Partner In Crime

Featured in IFFBOSTON'S ANNUAL STUDENT SHOWCASE OF THE BOSTON'S BEST STUDENT FILMS. Eight months after Zoe's parents are divorced, her mother, the headmaster of a struggling Catholic school, refuses to talk to Zoe about the separation. When a boy she has a crush on hints that Zoe's mother is funneling money from a local public school to St. Anthony's, the two begin to investigate, uncovering the truth of Zoe's mother's involvement. Written and Directed by Ben Bortner. Watch the full short film below.

Full Credits:

Zoe Byrne: Annika Solomone

Cassandra byrne: Liz bishop

Kai: Sam ringrose

steven wheeler: will dunphe, jr

the Janitor: greg nadeau

the skaters: the tufts skate club

Written, directed, and edited by Ben Bortner

cinematography by Jamie boots-Ebenfield

produced by Dariush Ghaffari, Lucas Ferrer, and Ben Bortner

production design by Lyla Hersh

casting by Charlotte Magee

composer: Zach Lowenstein

Original songs:

Remy

shooting blanks

1st assistant director/2nd assistant camera: Eran Avni-Singer

1st assistant camera: Eliseo vigil

gaffers: mike perik and tosca langbert

sound by Raynor Ahlstrin-muniec and Donovan Menard

script supervisor: Kelsey Trollinger

production design pa: kiara mastropasqua

pa: Cynthia Jelke

PA: Daniel Wong

PA: kian Solis

Special thanks:

advising:

Khary Jones, Natalie Minik, Jennifer Burton, Isa Fernandez, Gina O'Connor, Howard Woolf, Tasha Oren, and Kyle Petty

Script readers:

Joe Bortner, Jessica Lomasney, Annie Donovan, Nikolas Protopapas, Isabella Jarosz, Max Behrendt, Emai Lai, and Duncan Kirstein

friends/loved ones:

The High School Homies:

William Mabuza, Patrick Raftery, Sam Newman, Asa Fulton, Sev Brzezinski, Aislinn Cannistraro, Jackson Anderson, Parker Conley, Charlotte Kafka-Gibbons, Nabila Anandira, Isabel Silva, Liam Baxter-Healey, Bobby McCarthy, Max Nadeau, Lilah Penner Brown, Bishan Rai, Remy Minkoff, Shane Leamon, Alice Egar and Desi Feldman

College Peeps:

Lila Searls, Jonah Kreitzberg, Phoebe Eljashev, Noah Caeser-Kim, Zach Woods, Eity Trejo, Laura Harvey, raviv Rose, Bota Saudabayeva, Andrew Vu, Megan Rivkin, Darren Rubin, and Jacob Zimmerman

Mentors, in one way or another:

Chris Panella, Steph Hoescht, and Heather McCormack

the Adults:

Brad Bortner, Marilynn Sager, Greg Nadeau, Kerri Lorrigan, Evan Becker, Arthur, Arleen and Richard Sager

My college homes:

The Institute Sketch Comedy (all 15 years of you)

JP Licks in Davis Square

Wadams

The People That Made It Possible:

The Tufts Dance Department

The Tufts Skate Club

Tufts Film and Media Studies Department

Danish Pastry House

Dedicated to:

Bruce and Dee BortnER

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