Fish Bowl
Fish Bowl is a dark comedy short film about Zoe, a woman who experiences a miscarriage at her wedding rehearsal dinner. Its unique tone, which expertly straddles laugh-out-loud comedy and heartbreaking drama, depicts the reality of losing an unwanted pregnancy. Pregnancy loss is extremely common yet grossly under-depicted in TV and film. Here in the US, dangerous abortion laws are passing everyday. Fish Bowl is a radically pro-choice film that needs to be seen. Director Rachel Sweeney worked closely with pioneering singer-songwriter Nandi Rose, a.k.a. Half Waif, who has been featured in The New Yorker, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and NPR, on the film's score. Drawing inspiration from Nandi's own experience of losing a pregnancy, they created a powerful undercurrent for Rachel's seamless direction and the cast's impressive performances.
Fish Bowl had its World Premiere at Sun Valley Film Festival in Idaho just days after the archaic Idaho abortion trafficking law was enacted. Upcoming screenings will be announced soon.
Dead Girl
Dead Girl tells the story of an actress who spirals into a Hamlet-inspired madness after playing a dead body on a pulpy crime show. was an official selection of Female Voices Rock, Oxford, Oaxaca, and the Art of Brooklyn Film Festivals. Dead Girl doubles as a pilot for a series called Dead Girls about a diverse group of actors allconnected by the same insane experience: playing a dead body. For the treatment for the Dead Girl series, Rachel was chosen as a top twenty Semi-Finalist in Sony Television and Gemstone Picture’s Rising Storyteller Search