question, ‘How do you remember your loved one when they’re gone?”

One of Lauren's goals in life was to help others in their recovery journey as an addiction counselor. With every person who sees this story, Lauren's goal is one step further toward fruition.