Holly Shorts Monthly Screening 2020 – Yours are Mine
When a high school tutor discovers a painful secret about her favorite client, she is quickly triggered by a similar darkness from her own past.
Interview with Writer/Director/Producer/Brooke Trantor
Congratulations! Why did you make your film?
Yours are Mine was an important film for me to create because it had a deeply personal message I wanted to share. After years of battling eating disorders, it has been a personal mission of mine to help other adolescents and people struggling through similar circumstances. I wanted to show this relationship between two women who are brought closer together by the pain they share.
Imagine I’m a member of the audience. Why should I watch this film?
Yours are Mine is a story I believe we can all relate to: when faced or triggered by demons from your own past, what does it take to face them in the present, and help others that may be struggling with similar battles? How do we rise up for others to save them from the pain we experienced in the past? And how do we rise from our pain and struggles to hopefully become stronger than we were before them?
How do personal and universal themes work in your film?
My battles with eating disorders and finding myself through painful hurdles is part of the human experience. While all of our struggles can be seen through different experiences, they often are centralized around the same feelings and life lessons.
How have the script and film evolved over the course of their development?
Because the film was so deeply personal, I had to be sure to have other eyes on the script and structure of the story as well. My dear friend and incredible award-winning filmmaker, Kelly Walker, was the perfect set of eyes and heart to bring to help me with the structure of the script.
What type of feedback have you received so far?
The film has had an incredible festival circuit run and has taken home several awards including "Best Director" "Best Actress" and "Powerful Voice Award".
Has the feedback surprised or challenged your point of view?
It has humbled me, and it deepened my confidence in opening up my writing to a more personal place. I think it is important to tell many of the stories we have already lived -- it can be incredibly healing and quite a transformative process to vulnerably share the experiences - both grand and harrowing - that we have gone through.
What are you looking to achieve by having your film more visible on www.wearemovingstories.com?
I just want to share the film with the world. I am so proud of the group of women that came together to share their immense talents on this project, and I want others to see that as well.
Who do you need to come on board (producers, sales agents, buyers, distributors, film festival directors, journalists) to amplify this film’s message?
We would love to continue to show the film with other communities of filmmakers, women in recovery, and adolescents. Any distribution or further festival screenings would be welcomed.
What type of impact and/or reception would you like this film to have?
If anyone watches this film and sees themselves through the characters, that would be "win" for us. I think it is incredibly powerful and healing to see yourself and your own story played out through the world of cinema. I pray it brings a sense of hope and healing to anyone out there dealing with similar circumstances.
What’s a key question that will help spark a debate or begin a conversation about this film?
How do we help younger generations go through the similar hardships we went through at that age, but a little easier? A little less pain, a little less trauma. How do we show up for them?
Would you like to add anything else?
Thank you sincerely for the opportunity to continue to get our film seen. We are incredibly grateful.
What other projects are the key creatives developing or working on now?
I am currently developing a few features, including the feature version of Yours are Mine. My latest short film Oh, Baby! has successfully started its festival circuit run, and is in series development.
Interview: February 2020
We Are Moving Stories embraces new voices in drama, documentary, animation, TV, web series, music video, women's films, LGBTQIA+, POC, First Nations, scifi, supernatural, horror, world cinema. If you have just made a film - we'd love to hear from you. Or if you know a filmmaker - can you recommend us? More info: Carmela
Yours are Mine
When a high school tutor discovers a painful secret about her favorite client, she is quickly triggered by a similar darkness from her own past.
Length: 8:27
Director: Brooke Trantor
Producer: Brooke Trantor & Kara Johnson
Writer: Brooke Trantor
About the writer, director and producer:
Yours are Mine is BROOKE TRANTOR’s official directorial debut. Brooke has been acting her entire life, studying at the British American Drama Academy and she received her BFA in Acting from Illinois Wesleyan University. After falling in love with improvisation in the eighth grade, she went on to study at Second City, UCB, iO and Groundlings. Her last short film Night Four toured the world in the festival circuit, premiering at the esteemed Outfest in Los Angeles. She takes pride in her versatility as a filmmaker and writer: while Yours are Mine is filled with heavy doses of pulling-at-the-heartstrings, her latest series Botanical Baes was just featured in The Los Angeles Times. Brooke is honored to share her story with the community, and is passionate and determined to continue to lift women up in the entertainment industry. Her next film Oh, Baby! (a comedy about celebrating the sexuality of a pregnant woman) is entering the festival circuit Spring 2020 (www.brooketrantor.com)
KARA JOHNSON is a filmmaker and musician from Raleigh, North Carolina. She has a strong passion for communicating with audiences, both visually and aurally. During her time at Elon University, she received awards in both her fields of study. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts & Entertainment (concentration in Cinema) and a Bachelor of Science in Music Technology. Thankful for the abundance of creative outlets in Los Angeles, Kara has been involved in numerous productions, most notably with companies such as Condé Nast Entertainment, Funny or Die, Relativity Television, Film Independent, and the Los Angeles Film Festival. Her first feature film, a documentary titled Luke & Jedi premiered in March 2018. For more of Kara's work, please see www.karajohnsonfilms.com.
Key cast: Brooke Trantor (Evin), Allison Moses (Ally), Beth Crosby
Looking for: distributors, film festival directors
Twitter: @YoursAreMineFlm
Instagram: @yoursareminefilm
Hashtags used: #yoursareminefilm
Website: www.brooketrantor.com/yours-are-mine
Other: IMDb
Where can I watch it next and in the coming month? Holly Shorts Monthly Screenings -- February 20, 2020 -- 9:30pm at TCL Chinese Theatres