Boléro
Dir. Sarah Gross
In a future where telepaths are used by the government to monitor the public and root out insurgents, a mute sixteen year old girl seeks to avenge her father by hunting down and killing the man responsible for his death.
Featured Press
2019 Student Academy Awards: Sarah Gross’ Boléro
USC had two films advance for the Student Academy Awards this year, each completely different from the other. The one thing they happen to share is cinematographer Brian M. Tang. Director Sarah Gross’ dystopian sci-fi, Boléro, is a high-concept action caper about a woman seeking vengeance in an Orwellian police state.
Official Selection
| Palm Springs International Shortfest 2019
A mute teenage girl stops at nothing to hunt down the telepath responsible for her father’s death.
Maya’s Truck
Maya finds herself living in the back of a trailer truck, and a sequence that our production started planning from the beginning was a time lapse motion tracking backward to show the evolution of Maya’s living space. In the end the final shot is a composite of over 80 different takes, each individual dressing change being planned in advance.
Behind - the - Scenes
