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Writer/director

José is a writer, director and cinematographer - frequently all at once - from the little Village neighborhood of Chicago. He has worked in a variety of narrative films including dozens of shorts and multiple features over the course of a decade. This is his second feature film.

1st Assistant Director

Director of Photography/Colorist

Trina Mulligan is a Chicago based cinematographer with an immense and everlasting love for visual storytelling. She enjoys the process of creating a unique, striking, and compelling visual language for every film that she works on. Trina prides herself in always building a creative and collaborative environment with the directors and crews she partners with. When she's not on set, she enjoys oil painting on raw canvas, and shooting photos with her film camera in nature.

Production Designer

Frances Rosenthal is a Chicago native film student at Columbia College Chicago with a passion for writing, directing, and production design. When not at SVC Frances can be found thrifting or watching movies with their rabbit Galileo.

Location Sound Mixer

Ruby Que is a Chicago-based installation artist and experimental filmmaker who occasionally performs, weaves, and carves. In their work they open portals and create hauntings. Their works have been exhibited at Kavi Gupta, Comfort Station (Chicago, IL), Charles Allis Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI), and Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (Ithaca, NY). They freelance as a videographer and location sound mixer.

Editor/Composer

Jonathan Anderson is a Chicago-based editor and composer. He has worked on multiple features and dozens of shorts. Although his expertise is in post-production, he frequently works as a script supervisor and even behind camera on rare occasion.