Ellen is Leaving

This anti-romantic comedy shows Ellen, who on the eve of her departure for foreign shores, receives a thoughtful goodbye present from her boyfriend. This prompts her to gift him a replacement girlfriend, but her plan is far more successful then...
New Zealand Production
Short 2013 Drama 15.00 minutes
Ellen is Leaving
Ellen is cool. She is recycling stuff before she heads overseas including her boyfriend. She decides to gift him to a new girlfriend, but can she really give him up?
2012: Chicago International
New Zealand International
Show Me Shorts
2013: Clermont-Ferrand International
SXSW
Aspen Shortsfest
BE Film
San Francisco International Film Festival
St Kilda Film Festival
Nantucket Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival
South Side Film Festival
Marin County Festival of short Film & Video
Heart of Gold International
Rhode Island International Film Festival
1 Reel Film Festival
Rome International Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Milwaulkee Film Festival
Vancouver international Film Festival
Vilnius Shorts
Seattle Shorts Film Festival
LA Shorts Fest

Directors

Michelle Savill

Producers

Desray Armstrong
Michelle Savill

Screenplay Writers

Martha Hardy-Ward

Executive Producers

Gaylene Preston

Cast

Tai Berdinner Blades
Ellen
Jack Sergent-Shadbolt
Hamish
Rose Young
Joan

Crew

Andrew Stroud | Director of Photography
Simon Price | Editor
Heather Hayward | Production Design
Tessa Peach | Production Design

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