Exclusive: Ahead of the Sundance debut of her latest short, The Looming, filmmaker Masha Ko has taken on new management at Range Media Partners.
A horrific glimpse into aging and the fear of being forgotten by those we love, Ko’s film tells the story of Chester, a 70-year-old man who begins hearing strange noises in his home. Although he seeks help from his daughter and coworkers, they dismiss his concerns. But when Luna, his home audio assistant, detects the sounds, Chester realizes that it has not all been in his head.
Ko wrote, directed and produced the genre short, intended to evoke empathy surrounding the topics of loneliness and dementia, which previously won Best Short Film at Screamfest 2023. It’s scheduled to premiere in Sundance’s U.S. Fiction Short Film competition on January 22nd.
A Russian-born, Miami-raised writer-director, Ko began building career momentum in film with the 2022 short Born to Vada,...
A horrific glimpse into aging and the fear of being forgotten by those we love, Ko’s film tells the story of Chester, a 70-year-old man who begins hearing strange noises in his home. Although he seeks help from his daughter and coworkers, they dismiss his concerns. But when Luna, his home audio assistant, detects the sounds, Chester realizes that it has not all been in his head.
Ko wrote, directed and produced the genre short, intended to evoke empathy surrounding the topics of loneliness and dementia, which previously won Best Short Film at Screamfest 2023. It’s scheduled to premiere in Sundance’s U.S. Fiction Short Film competition on January 22nd.
A Russian-born, Miami-raised writer-director, Ko began building career momentum in film with the 2022 short Born to Vada,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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