• Blocks

    Directed by Bridget Moloney
    USA | 11 minutes |

An existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit toy blocks.

SPECIAL MENTION (for direction): Best Comedy Short

film synopsis

film details

Director: Bridget Moloney
Producers: Kate Chamuris, Kristin Slaysman, Valerie Steinberg
Screenwriter: Bridget Moloney
Cinematographers: Jake Hossfeld
Editor: Nick Weidner
Music: Ariel Marx
Cast: Claire Coffee, Mark Webber, Ruha Taslimi, Phoebe Sinclair, George Sinclair
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2019
Running Time: 11 minutes
Website: https://www.blocksthefilm.com/

director biography

Bridget Moloney is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she studied Theatre and Creative Writing for Media. She has a Master's in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine, concentrating on couples and family therapy. Moloney won the Bennington Young Playwrights award as a teenager and had two of her plays produced while at Northwestern. While an undergrad, she directed the short-form improvisation and sketch group Mee-Ow, while serving as a company member and writer. Moloney wrote about cooking for BonAppetit.com and relationships for DoubleX. She is also an actress, making her living and qualifying for great health insurance one national commercial at a time. Her independent pilot I Was a Teenage Pillow Queen, which she wrote and directed, premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival's TV Fest. She is currently developing a series based on Blocks, as well as a high concept romantic comedy feature. Moloney lives in her hometown of Los Angeles with her husband and two young children.

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