“The Feeling Part says so much not only through the dialogue, but through the beautiful imagery that in and of itself tells a story. It's a true gem! Romy Nordlinger is an amazing talent! The Feeling Part is so reminiscent of those 90's indie films that I miss so much.”

– Nicole Gomez Fisher
Writer/Director of Sleeping with the Fishes (HBO), Good Egg (Vertical Entertainment). Best New Director, Brooklyn Film Festival. Best Director, Imagen Awards. Finalist, Bentonville Film Festival. Nominated for The St. Louis International Film Festival's New Filmmakers Emerging Director Award.

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THE FEELING PART | SHORT FILM

SYNOPSIS

Liv and Zed are recovering addicts, clean for a year. It’s Christmas, the anniversary of her mother’s suicide and Liv is at a crossroads. She buys heroin and hides it from Zed, as he tries desperately to get her to face her feelings. A nightmarish Nutcracker in her mind tries to push her over the edge. Zed finds the heroin – and Liv must find just what it is that makes her want to keep living.

The Feeling Part is a magically real urban love story that juxtaposes the stigma of depression against the bittersweet melancholy of Christmas. A valentine to the poetry of everyday life in New York City. A glimpse into the effect of suicide on survivors and the inherited sadness and guilt that comes along with it. A wild ride through loss, love and the space in between – the feeling part of life.

Romy Nordlinger has had co-starring roles on Manifest, Law & Order (Detective Talbor), Bull, FBI and numerous independent films in leading and supporting roles. In theatre she has performed her original solo show Garden of Alla at The Kennedy Center, Off Broadway, nationally, internationally, including a critically acclaimed run at Theatre West in West Hollywood, LA. Also nominated for LA’s Robby Award alongside Elizabeth McGovern. She has also performed regionally and at theaters all over the country. www.romynordlinger.com

Andrew Gombas is an actor and musician based in New York. Recent Theater: Sweat (Trinity Rep), Tomorrow Will Be Sunday (Chatauqua Theatre Festival), The Late Wedding, Macbeth!, The Dumb Waiter (Brown/Trinity Rep). Recent Film: The Tomorrow Job (377 Films), The Orb (Animus Studios). Andrew is a recent graduate of Brown University/Trinity Rep’s MFA Acting Program. 

Justin R.G. Holcomb grew up in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The summers of his youth were spent on his Grandfather’s farm in the Rio Grande Valley. He is an alumnus of the University Of Oklahoma and a Kentucky Colonel. He now lives in NYC and has appeared in several television series in including Blacklist, FBI, Unforgettable and numerous indie films as well as Off-Broadway and on National Tours.

Archie Colville is a British actor and singer from London. He graduated from Rose Bruford’s London Acting Foundation Course in 2022 and is currently training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. He was recently cast in a production of An Anatomy of a Suicide written by Alice Birch and directed by Oliva Songer. Other stage credits include As You Like It (Orlando), Nora: A Doll’s House (Thomas), Twelfth Night (Orsino), The Wipers Times (Lt Colonel Howfield), Chicago (Amos). Film credits include Elysian Fields (Chief Barry), Physical Physicality Physicalised (Mr Andrews), The Legend of Little Guiseppe (The Blessed One), Yoni (Liam). He is currently in preproduction of Norway Today (August), an existential romantic comedy play following two teenagers searching for the purpose of life itself.

Christine Verleny‘s film credits include: “Kill Al”, an award winning short film. Feature films: “The Sisters Karrass” and “The Girl Who Got Away.” She plays Claudette Wilson in the long running, live on stage, soap opera, “It’s Getting Tired Mildred.”

https://www.christineverleny.com/

Renee Flemings is an NYC based Actor and Singer. She is currently a member of the blues rock band, Alias Smith & Jones (formerly Renee’ & The Derelicts) and gigs all over the city. Theatre credits include Tumbleweed, Macbeth, Hamlet and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. Film and Television includes Time Out Of Mind, Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order SVU. Renee is also the writer/performer of several solo shows including Women Power and the Bard, From the Front Porch. https://www.reneeflemings.com/

Helene Galek is an actor/casting director/writer and so thrilled to be in this lovely film as an actor as well as some additional casting. Her most recent castings were on the Off Broadway stage including "Coping Mechanism" at the wild project. Her play, "Requiem for a Bench" was featured in the Chain Theatre Winter Festival this year with sold out houses and lovely reviews. Helene recently played the comic relief as "Cat Lady" in the upcoming action short, "Ms Pink", which has begun the festival circuit. 

Jesse Lowell Anholt is an independent filmmaker based out of Brooklyn, NY. A writer, director and producer, Jesse has made many short films as well as one feature, predominately in the horror/thriller genre. Jesse currently has several other projects in the works, most notably his upcoming short, “SHE”.

https://www.backstage.com/u/jesselowellanholt/

Producer: Gothams (short, Big Apple Film Festival), Synchronycity (short, Queens Film Festival). Producer of several plays including the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nominated solo show Garden of Alla.

Screenwriter and playwright: In development with Kamran Pasha: feature screenplay of her critically acclaimed play Garden of Alla (a hybrid of film and theater). Plays include Sex & Sealing Wax, Lipshtick (Edinburgh Fringe) and Garden of Alla (Kennedy Center; Theatre West, LA). Awarded the LMCC 2024 grant for outstanding new work – in development: Mother of All Choices.

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Ed has always had a love of film and theater since his father took him to the Virginia Museum's presentation of "Teahouse of the August Moon" when he was in elementary school. Jack-the-Giant killer with a cardboard sword wrapped in aluminum foil, to Ol' King Cole wearing his great aunt's black faux fur coat in third grade. Several years of experimental film, college theater and Shakespeare in the Park, Ed began his years as a teacher. Wherever he taught, he started theater and film programs or became involved in theater at the school. From making spotlights out of old coffee cans to writing scripts to celebrating his students as they qualified for international competitions, Ed enjoys offering performative experiences to his students. He believes that the performing arts are especially powerful in allowing students to experience the many aspects of humanity in a safe environment. Ed also used theatrical approaches in his work as a therapist with abused children, family therapy, and  dream interpretation. Three Master degrees, likes honey on his homemade bread, talks to birds, just about lives in his library... what else? 

Bryan James Hamilton is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse. Acting credits include Bull (CBS Network TV) as Sebastian (Ep. 112 "Stockholm Syndrome"), Jordan in Hands On (by Janet Bentley) for Nylon Fusion Theatre Co., Sinead in Leviticus (by Mandi Riggi) with WATG Theatre Co. at 59E59, David in the Psycho Analysis (Pseudonym Productions), Miles in the upcoming film Be Wary the Wind (Hissyfitfilms), Mikey in My Dinner with Schwartzey (Penny Jackson). Bryan manages the Sketch Comedy Youtube Channel 'Three Scoundrels Comedy' with Len Nash & Evan Meek.

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Len Nash is an NYC trained actor and filmmaker, originally from Nashville TN. He trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater, and recently produced a documentary with Andromedia pictures.

Nick T. Moore is a 7 time award nominated theatre and film composer and sound designer, with almost 20 years experience creating magic for audiences in NYC. Film includes: Being Reel, (Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Contest winner), The Ticket Seller, Writer/Director Laura Archer - NewFilmakers New York/ DAMNFest/ WAMMFest/ Powfest. Theatre includes, Off-Broadway: The Drawer (IT nominee, best sound) - SoHo Playhouse/Oberon Theater Ensemble; Expatriate - Culture Project; Summer Shorts 14’/15/16’’ - 59E59 & Throughline Artists; Crazy For The Dog - Jean Cocteau Rep., Defenses Of Prague - La Mama; Embraceable Me - (NY) Rachel Reiner Productions/(NC) Blumenthal PAC, Broke Wide Open - Samah Productions, Off-off-b-way: 18 Resonance Ensemble productions, including 23 Knives (IT nominee, best sound/music); 7 Oberon Theater Ensemble productions including Keep On Truckin' It's War (MITF nominee outstanding sound), The Woodsman & Christopher Boal’s Pimm's Mission; Peace (IT nominee, best Musical) - MCTC; Monster Literature Epsiodes 1-5 – Brooklyn Lyceum, Summoner's Tale - Hook and Eye Theater Company; Dance: Illuminate– Equilateral Theater Company, Oit Of Water  – The Turner Project; Member: Dramatists Guild; Resonance Ensemble; Roundabout.

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Adam Jesse Burns has shown their artwork, films and theater video designs internationally, including the Big Apple Film Festival, Tribeca Cinemas, the New York International Fringe Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, and The Brain (now defunct nightclub, West End, London). Shows include Lipshtick, Broadville, Sex & Sealing Wax, and now Garden of Alla. Nominated for the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Animation/Projection for Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story at Theatre West.  Nonbinary, (they/them).

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Lillybeth Gonzalez is a native New Yorker, based in New York City. She has been working in the film industry since 2005. She grew up in Jersey City, the eldest of three children in a Puerto Rican household with a very strong role model, her mother, Lillybeth. She is mainly known for her work as a Makeup Artist/Hair Stylist/SFX. However, in 2011 Lillybeth wrote, directed, and produced her first short, "JUST SMILE" and is in post-production for her next short, "Blindly Bound". She is currently creating her own production company, PURE DRIVE 75 PRODUCTIONS.

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