Ball and Chain
A short live-action film (2020). Jean, a reclusive housewife, begins to descend into madness when she suspects that her husband is a serial killer.
DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN HOWARD
PRODUCED BY LUISA MITCHELL
WRITTEN BY RADHEYA JEGATHEVA AND LUISA MITCHELL
Roles: Co-Writer, Editor
Ball and Chain
Jean, a reclusive housewife who is terrified of the outside world, begins to descend into madness when she suspects that her husband is a serial killer. In her escape, she must decide whose version of reality she chooses to believe.
Ball & Chain has been screened in various film festivals around the world and has won several awards, including Best Director, Best DOP, and Best Editor at the Curtin Razor screening, and was nominated for Best Editing at the Women’s Comedy Film Festival in Chicago.
Starring
Nicoletta Dimas (Jean)
Evan Williams (Michael)
Kate Elder (Lucy)
Directed by
Sebastian Howard
Written by
Luisa Mitchell
Radheya Jegatheva
Produced by
Luisa Mitchell
Cinematographer
Noah Jennings
Edited by
Radheya Jegatheva
Production Designer
Sidonia Barwood
Sound Designer/Composer
Owen Hearne