Love Yourself First
Between dreams and reality, Alyssa finds her path to self-discovery.
Written and Directed By
Melfin Pereira
Release Date
31st October 2024
Starring
Charlotte Roche
Byron Bonovan
Extras: (In Library)
Couple: Zoe Sines and Nathan Amos
Student 1: Mazimum Perou
Group of Students:
Megan Hearne
Simon Campbell
Vismaya Chandrashekar
Hayden Lepine-Williams
Production Company
8B8 Entertainment
Synopsis
In a library, Alyssa discovers a mysterious book promising a dream life. Following its instructions, she enters a dream world, encountering a unsettling figure named Chase. She escapes back to reality with newfound insight from another book, "Love yourself first," discovering the key to inner fulfillment.
Genre
Fantasy and Psychological Thriller
Themes
Self-Discovery, Self-Love, Power of a Wish and Manipulation
Crew
Producer : Samuel James Thomson
Director of Photography : Marc Nickl
Production Designer : Kaja Jedrak
Sound Recordist : Jamie Drayton
Sound Designer and Composer : Cameron Fernandes
Editor : Juliano Hassoun
1st Assistant Director : Ran You
Assistant Camera/Gaffer : Qinglong Liu
Boom Operators : Noah Downs-Brown and Juliano Hassoun
Colourist: Marc Nickl
Title Sequence Designer: Vismaya Chandrashekar
Project Record
Project Start Date: 1st May 2023
Shoot Date: 19th April - 21st April 2023
Completion Date: 27th October 2023
Premier Date : 5th November 2023 @ 10th Goa Short Film Festival.Vlog
Premier Date : 5th November 2023 @ 10th Goa Short Film Festival.
Premier Date : 5th November 2023 @ 10th Goa Short Film Festiv
Awards: 21
- 22nd May 2024 - WINNER - Most Terrifying (Top Indie Film Awards)
- 6th May 2024 - WINNER - Best Original Concept (Independent Horror Movie Awards)
- 8th April 2024 - WINNER - Best Director Work (Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival)
- 26th February 2024 - WINNER - Best Director (Rameshwaram International Film Awards)
- 15th February 2024 - WINNER - Best Student Short Film (Cuckoo International Film Awards)
- 15th February 2024 - WINNER - Best Director (Cuckoo International Film Awards)
- 10th February 2024 - WINNER - Best Cinematography (Birsamunda International Film Awards)
- 10th February 2024 - WINNER - Best Director (Birsamunda International Film Awards)
- 3rd February 2024 - WINNER - Best Debut Director (Tekka International Film Festival)
- 2nd February 2024 - WINNER - Best Cinematography (Kodaikanal International Film Festival)
- 2nd February 2024 - WINNER - Best Europe Short Film (Kodaikanal International Film Festival)
- 2nd February 2024 - WINNER - Best Debut Director (Kodaikanal International Film Festival)
- 1st February 2024 - WINNER - Best Emir Kusturica (Absurd Film Festival)
- 27th January 2024 - WINNER - Best Director (Athvikvaruni International Film Festival)
- 27th January 2024 - WINNER - Best Debut Short Film (Athvikvaruni International Film Festival)
- 25th January 2024 - HONORABLE MENTION - Best Cinematography (Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival)
- 25th January 2024 - WINNER - Best Editor (Thilsri International Film Festival)
- 25th January 2024 - WINNER - Best Debut Short Film (Thilsri International Film Festival)
- 23rd January 2024 - WINNER - Best Women Director - Short Film (Golden Lion International Film Festival)
- 20th January 2024 - WINNER - Best Europe Short Film (Rohip International Film Festival)
- 20th January 2024 - WINNER - Best Cinematography (Rohip International Film Festival)
Nominee : 22
- Best Student Film and Best Original Idea Top Indie Film Awards - May 2024 (x2)
- Best Cinematography, Best Special Effects and Best Scare - Independent Horror Movie Awards - May 2024 (x3)
- Narrative - Latest Vision Presents : Halloween Special - March 2024
- Best Actress - Tekka International Film Festival - February 2024
- Best Cinematography - Thilsri International Film Festival - January 2024
- Best Debut Director - Rohip International Film Festival - January 2024
- Best Thriller Short Film, Best Cinematography and Best Director - Hallucinea Film Festival- January 2024 (x3)
- Lift - Off Filmmaker Sessions - January 2024 (x2)
- Lift - Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions - December 2023 (x2)
- Best Narrative Film, Best International Film, Best Film of Goa, Best First Time Director, Best Indian Director, Best Female Director and Best Student Director - 10th Goa Short Film Festival - November 2023 (x7)