Tahiti – April 2023

Duration: 0:28-1:28

Written/Directed/Edited By: Leila Jolene
MEDIUM: BMPCC4k
CLASS: FMX 312 Narrative Production
PROFESSOR: Taylor Curry
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
Louise lives in a care facility and is Nellie’s best friend. They were an inseparable pair and once shared a dream to travel to Tahiti together. To accomplish their dream, they both agreed to pull a bank heist to fund their adventure. Nellie was caught and ended up in jail, and Louise found herself back at the facility she was originally within, still thinking about her unfinished dream.

Duration: 0:00-0:41

Written, Directed & Edited by: Leila Jolene
MEDIUM: Canon 5D Mkii
INSTITUTION: The New School
An Independent Short film created by students from The New School and Columbia University. A Chess player who travels to alternate dimension with the powers of a mysterious book, finds himself having to play his way out of the new world he finds himself within.