Modern Love

Directed By Francesca Mirabella

Type of Project  Comedy
Length  10:04 minutes
Producer(s)  Winter Coleman, Ben Kallam
Editor  Francesca Mirabella
Cinematographer  Jomo Fray

A young man who lives his life through social media, has an encounter with a young woman who challenges his ideals about sexual stereotypes. He ultimately misunderstands her, and the discomfort of real intimacy has him retreat back into his world of social media.

Francesca Mirabella – Graduate
fmd207@nyu.edu

Mirabella, a long-time fiction writer and visual artist, began her exploration in film through working in production design on such films as 'Across the Universe', 'The Darjeeling Limited', 'The Life Aquatic', 'Lost in Translation', 'The Squid and the Whale', 'Margot at the Wedding' and Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere'. Through a film maker in her own right, yet never formally trained, she recently decided to deepen her practice by attending The Tisch School of the Arts, where she is a Dean's Fellow. Mirabella makes her films under the production of The Elkcreek Cinema Collective, in collaboration with The Tisch School of the Arts. Elkcreek Cinema, formed in 1998 has received festival and critical acclaim with it's films being accepted at: The Sundance Film Festival, The Woodstock Film Festival, The Palm Springs Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival. Mirabella has made various short films including, 'Mistakes Were Made', 'Born Again', 'Ookie Cookie', 'In Defense of Wonder (post), 'Modern Love', and Willow Creek (post). She is currently working on her feature film script.