SURVIVORS PRODUCTION.

Work / Film

Survivors Originals2025

Hinterland

About the project

Our first in-house short: a 14-minute fable about a cartographer mapping a valley that refuses to stay still. Written over two winters, shot in nine days across the Sierra foothills, and finished the way we finish everything — grade, mix and titles under one roof. Hinterland took Best Cinematography at the Aurora Film Awards and taught us more about restraint than any client job ever has.

Credits

Writer & Director
Mara Ellison
Director of Photography
Ines Kowalczyk
Producer
Jonah Reyes
Editor
Theo Marchetti
Colorist
Priya Nandakumar
Composer & Mix
Elliot Frei
Client
Survivors Originals

Stills & behind the scenes