Cusp
Fiction Film (2000)35mm • 25 Minutes • Color
"Being 12 is complicated... by the time you're 13 you forget"
CUSP is a portrait of a girl hitting the wall of early adolescence.
The film premiered at New Directors/New Films (MoMA) and aired on IFC. Additional screenings include Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (European Premiere) Women Make Waves (Asian Premiere), the UN (for the Special Session on Children), Boston Museum of Fine Art, Hamptons International Film Festival, Women in the Director’s Chair and dozens of other festivals worldwide.
"Lays bare the growing pains of a 12 year old girl" -
CREW Writer/Director: Ruth Sergel • Producers: Pamela Griffiths, Claudia Sidoti • Director of Photography: David Griffiths • Editor: Lora Zaretsky • Music: Michael Montes • Costume Design: Suzanne Kelly • Production Design: Paul Weathered • Line Producer: Susan Forrest • Title Design: Steve Tozzi
CAST Alice: Sophie Mascatello • Mother: Marlene Forte • Eliza: Hannah Goldwater • Lila: Gina Maria Paoli • Becca: Audrey Gelman • PJ: Dylan Weathered • Sam: Jerry Hildebrandt • Lainey: Ashley Brichter • Candy Store Clerk: George Valencia • Candy Store Girl: Giselle Forte • Ring Vendor: Alex Furth • Happy Family: Kate, Seth & Lola Buncher • Screaming Couple: Elizabeth Canavan, Jared Shaw • Eliza's Mother: Claudia Sidoti • Sam's New Girlfriend: Aimee Gallin • Teacher: Beverly Crick • Kung Fu Boy: Brian Dolphin, Nicholas Forrest-Reynolds • School Kids: Elizabeth Aguilar, Eliot Aronson, Chris DeLoach, John DeLoach, Anna Gribetz, Kate Gribetz, Antonella Lentini, Francesca Lentini, Zach McDonald, Arianne Moore, Matt Moore, Claudia Maria Perez, Lucia Reynolds, Aliza Stone, Nick Turner