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PROJECT UNLONELY FILMS Season 9
Aaron Sprecher
My grandmother was my inspiration. She could make friends with anyone if she wanted to, and she had a wicked sense of humor. Towards the end of her life she suffered from dementia, and she wasn’t able to maintain relationships as well anymore. I wanted to show a depiction of a wise individual acting young, just like my grandmother. I wanted to put a big personality and a loving face to an illness and a demographic that so often get looked over because it can be uncomfortable to look directly at it. But they’re way more fun to talk to than most, and it’s worth maintaining the relationship.
Aaron Sprecher
Having worked in Hollywood writers rooms for nearly a decade, Aaron has assisted with Marvel/Netflix’s Punisher and Jessica Jones, was a staff writer for an unnamed Marvel/Disney+ project, and wrote an episode for Apple TV+’s Shantaram. His short film New Old Friends was selected for the 2024 Cleveland International Film Festival.
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2 Comments
Well done! The characters were believable and the timing and flow of the
short moved in sync with the emotions it provoked. This would be an insightful
series as these two friends meet each day at at the park. Thank you for sharing!
I was looking for some inspiration to work on a little documentary about loneliness and this movie was perfect. Thank you!