Sarah Jayne Portelli

INFO Genre: Psychological Horror-Thriller Runtime: 62 mins Production Company: Nexus Production Group Directors: Sarah Jayne Portelli & Ivan Malekin Producers: Sarah Jayne Portelli & Ivan Malekin Cinematographer: Ivan Malekin Language: English Film Status: Released 2022 Streaming Platforms: Tubi, iTunes, Amazon US & UK, Vimeo on Demand DVD & BluRay: Barnes & Noble & Walmart via Amazon “Admirably unflinching.” — Los Angeles Times “One of those moves eveyone show see.” — Movie Blogger SHORT SYNOPSIS An unstable woman struggling in self isolation is forced to confront the monsters surrounding her, both outside and within. FESTIVALS Black Swan International Film Festival Best Actress (Fiction) Steffi Thake Best Sound Designing (Fiction & Documentary) Gerard Mack Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film Sarah Jayne Ivan Malekin Best Actor & Director Awards - New York Best Actress in a Horror Steffi Thake. CAST STEFFI THAKE - MARIA For over a decade, Steffi has been acting in film, TV and theatre. She began with Christmas pantomimes and gradually made a name for herself in Malta. Notable titles under her belt include Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, The Vagina Monologues, and Image of an Unkown Young Woman. In 2013 she was awarded Best Actress at the MADC's One Act Play Festival for her performance in Murder Play. Steffi gravitated towards film, training specifically in film acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as well as Identity School of Acting. She has featured in Michael Bay's 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Chris Zarb's Do Re Mi Fa, and starred in Take2's pilot Never After and Stephanie Sant's novel adaption of Camilla. RAMBERT ATTARD - JORGAN Rambert attended Malta's local theatre Masquerade for over a decade and formed part of Teatru Manoel Youth Theatre (TMYT) from 2015 until 2017 under the direction of Denise Mulholland. Theatre Credits include but not limited to; ‘Aide Williams’ in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (2015) with Masquerade; ‘Adam’ in Club (2016) with TMYT, performed at the Chrysalis festival in Edinburgh; ‘Tom’ in MADC‘s White Liars/Black Comedy (2017); ‘R’ in INNOTTA – a TMYT devised piece that was performed in Denmark in 2017 in ARHUS (European Capital Of Culture); ‘Grumio’ in Taming of the Shrew (2017); ‘Silvius’ in As you like it (both MADC Shakespeare productions). SEAN JAMES SUTTON - IAN Seán James Sutton is an English actor working extensively around the world in film. His first acting roles on camera were in commercials before he moved on to films (and sometimes even television). He currently lives in Malta but travels extensively for work which he absolutely loves. He has appeared on film in productions in Greece, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, England, India, the USA, Austria and, of course, Malta. ANDREW BONELLO - PETER Andrew Bonello is known for X2: X-Men United (2003), Open Range (2003) and Flushed Away (2006). CONTACT SARAH JAYNE PORTELLI -- WWW.MACHINATIONMOVIE.COM 01