ASHLEY MARZULLA IS AN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER
(she/her)
and two time graduate from Pratt Institute with degrees in Graphic Design/Illustration, FILM AND A MINOR IN ART HISTORY.
She HAS WORKED for creative house Blonde + Co where she WAS ABLE TO ASSIST ON projects for Maybelline, L’Oreal, and Innisfree.
She also WORKED for SexGenLab ; a non-profit with Hunter College where she assists in conducting and filming interviews with scholars to disseminate knowledge about sexuality and gender to
the public.
Other projects include being a designer and assistant for the independent documentary about soul singer Lee Fields, and production manager for New York-based musician Angelo Mota.
Her own personal works include exploring themes of mental health AND trauma based on her personal experiences and using her background as an illustrator to create metaphorical images that reflect these emotions.
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PHOTO CREDIT VERO BALDAUF
Director,
Writer
& DP
CREW
PRODUCER
AMA BUZO
(she/her)
Ama is a filmmaker and artist with a passion for every aspect of film production, with a focus on writing, directing & producing.
Her film HABITUALLY has been featured in multiple festivals and won awards such as Winner of Best Mystery at Cannes World Film Festival, Honorable mention at Oniros Film Awards, of Best Thriller, and Recognition of Excellence in Filmmaking at the Florence Film Awards and Best Thriller Nominee at the Paris Film Festival.
Ama is also an artist with over 7 years of experience making original art and managing her brand BuzoArtGallery. She paints films and captures moments on canvas.
EDITOR AND CAMERA
OPERATOR
HABIBA KABBAJ
(SHE/HER)
Based in Brooklyn, Habiba is a Moroccan Filmmaker completing her third year of a BFA in Film at Pratt Institute. Habiba works as a director, cinematographer, editor, and more; with an interest in fictional and experimental cinema.
COLORIST
GRIFFIN KAISER
(HE/HIM)
Griffin Kaiser is a Brooklyn-based editor, colorist, and director. His body of work includes projects based on his love of classical music, opera, and art. He seeks to use the means inherent to the medium of films, such as editing, color grading, and inventive camera work, by pairing them with these other forms.
He is also the Program Committee Chair of the Richard Wagner Society of New York, a group for those interested in the study and enjoyment of the operas of the German composer Richard Wagner. Griffin was chosen to attend the annual Richard Wagner Festival in the town of Bayreuth, Germany on the prestigious Richard Wagner Scholarship.
FIRST AD ..................................................................................................................................................... MADELINE WELCH
CAMERA OPERATOR ...................................................................................................................................... CAROLINE LATHROP
SECOND AC ......................................................................................................................................................... MACIE O'NEIL
MICHAEL CHERRY
GRID & GAFF ................................................................................................................................................... MADDI RANDALL
MELANIE SKOUPIL
MAKEUP ARTIST ..................................................................................................................................................... ELISE FARDO
CAST
ASHLEY
Isabel sheehan
(sHE/Her)
Born and raised in New York City, Isabel Sheehan is an actor and multidisciplinary artist, who has merged her passion for acting, history, and anthropology to create a web of interlocking disciplines that actively inform the methods within one another. Driven by a fascination to analyze, reflect, and pose new questions regarding the human experience and our shared histories, Sheehan hopes to cultivate work that explores the events, actions, and people of the past present, and future, connecting the experiences of individuals across space and time.
MEGAN BONES
(sHE/Her)
ANGELA
MEGAN BONES is a professional actor and singer and is thrilled to play Angela in Sins of Our Fathers. Career highlights include winning Best Supporting Actress at the Festival of Cinema NYC Film for her role of The Queen in Rooster and The Queen. She has also just completed filming a series regular role in the dramatic Mystery Series Lark & Spur. (Streaming on Amazon Prime.) Favorite theatre credits include the first national tour of The Music Man (Ethel), Blithe Spirit (Elvira), Skin of Our Teeth (Maggie), Tommy, and the national tour of Crazy For You. For the past twelve years, she has been a core member of the touring company: Dzieci. (La Mama, Z-Space, NYC Fringe Fest). She is a former Minnesotan, yet is proud to call New York City home. Megan is a member of AEA and is SAG-AFTRA eligible.
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CATHERINE
NATALIA Volkodaeva
(sHE/Her)
Natalia Volkodaeva is a Russian-born, American actor, singer, and songwriter.
Her latest independent film appearances are “Agent Zero” by Jonas Correa (2021), part of Nicole/Lead; “Somewhere Near the Stars” by Alex Coindreau (2019), part of Elizabeth/Lead; “Heart and Soul” by Kat Gueli (2019), part of Mary/Lead; “Silence of the Gun” by You Peng (2019), part of Moon/Lead; “Roads to Olympia” by Ramazan Nanaev (2019), part of Natasha/supporting.
Her latest costar appearances in TV series are “Big Dogs” by Dave Plutt (2019), part of Dagmara, and “Sideswiped” by Dan Reisenger (2019), part of Maria, the Nurse.
Natalia’s latest theater appearances are “Fedot’s Tale” by Olga Slavina (2019) in Pushkin Hall and “Trojan Women” in Jersey City Theater Center (2019-2018).
When not on set Natalia writes songs and produces music videos for them. The latest single “Be Gone” was released in 2020, directed by Nihat Odabaji.
JOHN GAZZALE
(HE/HIM)
LAWRENCE
John Gazzzle is a professional actor based in New York City. He has performed Off-Broadway at Cherry Lane Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Theatre Row and is a graduate of The Actors Studio Drama School MFA Program.
​In 2015 he co-created Sideway Brothers and began co-producing, writing, and acting in short comedy films, including Nuclear Knack Knacks (WINNER of Best Dark Comedy Micro Short at the Portland Comedy Film Festival and WINNER of Best Sketch Comedy Film at New York Short Comedy Film Festival). His film Bande de Jeunes was also WINNER of an Award of Merit at the New Renaissance Film Festival in London. He has also appeared in various other short films produced in New York and New Jersey.
​Having grown up in a military family, John did not find his roots until he moved to New York to study acting in 1995. He is a longstanding supporter of The Nature Conservancy.