You heard that correctly: we are shooting a short film based on the first 15 pages of the feature film. As first time feature filmmakers, it is imperative that we find a way to demonstrate our vision and our ability as filmmakers to bring Cecily's story to life on the screen. It has become increasingly clear that this "proof of concept" is necessary for us to move forward with the feature film. Many feature films started as short films including Beasts of the Southern Wild, S

I am Luisa Piña and I am part of the Marketing Team, the Editor, and Assistant Director. I never had an imaginary friend. With 3 siblings I never needed more distractions. But I have memories of myself as a child, hiding in the closet of my room directing a Teddy Bear to conduct interviews on me about my success as a singer -I always thought Gloria Estefan was going to “discover” me-. In my teens, the dreams of becoming a young Shakira faded. I decided to go to college with t

Hello! I am Jen Potts, writer and director of The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop. I was born in 1970 in a little town in Western Maryland called Hagerstown. To date, I have lived in six states in the US and in London, England, and have attended 13 schools. I worked as a theatre director for the first half of my career, directing more than 10 productions before returning to school at age 41 to study film production with kids less than half my age. As a child, I had an