WINNER: Alternative Category of the 2017 Student Academy Awards.
WINNER: 1st Prize, Wasserman King Awards, NYU First Run Film Festival.
WINNER: 8 Craft Awards at NYU First Run Film Festival, including Best Cinematography.
In the surreal drama, “OPERA of CRUELTY”, a Young Victim invited to an immersive operatic production led by the Famed Fiend, a collector and protector of talent, finds himself infatuated with the Tempestuous Tigress, a young woman and the favorite performer, who wants nothing but to escape.
Written and Directed by Max Fedore
Produced by Max Fedore, Devin Shepherd, and Nora Unkel
Cinematography by Oren Soffer
Original Score by Nathan Prillaman
Chelsea Lee Williams as the TEMPESTUOUS TIGRESS
Tony Bordonaro as the YOUNG VICTIM
Max Fedore as the FAMED FIEND
Production Design by William Farmer
Fashion Design by Asher Levine
Jewelry Design by Sterling King
Makeup and Hair Design by Tad Greene
Choreography by Tony Bordonaro
Sasha Isaeva, Natalia Roberts, and Scott Schneider as the FATES
Lisa Dennett as the SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER
Allyson Herman as the SOPRANO
Tonimarie Marchioni as the OBOIST
Daniel Frankhuizen as the CELLIST
Edited by Max Fedore
Sound Design and Mix by Sean Kiely
Color Correction by Erik Choquette
Visual Effects by Keigo Tanaka and Jayson White
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