THE FILM
In this whimsical riff on the health class video we never knew we needed, an aging millennial wanders aimlessly through a city park when she is ambushed by her fertility fairy godmother who has come to remind her that time is running out.
THE TEAM
Writer: Helen Cespedes
Director: Jess Coles
Cinematographer: Zohra Zaka
Animation: Kate Abbruzzese
Original Score: Peter Mark Kendall
Producers: Helen Cespedes, Donna DeStefano, Peter Mark Kendall, Chiara Motley, Robin Galloway, and Sarah Hartmann
Starring: Helen Cespedes, Jennifer Lim, Peter Mark Kendall, Deirdre Madigan, Elia Monte Brown, Rosaline Elbay, and Jeena Yi
HELEN CESPEDES | Writer, Lead Actor, Executive Producer
Helen Cespedes is a New York based actor, writer, and producer. Recent acting credits include Broadway: The Cripple of Inishmaan. Off-Broadway: Fefu and Her Friends and Timon of Athens (TFANA), Paul Swan is Dead and Gone (Civilians), The School For Scandal (Red Bull) as well as numerous regional credits. Selected TV/Film: “Law & Order,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Search Party,” “The Knick.” Podcasts: Isolated Incidents and Twits in Love. Helen trained at The Juilliard School where she received the John Houseman Prize. In addition to The Decision, Helen has stage and screen scripts in development with Old Rare New Productions.
JESS COLES | Director
Jess Coles is a Brooklyn- based filmmaker. Most recently she wrote and directed My Lovers Are a Collection of Books I’ll Never Get Back, a short film about a lost songwriter who is ghosted by her doppelgänger which is currently in post- production. She has collaborated on experimental films for the Public Theater and New York Theater Workshop as a cinematographer and co-director. Currently, Jess is writing a feature- length musical film about queer dating, which will feature her original music. She also produces start- to- finish commercial videos, working alongside brands to concept, direct, shoot and edit content. She is a graduate of Vassar College and an NYC native.
DONNA DeSTEFANO | Executive Producer
Donna DeStefano, founder of SirenSong Entertainment, a talent management and production company based in NYC. She executive produced short films Fell ( by Lisa Joyce and Holly Voges) Nantucket Film Festival, Citizen Jane Film Festival and Casualties (written and directed by Holly Voges) Brooklyn Film Festival Winner Audience Award for Best Narrative Short, St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, Winner Best Director. @sirensonginc.com
CHIARA MOTLEY | Producer
Chiara Motley is a producer and actress based in Seattle and NYC. All Souls, a web series she produced and starred in opposite Michael Potts, won the Gold Award for a Digital Series at DC Webfest in 2020 and the audience award at FLICKFAIR in 2021. Chiara co-produced the web series The Corps, which screened at the American Black Film Festival and Urbanworld 2021. She produces and co-hosts the podcast Good Pain which explores the world of BDSM, power dynamics, and the patriarchy. Chiara received her B.A. in drama from Stanford University, where she was awarded the Evelyn M. Draper Award for performance, and her MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, CO. She has performed on stages across the country including ACT, Seattle Repertory Theatre, DC Shakespeare Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage and more. She is a founding member of Some Folks Productions. somefolksproductions.com
SARAH HARTMANN | Producer
Born and raised in Wyoming, Sarah is a director and writer whose love of evocative and playful storytelling brought her to New York where she studied at Barnard College and Columbia University. With both deep and wide-ranging interests, Sarah has directed for theater, opera, symphony, radio, and is currently developing projects for film and TV. She has worked on Broadway and across the country at theaters such as Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, Chautauqua Theater Company, Charlottesville Opera, the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, and Playhouse on Park where her production of The Revolutionists won the CT Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble. A passionate educator, she has also worked with students at The Growing Studio, NYU, UC Santa Barbara, and the Juilliard School. She can currently be seen in an episode of the Disney+ show Encore! and is the director for both the National Tour and Tokyo productions of Anastasia as well as projects in development with Old Rare New Productions.
ROBIN GALLOWAY | Producer
Robin Galloway is an actress, producer and literary manager currently representing LA-based Gramercy Park Entertainment as their New York office. In 2012, Robin founded P-38 Lightning Productions Inc. specializing in the development and production of scripted series, independent and documentary film. She has also worked as a buyer for NY-based Film Movement, an award-winning distributor of independent and international films, and in production for Sony Pictures Entertainment and FOX/TNT. Robin grew up in multiple countries, a background that greatly influences her passion for international & multicultural stories. MFA Brown University. robingalloway.org
ZOHRA ZAKA | Director of Photography
Director of Photography Zohra Zaka's sense to shape a story with creative and artful imagery is what continuously draws her to be inspired by original, unflinching, mindful and experimental filmmaking. Her diverse international personal upbringing as a native to Kabul, Afghanistan and having lived in Hamburg, Germany as well as Washington DC, New York and Los Angeles, mirrors her career background, which spans across the world of filmmaking from her beginnings as a still photographer and gaffer, to experimental film editing for such talents as Poet Anne Waldman and experimental filmmaker Ed Bowes, to her work as a documentary director. In addition to her work as Cinematographer in New York and Los Angeles for last 15 years, Zohra's career has taken her around the world as far as West Africa for project documenting one of Malawi's first female Chief's throughout her courageous fight to end child marriages in her villages in “Warm Heart of Malawi” for World Connect, to Greece for an on-going documentary while pursuing several young refugees as they search for a semblance of normality in an unstable world in “Semblance of Self”, to Spain, Thailand, Vietnam and many other destinations. She launched MisMar Films in 2019, a production company that centers around art house, mindful, and poetic filmmaking. Her Thesis film “3 Songs” was recognized for Best Cinematography at School of Visual Art's 2003 Dusty Awards and The International Cinematographers Guild's 2017's Emerging Cinematographer was awarded to “Unbound” , a film Zohra had worked on as the sole camera operator. She is currently based in Brooklyn, New York and a working member of The International Cinematographers Guild.
PETER MARK KENDALL | Lead Actor, Executive Producer, Composer
Peter Mark Kendall is an actor and musician based in New York City. He has acted on Broadway in Six Degrees of Separation (Tony Nom for “Best Revival”) and off-Broadway at The Atlantic, LCT3, The New Group, The Public, The Vineyard, Rattlestick, Partial Comfort. Selected film: Top Gun: Maverick (upcoming), Entangled, Time Out of Mind, Louder Than Bombs, The Ticket (TriBeCa). Selected TV: Netflix’s “Jigsaw"(upcoming), “Strange Angel,” Sam Esmail’s “Acts of Crime," “Girls,” “The Americans,” (recurring). Peter is in the duo-band Hickory (second album to be released this summer) and is a founding member of the theatre collective The Commissary (in residence at The Vineyard). His film CAPSULE (with Whitney White) premiered in the Under the Radar Festival at The Public in January 2021 and in festivals internationally. Training: M.F.A. Brown/Trinity.
In this whimsical riff on the health class video we never knew we needed, an aging millennial wanders aimlessly through a city park when she is ambushed by her fertility fairy godmother who has come to remind her that time is running out.
THE TEAM
Writer: Helen Cespedes
Director: Jess Coles
Cinematographer: Zohra Zaka
Animation: Kate Abbruzzese
Original Score: Peter Mark Kendall
Producers: Helen Cespedes, Donna DeStefano, Peter Mark Kendall, Chiara Motley, Robin Galloway, and Sarah Hartmann
Starring: Helen Cespedes, Jennifer Lim, Peter Mark Kendall, Deirdre Madigan, Elia Monte Brown, Rosaline Elbay, and Jeena Yi
HELEN CESPEDES | Writer, Lead Actor, Executive Producer
Helen Cespedes is a New York based actor, writer, and producer. Recent acting credits include Broadway: The Cripple of Inishmaan. Off-Broadway: Fefu and Her Friends and Timon of Athens (TFANA), Paul Swan is Dead and Gone (Civilians), The School For Scandal (Red Bull) as well as numerous regional credits. Selected TV/Film: “Law & Order,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Search Party,” “The Knick.” Podcasts: Isolated Incidents and Twits in Love. Helen trained at The Juilliard School where she received the John Houseman Prize. In addition to The Decision, Helen has stage and screen scripts in development with Old Rare New Productions.
JESS COLES | Director
Jess Coles is a Brooklyn- based filmmaker. Most recently she wrote and directed My Lovers Are a Collection of Books I’ll Never Get Back, a short film about a lost songwriter who is ghosted by her doppelgänger which is currently in post- production. She has collaborated on experimental films for the Public Theater and New York Theater Workshop as a cinematographer and co-director. Currently, Jess is writing a feature- length musical film about queer dating, which will feature her original music. She also produces start- to- finish commercial videos, working alongside brands to concept, direct, shoot and edit content. She is a graduate of Vassar College and an NYC native.
DONNA DeSTEFANO | Executive Producer
Donna DeStefano, founder of SirenSong Entertainment, a talent management and production company based in NYC. She executive produced short films Fell ( by Lisa Joyce and Holly Voges) Nantucket Film Festival, Citizen Jane Film Festival and Casualties (written and directed by Holly Voges) Brooklyn Film Festival Winner Audience Award for Best Narrative Short, St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, Winner Best Director. @sirensonginc.com
CHIARA MOTLEY | Producer
Chiara Motley is a producer and actress based in Seattle and NYC. All Souls, a web series she produced and starred in opposite Michael Potts, won the Gold Award for a Digital Series at DC Webfest in 2020 and the audience award at FLICKFAIR in 2021. Chiara co-produced the web series The Corps, which screened at the American Black Film Festival and Urbanworld 2021. She produces and co-hosts the podcast Good Pain which explores the world of BDSM, power dynamics, and the patriarchy. Chiara received her B.A. in drama from Stanford University, where she was awarded the Evelyn M. Draper Award for performance, and her MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, CO. She has performed on stages across the country including ACT, Seattle Repertory Theatre, DC Shakespeare Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage and more. She is a founding member of Some Folks Productions. somefolksproductions.com
SARAH HARTMANN | Producer
Born and raised in Wyoming, Sarah is a director and writer whose love of evocative and playful storytelling brought her to New York where she studied at Barnard College and Columbia University. With both deep and wide-ranging interests, Sarah has directed for theater, opera, symphony, radio, and is currently developing projects for film and TV. She has worked on Broadway and across the country at theaters such as Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, Chautauqua Theater Company, Charlottesville Opera, the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, and Playhouse on Park where her production of The Revolutionists won the CT Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble. A passionate educator, she has also worked with students at The Growing Studio, NYU, UC Santa Barbara, and the Juilliard School. She can currently be seen in an episode of the Disney+ show Encore! and is the director for both the National Tour and Tokyo productions of Anastasia as well as projects in development with Old Rare New Productions.
ROBIN GALLOWAY | Producer
Robin Galloway is an actress, producer and literary manager currently representing LA-based Gramercy Park Entertainment as their New York office. In 2012, Robin founded P-38 Lightning Productions Inc. specializing in the development and production of scripted series, independent and documentary film. She has also worked as a buyer for NY-based Film Movement, an award-winning distributor of independent and international films, and in production for Sony Pictures Entertainment and FOX/TNT. Robin grew up in multiple countries, a background that greatly influences her passion for international & multicultural stories. MFA Brown University. robingalloway.org
ZOHRA ZAKA | Director of Photography
Director of Photography Zohra Zaka's sense to shape a story with creative and artful imagery is what continuously draws her to be inspired by original, unflinching, mindful and experimental filmmaking. Her diverse international personal upbringing as a native to Kabul, Afghanistan and having lived in Hamburg, Germany as well as Washington DC, New York and Los Angeles, mirrors her career background, which spans across the world of filmmaking from her beginnings as a still photographer and gaffer, to experimental film editing for such talents as Poet Anne Waldman and experimental filmmaker Ed Bowes, to her work as a documentary director. In addition to her work as Cinematographer in New York and Los Angeles for last 15 years, Zohra's career has taken her around the world as far as West Africa for project documenting one of Malawi's first female Chief's throughout her courageous fight to end child marriages in her villages in “Warm Heart of Malawi” for World Connect, to Greece for an on-going documentary while pursuing several young refugees as they search for a semblance of normality in an unstable world in “Semblance of Self”, to Spain, Thailand, Vietnam and many other destinations. She launched MisMar Films in 2019, a production company that centers around art house, mindful, and poetic filmmaking. Her Thesis film “3 Songs” was recognized for Best Cinematography at School of Visual Art's 2003 Dusty Awards and The International Cinematographers Guild's 2017's Emerging Cinematographer was awarded to “Unbound” , a film Zohra had worked on as the sole camera operator. She is currently based in Brooklyn, New York and a working member of The International Cinematographers Guild.
PETER MARK KENDALL | Lead Actor, Executive Producer, Composer
Peter Mark Kendall is an actor and musician based in New York City. He has acted on Broadway in Six Degrees of Separation (Tony Nom for “Best Revival”) and off-Broadway at The Atlantic, LCT3, The New Group, The Public, The Vineyard, Rattlestick, Partial Comfort. Selected film: Top Gun: Maverick (upcoming), Entangled, Time Out of Mind, Louder Than Bombs, The Ticket (TriBeCa). Selected TV: Netflix’s “Jigsaw"(upcoming), “Strange Angel,” Sam Esmail’s “Acts of Crime," “Girls,” “The Americans,” (recurring). Peter is in the duo-band Hickory (second album to be released this summer) and is a founding member of the theatre collective The Commissary (in residence at The Vineyard). His film CAPSULE (with Whitney White) premiered in the Under the Radar Festival at The Public in January 2021 and in festivals internationally. Training: M.F.A. Brown/Trinity.
