TRESPASSERS

Written & Directed by YASMINE ASHA
Drama | 30 min | USA | 2019

SYNOPSIS

Crystal, a white conservative single mother struggling to make ends meet, is desperate to find a way to afford her son's medical bills. When her landlord threatens to evict her, she turns to desperate measures. But on her quest for cash, a turn of fate puts her and an undocumented immigrant, Sofia, in a thrilling life and death situation, and force them to confront their shared vulnerability. Ultimately, their courage and empathy reunites them as Crystal is sold a way to pay her rent with an unexpected surprise from Sofia.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Short To The Point International Film Festival
2019 Winner Best Director & Best Short

Independent Short Awards International Film Festival
2019 Winner Best Dramatic Short

Courage Film Festival
2020 Nominee Best Short

Around International Film Festival
2020 Nominee Best Short

Rhode Island International Film Festival
2020 Nominee Best Short

Awareness Film Festival
2020 Nominee Best Short

Lift-Off Film Festival Los Angeles
2020 Nominee Best Short

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival UK
2020 Nominee Best Short Drama

Refugees Welcome Film Festival
2020 Nominee Best Short

ARFF Berlin International Awards
2020 Nominee Best Short

INFO
  • RUNNING TIME - 30 min.
  • LANGUAGE - English
  • LOCATIONS - Los Angeles
  • COLOR - Color
  • FORMAT - 16:9
PARTNERS
CREW

WRITER & DIRECTOR
Yasmine Asha

PRODUCERS
Farshid Rafe Rafahi, Lidiya Korotko, Navid Navid, Yasmine Asha

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jason Almendinger

SOUND RECORDING
Daniel Parker, Jake White

SOUND DESIGN
Frederik Pfeiffer

SCORE
Ashkan Dabbagh

EDITING
Yasmine Asha

VISUAL EFFECTS
Mladen Marianovic

ART DIRECTOR
Kelsey Joyce, MUAH DEPARTMENT, Becca Ruzicka, Victoria Vesy

CASTING
German Legarreta

CAST
  • Adam Dorsey
  • Barbara Lee Bragg
  • Belle Adams
  • Daniel J. Parker
  • Luca Sammarcelli
  • Jamila Hache
  • Jonathan R. Freeman
  • Navid Navid
  • Paul Bond
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