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A young single woman bored with her social life caters a party for a charismatic couple
and finds the husband also looking for something new. Created for the Asian American Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout under the theme, “The Color of My Hair”.”
Starring Tatiana Sachie (Toshimitsu), Brennan Taylor, & Christiane Seidel(Boardwalk Empire)
Portuguese/h5>
Uma mulher é jovem, solteira e está insatisfeita com sua vida social, mas quando trabalha pra um belo e carismático casal ela descobre que o marido também está a procura de algo novo.
French
Une femme est jeune fille célibataire qui en a marre de sa vie sociale. Un soir quand elle fait la cuisine pour la fête chez une couple attirante, elle trouve le mari charmant et il semble qu’il cherche, tout comme elle, quelque chose de nouveau.
Spanish
Una joven soltera aburrida de su vida social, prepara una fiesta para una bella pareja de casados y conoce al carismático marido que igualmente esta buscando algo nuevo en su vida. Originalmente creado para el Asian American Film Lab 72 Hours Shootout bajo el concepto “El color de mi cabello”.
festivals
Split End is an adaptation of its original Top 10 Finalist version for the 2014 Asian American Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout. It was created from brief to finish in 72 hours under the theme, “the color of my hair.” Split End is currently in festival contention.
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bios
TATIANA SACHIE is a New York based actress also known for her work in Game of You, Blink, and Avenue X, an adaptation of Hemingway’s short story Hills Like White Elephants, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Riverlights Film Festival in New York. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tatiana attended the Lee Strasberg Institute and the Atlantic Acting Schools in New York. She has performed in numerous independent films and theater productions in both New York City and Brazil.
BRENNAN TAYLOR is an American film, television, and theater actor from Portland, Oregon, who can be seen on Law & Order: SVU (NBC), Royal Pains (USA), Person of Interest (CBS), Broad City (Comedy Central), Flesh & Bone (Starz), including “The Amazing Spider-Man II,” by Columbia Pictures. He has also appeared in national commercials such as Welch’s Juice, Dr. Scholl’s, LG Optimus, and Chrysler. He ran cross country and track at the University of San Diego.[www.Brennan-Taylor.com]
CHRISTIANE SEIDEL is a New York based actress, recently known as Sigrid Mueller of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, the murderous Norwegian nanny-wife to rogue FBI agent, Nelson van Alden, played by Academy@ Nominated Actor Michael Shannon. Her TV debut was a guest star on Law & Order: SVU’s 12th season premiere. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, to a Danish mother and German father who was a NATO fighter pilot, Christiane recently played the female lead on the German dark comedy, Schmidt’s Katze, for Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Germany. She is fluent in English, German, and Danish.[www.ChristianeSeidel.com]
Edward Shieh (謝宗楷) is a director and screenwriting member of the Writer’s Guild of America East and WGA Digital Caucus. His work has been awarded and nominated for Best Film, Direction, Actor, Actress, Ensemble Cast, Cinematography, Editing and Music from Academy® Qualifying and international festivals. Eddie has been a distinguished nominee to the NBC Directing Fellowship, Fox Global Directors Initiative Fellowship, and O’Neill National Directing Fellowship programs. He is an alumnus of The Barrow Group Directing Workshops in New York led by the esteemed Seth Barrish and the Professional Writer’s Boot Camp where after his first dramatic feature screenplay sold in 2010. His passion for storytelling stems from an award-winning career as an advertising agency creative director. [filmmkakeratnight.com]
Director’s Statement
Split End is an extension of a dramatic feature script in development, coupled with my previous film, Mr. Chavan. Both films were adapted from their original versions for the Asian American Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout where filmmakers create a 5-minute max film from brief to finish in 72 hours.
