Are You Still?

Short film I co-directed and animated about connection in the digital abyss.

Press: Broadway World • Kenyon Alumni Magazine

Still from 'are you still?'
Still from 'are you still?'

written by Lauren D'Errico
directed by Britt Berke & Miles Shebar
animated by Miles Shebar

Liza Lapira as Em
Parveen Kaur as Kaitlyn
Melinda Page Hamilton as Banana Bread Recipe
Shane Johnson as Netflix
Lily Du as Online Shopping Basket
Luca Bella Facinelli as Twitter

artistic director Talia Light Rake
dir. artistic operations Samara Handelsman
technical director Miles Shebar
festival producer Mark Feuerstein

Parveen Kaur and Liza Lapira in 'are you still?'
Parveen Kaur and Liza Lapira in 'are you still?'

ARE YOU STILL? explores what it takes for Em, stuck at home during pandemic times, to resist the ever-present siren call from the Internet to keep scrolling, watching, and browsing through all of her waking hours.

It premiered as part of opening night of Playdate Theatre’s Find A Way Or Make One festival and fundraiser, which connected playwrights, directors and video artists from all over the world to produce new work during the height of COVID-19.

Proceeds from the livestreamed shows raised over $16,000 for Color of Change and the YWCA’s COVID-19 Relief Fund.

I co-directed and animated the film, in addition to serving as the technical director of the rest of the festival.

Still from 'are you still?'
Still from 'are you still?'

Still from 'are you still?'
Still from 'are you still?'

Tools: After Effects, Premiere, Ableton Live, Zoom