What She Wrote
Director: Phia Pedretti
United States, 2024, 5 min
Festival Year:2025
Category:Animation
Genres:Drama, Fantasy, Self Discovery, Coming of Age
Cast:Hannah Ford, Cuinlan Pedretti, Bruce Pedretti, Caitlyn Ford
Crew:Writer: Phia Pedretti.
Email:phiapedretti@gmail.com
Synopsis
Frustrated that her father shared her writing without her permission, pre-teen Stella runs into the woods to get rid of her stories. Instead, her stories come to life and envelop her whole. She must come to terms with her relationship with her father and her self-esteem to make it home.
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About the director
As a recently graduated Animation major from the School of Visual Arts, Phia endeavors to make art that synthesizes spectacle and deeper meanings. “What She Wrote” dives headlong into the difficulties of being a young teen with depression and an exploration of the cognitive dissonance built by the difference between your loved ones’ opinions of you and your own opinion of yourself. Her first short film, “Puppy Love,” leveraged the levity of a puppy to explore complex romantic relationships. Her award winning short film, “Excellentricity,” uses humorous superheroes to explore allyship for the queer community.