"Straight Line" Short Film

by Héloïse Haddad

​Synopsis: A short film about missed connections and virtual passion. This is a contemporary New York tale, exploring the quest of an unreachable ideal as two strangers meet and fall in love in the city's subway system without having a chance to see each other again.

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Cast:

Thang Dao as Kai
Samantha Xu as Ideal Woman

John Fennessy as Boss

Marc Geller as Blind Man

David Pendleton as Hobo

Arik Hartman as Elevator Rider

Clarissa Hoffmann as Elevator Girl

David E. Munz-Maire as Elevator Rider

Christopher Rex Stone as Elevator Rider

 

Writen & Directed by Héloïse Haddad

 

Producers: David E. Munz Maire & Rob Eletto

 

Executive Producer: Michael Beddome

 

Associate Producer: Lesley Steele & Audrey Luciani

 

Editor: Héloïse Haddad

 

Casting by Erica A. Hart

 

Assistant Director: David E. Munz-Maire

2nd Assistant Director: Audrey Luciani

 

Cinematographer: Casey Stein

 

Camera / MoVi Operator: Kyler Zee

1st A.C.: Dana Fytelson

 

Gaffer: Sean C. Li

Key Grip: Connor Lawson

Swing: Cassell A. Ferere

 

Sound Mixer: Spencer Plassman

 

Art Director: Dayna Haynie

Prop Master: Asia Hunt 

 

Key Hair & Make Up Artist: Edel Kirke

Hair & Make Up Assistant: Allyssa S. Rivera-Cabrero

 

Post Production Supervisor: Thomas Eberschveiler

Sound Design: Timothe Bost

Color Correction: Thomas Eberschveiler

 

Visual Effects: Michaël Aguado, Serhat Baykal, Antoine Douadi & Abhimanyu Tanwar

 

Key P.A.: Zach Hasselbring

P.A.s: Solomon Billingkoff, Shipra Saraogi, Emma Hing, Joe Zakko & Thomas Eberschveiler

 

Special Thanks to: Teddy Kalin, Keshia L. Richmond, Christian Grier, Matthew Fleischman & Yubi Alvarez

 

Produced by AireBedd Productions

Shot in NYC, NY.

(c) April, 2016.

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