PENCILS DOWN
a dark comedy corporate thriller
when a woman discovers her co-worker dead at the office, she must find an immediate replacement or risk losing her own job.
Directed by karen maine
written by, produced & starring:
sUZANNE LENZ, RACHEL MCPHEE & ELIZABETH WRIGHT-WILLIAMS
DP: KATHERINE CASTRO
PRODUCTION DESIGN: JOYCE LAI
costume design: fan zhang
Assistant director/producer: tHEA BROOKS
GRAPHIC DESIGN: WHITNEY THEIS
fEATURING: DESI DOMO
why now?
This film is a timely examination of the everyday woman working in corporate America, where the bottom line is profit for the top few while everyone below toils as faceless expendables. While the film’s core message may seem somewhat stark, the overall tone is funny, absurd, and ironic— sugarcoating reality just enough to make it easier to swallow because... do we really have a choice?
Help us reach our $6,000 fundraising goal!
We are now in our post-production funding round after shooting on location in NYC with a target goal of $6,000 to make our short film the strongest it can be. Any contribution helps immensely!
PENCILS DOWN FUN FACTS:
Our team is a female led cast and crew with 70% identifying as female.
We partnered with Weber State University and provided an educational opportunity for 5 college students to have a hands-on learning experience on a professional film set in NYC as production assistants.
Our director Karen Maine is an award-winning director & screenwriter. Credits include Nobody Wants This (Netflix), Starstruck (HBO), and the 20th Century feature film Rosaline. Her debut feature Yes, God, Yes premiered at SXSW and was named one of The New Yorker’s Best Movies of 2020.
Pencils Down (R & R Productions) is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Pencils Down are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
