Awards & Reviews
LA Femme International Film Festival 2024
Toronto International Women Festival 2024
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition 2022 Semifinalist
LOGLINE
When Georgie visits Stockholm for a business conference she agrees to meet an old classmate for a drink – a decision she’ll regret when he takes advantage of her kind and trusting nature for his own nefarious means.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
SALT aims to bring more awareness to the all-too-common problem of drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). I hope the film will inspire all victims to break their silence and seek help if they’ve been a quiet victim, and/or awaken others who have yet to connect the dots about their experience. This story is based on my own experience of DFSA. I think many women and men will relate to this story because it has so many of the telltale elements of what usually happens; it’s a person you know, it’s someone who made you feel safe, your memories are fractured, and you question yourself, and if it even ever happened.
My aim is to create a film that portrays DFSA in a realistic way. I believe we do ourselves a disservice if we always portray people with nefarious intentions as socially inept, or outwardly unattractive. Just because someone’s motives are unattractive does not mean they are. We live in a society that continually questions sexual assault victims and survivors, and tries to find reasons why their stories aren’t true. I hope we can change that – one film, one story at a time.
Genre: Drama
Length: 22:28 mins.
Prod: 2024
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