Mindful Dating
2020 Online New England Film Festival | Online New England Film Festival Local Premiere | Comedy | Massachusetts | Watch Online Now
Jessica is a young woman in search of love. She meets Brandon, her online date, at a local diner. He is handsome, charming, and shares many of the same interests. Could he be the one? A team of four judges inside Jessica’s psyche will determine whether Brandon is a suitable match. Each judge personifies Jessica’s dating criteria: Attraction, Practicality, Companionship and Commitment. With their own disparate values, will they come to an agreement on Jessica’s future? And what do Brandon’s own inner judges have to say about Jessica?
Film Details
Director: Julie DeStefano
Writer: Julie DeStefano
Year of Release: 2020
Running Time: 13:28
New England Connection: Lives in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Director(s) Bio:: Julie DeStefano is a filmmaker living in Massachusetts. Mindful Dating is her second independent short narrative film project. In 2010, Julie wrote, produced and directed The Time is Now, a short drama about being faced with the life-changing decision on whether to accept a marriage proposal. This film was screened at the 2011 Boston International Film Festival.
Julie has also served crew positions for other filmmakers’ productions. She worked as a boom operator for A School in America, a film produced for the 2019 48-Hour Film Project. She was a sound mixer and slate operator for I Told You So, a sound mixer for The Intervention, and a production assistant for Late Night Habits.
Julie has also recently acted in films produced by Northeast Productions, including Life of a Prosecutor, Anna’s Hunt, Unwelcome Guest, and Trail to the Reservoir.
Julie works as a programming director at Belmont Media Center, a community access media center that provides public, education and government programming for the Town of Belmont.
Number of shooting days: 3
Camera Used: Sony a6500, Sony A7ii
Editing software: Adobe Premiere Pro
Budget: $5000
Financed by: Self-financed
