Work / Film
Survivors Originals — 2025
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