LUNACHICKS
Short Dark Comedy (2021)
Reclusive Marla Strange sets out to make a friend, but her infamous father has other ideas.
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SYNOPSIS:
Marla Strange, a recluse haunted by her infamous Father, longs for a friend. But first she’s got to leave the house.
One day, bolstered by an old networking infomercial, Marla sets out to meet a friend from an ad. Instead, she meets Berlin, a punk guitarist seeking a singer. Desperate for friendship, Marla decides to audition.
But Marla must battle against her fractured identity to land herself a place in the band, and perhaps even...make herself a friend.
Runtime: 12:32
Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama
Aspect Ratio: 2:1
Sound: Stereo & 5.1 Surround
Language: English
Country of Production: Canada
TECHNICAL
the punk rock songs that inspired our story
Writer/Director/Producer - Jess Joy
Director of Photography - Gregory Bennett
Gregory Bennett is an accomplished Director of Photography based out of Toronto, Canada. His most recent narrative film work was for 'NIGHTALK', a feature film directed by legendary Canadian filmmaker Don Shebib (Goin' Down the Road). Gregory has lensed numerous shorts, commercials and music videos and is comfortable in a wide range of styles. His work has been nominated twice for CSC (Canadian Society of Cinematographers) awards and he won the best cinematography award for the feature 'THE BAD MOTHER' at the Hamilton Film Festival.
Pascale Behrman as Marla
Rebecca Macdonald as Berlin
Joel Fishbane as Father
Pascale Behrman is a performer from Calgary Alberta, now based out of Toronto, Ontario. She received a degree in Drama from Queen’s University and later trained in theatre performance at George Brown Theatre School, graduating in 2019. Since then she has performed in a variety of independent short and feature films, theatre productions, and played a detective on Unexpected Killer. Her past times are singing, dancing, hiking and attending concerts (pre-pandemic)
Born and raised in Toronto, Rebecca MacDonald has been acting since she played Cat #2 in elementary school. In 2019 she graduated from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College's joint specialist program for Theatre and Drama studies. Shortly afterwards she was cast in Alumnae Theatre’s production of “The Heidi Chronicles”. After being cast in “Lunachicks” in March 2020, the pandemic hit and the film, along with everything else, was put on hold. After finally getting to shoot “Lunachicks” in August 2020, Rebecca moved with her partner out to Vancouver, British Columbia where she continues to pursue acting.
Joel Fishbane is an actor, novelist, screenwriter, and general man about town. He’s appeared in numerous films, commercials, and theatrical productions over many years, has a few degrees that are taking up space on his mother’s wall, adores musical theatre, and is thrilled to be a part of the Lunachicks experience. His novel "The Thunder of Giants" was published in 2015 while his short fiction and articles have been widely published.
www.joelfishbane.net.
STILLS
BEHIND
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CAST
Tom Strange: Joel Fishbane
Marla: Pascale Behrman
Berlin: Rebecca MacDonald
Mrs. Strange: Suzanne Pratley
Drummer Jon: Mike Masurkevtich
Clown 1: Eric Paquette
Clown 2: Chris Waterman
Jester: Greg Paquette
Tom's Victim: Ani Bachan
Charles Charles: Nate Friedman
Models on Chair: Elle Robertson, Kiley Langille
Friends: Gabriel Gherutchi, Marlisa Hows, Cassidy Lawson
Businessman: Baraka Mbabu Gitari
CREW
Director/Producer/Writer: Jess Joy
First Assistant Director: Emily Monster
Script Supervisor: Gabby Morten Jones
Casting: Carly Granovsky CDC
Director of Photography/Colorist: Gregory Bennett
First Assistant Camera: Courtney O’Connor
Second Assistant Camera/Editor: Tiana Dueck
Gaffer: Nikita Brusnitsyn
Key Grip: Nazariy Andrukhiv
Grip: Joe Crabb
Production Design: Justin Reu
Art Director: Lindsay Rheault
Sound Design/Mixer: Cara Shaw
Boom Op: Mary Gardner
Composer: Rob Wilson
Surround Mix: James Findlay
Wardrobe: Fidge Fletcher
Hair and Makeup: Erin Sweeny
Hair and Makeup on Infomercial: Hailey Harrison
Informercial Costumes: Pamela Blackwood-Marques
Production Assistant: Richard Dang
Production Assistant: Lauren Trudeau
Production Assistant: Sean Springstead
BTS Photos: Patrick Marcoux
Covid Supervisor: Chris Waterman
Craft Services: Blend Catering
Very Special Thanks:
Stephen Davis
Zach Zohr
Daniel Shojaei
Matthew Watts
Dave McRae
Alex Harris
Christine Mcleod
Dave Vuyk
Michael Sniderman
The Jeftovics
Harm and Ease
Faith and Greg Paquette
Richard Porter
Ellen Reinhart
Jill and Jorgeanne Venema
Emily Noordam
Paula Tiberius
Produced with the Assistance Of:
