An independent film by Shannon Lucio

MOM

She left home to escape her family.
Now her sister is missing.

A story about caregiving, family, and the ties that hold us together.

Behind the scenes on the MOM proof-of-concept short

Synopsis

Elizabeth Rocha, a 31-year-old actress in Los Angeles, has built her life around control, ambition, and distance from the family chaos she escaped.

When her sister Mary, who has developmental disabilities and is experiencing psychosis, runs away in a winter storm, Elizabeth is forced to return home and lead the search herself.

The search becomes a reckoning with the mother who failed them both, and with the promise Elizabeth once made that she would never leave Mary behind.

MOM production still, standing in for the trailer embed

A first look at MOM.

Watch the Trailer

The Filmmakers

Shannon Lucio

Shannon Lucio

Writer & director

Shannon is the writer and director of MOM. She is known as an actress for her work on True Blood.

Charlie Hofheimer

Charlie Hofheimer

Producer

Charlie produces MOM. He is known as an actor for his work on Mad Men.

Screenings

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