Student-led Short Film! Amantes Amentes

AMANTES AMENTES.

Two lovers ripped apart by fate would go to Hell and back to see each other again.

Summary

Amantes Amentes, those who love are out of their minds.

Amantes Amentes is a short film about a couple that commits petty crimes together; when a heist goes fatally wrong and Melisse is killed as a result, Tobias turns to make a deal with the devil to bring her back.

Meet the Director

Evangeline Thompson is an aspiring writer for TV and Film. Amantes Amentes is the second short film she has written and directed at Emerson College. Evangeline has spent much of her life road-tripping and moving around the US. This combined with her passion for the horror genre as a whole heavily influenced Amantes Amentes’ unique classical-western-horror aesthetic.

Meet the Producers

Aries Fung (Director of Photography) moved to Boston from his hometown of Hong Kong to pursue a career in entertainment. He aspires to bring important stories to life and strives to amplify voices that need to be heard. His short film “But I Made Cake” was screened at several festivals including Toronto Indie Horror Fest (2022) and Boston Indie Fest (2022) and won “Outstanding Production Design for Narrative Film at the EVVYs (2022).

Chrystal Kim is an aspiring Film Producer and current student at Emerson College. They strive to bring light to stories that have gone unheard. Kim has produced various projects such as “Imitation of Art,” “Plus 1s” and Emerson BA film “Heaven and Back” (2023).

Jena Roseman is an aspiring Film Producer, Cinematographer, and (currently) BTS photographer originally from Western Massachusetts. She interns for Women in Film of New England under JoAnn Cox and is a freelance photographer outside of school. Jena is also directing a BA film in the Fall of 2023, titled “Heading Home” which is set to debut in the Summer of 2024.

Why Support this Film?

This film is almost entirely student-funded, meaning that our crew (mainly our producers) is responsible for ensuring we have the funding for catering, equipment, transportation, and production design. Since we are located in Boston, MA (which is unfortunately now the second-most expensive city in the United States), catering and transportation are our main concerns in terms of funding. We care deeply about the well-being of our crew since we are all students with other responsibilities and priorities outside of this film. To ensure everyone is best supported, we have estimated that we need at least $1,500 to do so.

What We Need

Budget Breakdown: $5,000

Catering & Crafty: $1,000

Transportation: $1,000

Equipment: $1,000

Production Design:$1,500

Distribution: $500

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