a two-witch-production company
about the witches
As fate would have it… Tess (AK) and Sara (VA) were brought together by the time-old tradition of needing to work a job in customer service while pursuing dreams in the film industry in the summer of 2018. Since that day when destiny began, they have been steadily building their resumes past the sticky grasp of barista jobs, to include:
Executive Assistant Work, more executive assistant work, and yet more executive assistant work.
In addition to: event planning, marketing and promotion, and content creation.
All while, acting, writing, assistant directing, and working as production assistants and costumers, you name it!, cobbling together the hands-on school-of-life version of film degrees.
Then, in 2024, they greedily decided that they wanted even MORE, and formed the production company you see advertised before you as Burn the Witch Productions. Under this banner, they took matters into their own hands, creating the types of projects that they’d be proud to show up to the party with. Follow along if you want to join the Burn the Witch bandwagon/broom and stay posted on what we have brewing…
Tess & Sara circa. 2018
in progress
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progress: in post
themes: Pulling stylistic influence from John Waters and Terry Gilliam, EW touches on themes of friendship, AI, and long wait times with customer service departments.
logline: When Ledy’s forever friend spontaneously malfunctions without an extended warranty, she’s left to put her fragile faith in humanity in the hands of a customer service representative.
what you can expect: It’s absurd. It’s zany. There are corpse flowers squishing through dog doors, DTC ads for BFFs, and coats fringed with human hair.
former events:
Garage Sale FilmFest:
COME ONE, COME ALL to the potentially first-of-its-kind- Garage Sale Film Festival – a film festival, garage sale, and a community gathering, all rolled into one fun-filled extravaganza!
Join your fellow filmmakers and film lovers for an evening of laughter, camaraderie, and nostalgia, as we celebrate the best of the worst films that haunt our local indie filmmakers' past.
The Festival:
This festival asks not for the cinematic masterpiece. We celebrate the attempts to make 2001: A Space Odyssey sequels on a $300 budget, and any other absurdly and wondrously lofty exploits! We are paying tribute to humble origins and proclaiming the time-honored rallying cry- ‘WE LOVE MAKING MOVIES’.
Is there a project that you've hidden from your resume that fits this niche? We're looking for submissions!
Submissions:
If you have any: adolescent original musicals, sci/fi featuring a refrigerator box spaceship, or anything that could be an extended-cut scene from The Room- that is what this festival is begging for.
Share your best worst short film or clips from your early cinematic bomb (up to 10 minutes long) to the Garage Sale Film Fest on Film Freeway.
Screening:
We’ll watch, we’ll laugh, and we’ll ask some inspired Qs if the filmmakers feel inclined to share their filmmaking As with an excited new group of fans.
Post-screenings, attendees will vote for the Best Worst Film of the bunch. The grand prize, valued at $250, awaits the film that brings the most laughter, tears, and fundraising moneys!
Advance & Door Price: $8
