STELLA MARIS
Written and Directed by: KALAINITHAN KALAICHELVAN
Starring: JOANN NORDSTROM, MADDOX HAYWARD, JIM GARROW, WILLIAM LE GOOD
SYNOPSIS
Lydia (JoAnn Nordstrom), a widowed mother, obsessively wants her child to join the church as a choirboy. Unfortunately, her son is severely ill and unable to attend choir rehearsals. Lydia takes matters into her own hands as she trains him herself in preparation for a performance at the annual Annunciation. While the boy’s condition worsens, Lydia becomes unrecognizable and more frightening as she attempts to prepare the boy for the forthcoming day. Stella Maris is a film that explores a woman’s damaged psyche as she struggles to accept that the life she once wished for is slowly falling apart. The story lunges deep into the unsettling world of a woman blinded by her own dreams of what her child’s life should have been.
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“A Mesmerizing, Unforgettable Short Film”
The Independent Critic
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“AchinglyBeautiful”
Diamond in the Rough Films
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“A Precious Gem”
Feel the Reel IFF
☆☆☆☆☆
“An emotionally wrought, textured film that lives and breathes by the strength of its' characters”
The Global Grit Guys
INLAND FREAKS (Coming Soon)
Written and Directed by KALAINITHAN KALAICHELVAN
Starring MARK STARRATT, PETER VALDRON, DAVID RICHARD, JENNIFER RAMO, KELLY MCDOWELL and DAVID PARISIAN
SYNOPSIS
A group of men commit themselves to an experimental treatment program - one that claims to cure them of their forbidden desires.
