You Left Me Alone
USA, 15 mins, Digital
When a crisis forces Erica home to confront her estranged sibling Marina, she fights to revive their childhood connection, only to find some wounds are too deep to heal.
CONTENT WARNING: This film contains depictions of child abuse.
Director/Writer: Lauren Fondren
Producer: Taylor Mendonca
Director of Photography: Derek Kelly
Editor: Lauren Fondren
Production Designer: Jon K. Jones
Composer: Katya Richardson
Cast: Matilda Sakamoto, Akane Little, Emiko Dunn, Keira Lebrun
Contact: Lauren Fondren, lff2111@columbia.edu
Program E
Film Screenings:
May 6th at 7pm ET
May 13th at 7pm ET
About the Writer/Director
Lauren Fondren is a Texan filmmaker based in NYC. She is interested in films that expand on and explode out of reality with female/femme protagonists who don't smile much. She is an alumna of Columbia's MFA Program in film (writing & directing). Her previous lives have included theater, foreign language, and the State Department.
About the Producer
Taylor Mendonca is a Canadian filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. After a four-year stint working for INTERPOL in both Lyon, France, and Singapore, Taylor received her MFA in Film from Columbia University. She has written and produced several short films and cut her teeth as an assistant in the writer’s room of Season 3 of HBO’s Divorce. She is currently developing a feature film.