COFFEE & SISTERS

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Written & Directed by Melissa Pellicano

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Director of Photography Steven Gatti

Starring Victoria Caroccia & Taylor Graves

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"I wrote this film to exercise some feelings I have about my own relationship with my older sister. We don't get a long much, but our pattern is clear; when one of us has it hard in life, the other seems to be doing better. At least in our eyes, the grass is always greener.

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I also wanted to reflect on the relationship between my mother and her sister. I found their relationship to be really interesting when I was young and they were always chatting over coffee. Occasionally there would be laughter coming from both of them in the kitchen, but the kitchen is where they rested.

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With this short I wanted the audience to notice the entrapment, they feel so the pacing is slow and our characters reveal their feelings through their body language more than words."