Pop Rox
© The University of Southern California / Elma Li, Heath Harris
Jesse is creative and seldom at a loss for words. But how can she confess to her best friend that she is in love – with her, no less? Should she act it out with finger puppets? No, too silly. Write a love letter? Maybe. Or should she just tell her? With great compassion and a dash of irony, the film depicts the emotional world of a teenager in love and torn between fierce determination and fear of disappointment.
With
- Kimia Behpoornia (Jesse)
- Sara Young Chandler (Roxanne)
- Samantha Dilday (Evelyn)
Crew
Director | Nate Trinrud |
Screenplay | Alyssa Lerner |
Cinematography | Elma Li, Heath Harris |
Editing | Steven Markowitz, Taylor Buckingham |
Music | Michael Paraskevas, Alyssa Lerner, Birdluck |
Sound Design | Hao Chen, Lydia Lane |
Sound | Hao Chen, Lydia Lane |
Production Design | Hayley Trafzer, Shange Zhang |
Make-Up | Ying Calvert, Yiwen Zhang |
Casting | Kara Sullivan |
Assistant Director | Kevin Patrick Crone |
Producers | Xiaoyuan Xiao, Benjamin Paulides |
World sales
University of Southern California
Produced by
University of Southern California
Nate Trinrud
Born in the small town of Rock Island, Illinois, a sleepy railway junction on the banks of the Mississippi River, he trained as an actor at Northwestern University in Illinois before completing a master’s degree in film and television production at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Pop Rox is both his graduation film as well as his feature debut.
Filmography
2017 Pop Rox; short film
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018