Winner Best Short Film
2021 MINT Film Festival

Wild Animal

Short Film (2020)
Writer, Director, Editor

Role

Writer, Director, Editor

Synopsis

A young, transient MMA fighter is forced to choose between court-ordered Equine Therapy and the familiar path of self-destruction after a traumatic brain injury threatens her promising career.

Awards and Press

Winner Best Short Film - 2021 MINT Film Festival
Winner Best Made in Montana Film - 2021 MINT Film Festival
Winner Best Short Film - 2021 Bigfork Film Festival
Official Selection - 2021 Highland Park Independent Film Festival
Finalist - 2021 Film Pipeline Short Film Competition
MINT Film Festival will open with film shot in Billings
Fourteen films projects to shoot in Montana after being awarded $500,000 in grants

Short Film (11 MIN)

CREDITS

Written, Directed & Edited by Joseph Marconi
Executive Producer: Dan Ryan
Producer: Lysette Urus, Joseph Marconi
Associate Producer: Chance Housley
Director of Photography: David Vollrath
First Assistant Camera: Andrew Baxter
Gaffer: Eli Tianse Abeles-Allison
Production Assistant: Hope Housley
Production Assistant: Marley Ball
Sound Mixer: Tyson Kreiter
Hair & Makeup: Sarah Lowther
Acting Coach to Ireland Moran: Bridget McKevitt
Horse Trainer: Mandy Bjerke
Sound Director: Gerardo Kalmar
Colorist: Mikey Rossiter (The Mill, NY)
Post Producer: Evan Bauer (The Mill, NY)

CAST

Lennon MacKenna … Ireland Moran
Jennifer Moran … Thrift Store Owner
Bouncer … Justin Rock Above
Fan … Raleigh Moran
Fan … Brooklyn Sittner
Annie Bolan … Ariel O'Neill
Referee … Shea O'Neill
Officer … Seth Weston
Veteran … Craig Peterson
Equine Therapist … Mandy Bjerke