Abigail (2021)
March 31, 2021Release Date
Abigail (2021)
March 31, 2021Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Richie Allan
Elmer
Elvira Tortora
Abigail
Lauren Pepin
Woman at Cemetery
Leilani Marie Vasquez
The Girl
James Troici
Delivery Man (uncredited) / Production Assistant
Richie Vernillo
Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited) / Thanks
Nathan Siegelaub
Continuity / Script Supervisor
Joe DeFelice
Camera Operator / Director of Photography
Pat Donohue
Thanks
Robert Sherman
Thanks
Meryl Hechtman
Executive Producer / Screenplay / Thanks
Max Hechtman
Editor / Director / Screenplay / Camera Operator / Producer
Alberto Innella
Assistant Director of Photography
Joe Daniele
Director of Photography / Camera Operator / Lighting Design / Assistant Camera
Christonikos Tsalikis
Post Production Supervisor / Director / Producer / Lighting Design
Jason K. Allen
Screenplay / Original Story
Brian Chavanne
Thanks
Ashley Foy
Sound
Josh Koury
Thanks
Frankie Vasquez
Thanks
Chris Liang
Sound Effects Editor
Juanpedro David Salazar
Thanks
Maria Vlantis
Makeup & Hair
William H. Mooney
Thanks
Monique Norwick
Makeup & Hair
Michelle Handelman
Thanks
Jay Rubin
Thanks
Renée Safir
Makeup & Hair
Emmanuel Pantelidis
Production Assistant
Miscelleana Tsalikis
Script Editor
Jerrol LeBaron
Thanks
Eliott Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 31, 2021
StatusReleased
Running Time23m
Budget$30,000
Filming LocationsMiddle Village · Merrick, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Abigail is a 2019 American short drama film directed and produced by Max Hechtman and Christonikos Tsalikis. The film served as Hechtman's senior thesis for his Bachelor of Science in Film and Media at the Fashion Institute of Technology. It is influenced by a one-scene screenplay of the same name by writer Jason K. Allen and is inspired by a true story dealing with the subject matter of end-of-life decisions.
It was first screened as part of the FIT Film and Media Program's senior show on May 17, 2019 and was a year later named a quarterfinalist in Stage 32's 5th Annual Short Film Contest. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its first public screening took place virtually on October 6, 2020 at the 2020 Long Island International Film Expo, where it won the Audience Award, and was nominated for Best Short Film, Best Long Island Short Film and Best Director. This was followed by screenings at the Point Lookout Film Festival on March 31, 2021, the Golden Door Film Festival on April 24, 2021, the Long Beach International Film Festival on July 27, 2021 and the Portland Film Festival on October 6, 2021.