Charlie Zeneri directs Charlie Zeneri In the spring of 2021, Charlie Zeneri made a movie. Titled Haphephobia , the film was their entry in FunMill Films Fest’s second annual timed film competition. Building off a single opening script page, Zeneri had only a few weeks to conceive, shoot and edit their short film. The 16-year-old wrote a script, cast their friends, collected props, scouted sets and shot their film. Zeneri spent the better part of a week stitching together scenes, mixing sound, color correcting images and more. Then, as Zeneri was putting the final touches on their creation, the world welcomed them to the plight of many a movie maker. “I accidentally deleted it,” Zeneri says.”I was maybe a minute away from completing the film.” Working on their edit via an online post-production service, Zeneri contacted the company to see if they could retrieve the file - or any of their previous work. “I deleted everything besides the final project so I would have enough sto...
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