First Death

First Death is a fiscally sponsored project of the Pandora Short Film Grant

Project Status: Post-Production
Writer/Director: Alyssa Lerner
Producers: Tracy Smith, Kimia Behpoornia
Cast: Kimia Behpoornia, Vic Michaelis, Dylan Mulvaney, Kiko Soirée

Logline

FIRST DEATH is a comedic fantasy short film with the whimsical world-building of THE GOOD PLACE and the urgent longing and heart of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. It follows one soul coming to terms with the devastating truth that, no matter the length and what they did, their life was worth living. And, thus, it is worth grieving. With this film, I want to show the violence with which we hold onto what is not meant for us– and the gentleness required to let go. After all, the heart is a door: letting something leave it requires opening it once more.

Synopsis

FIRST DEATH follows 659, a newly formed soul who gets placed in their first lifetime on earth as a woman named MARGOT. After an abruptly short life and untimely death, 659 unwillingly returns to Sky Headquarters, determined to take a piece of their life as Margot into the afterlife with them.