LIT was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2020 ROMANCE Film Festival.
Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?
Sarah Schuessler: As an older sister, I’ve been directing my younger sister, Thia (Lit’s lead) our whole lives. Our parents have the home movies to prove this. I’ve designed the costumes for most of her short films in our adulthood and have given plenty of notes in editing/scripts over the years. I think there are a lot of costume designers who are secret, or not-so-secret, directors, so I told her I really wanted the chance to officially direct her in something where we got to dig into a little scene work.
We had a rare, free Sunday last summer where our whole crew was available. “We” being a real family affair: Thia would star, edit, write, produce; our cousin, Marisa would light and shoot it; my boyfriend…
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