Break/Up

  • Director

    Ashlei Hardenburg-Cartagena

  • Country, Year, Length

    United States, 2021, 10 minutes 35 seconds

  • Category

    Narrative Short

  • Format

    N/A

  • Festival Year

    2022

Film Screening & Ticket Information

When & Where to See this Film!

STREAM THIS FILM DURING OUR

VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 4!

In Person Date, Time & Location:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH • 10:15 pm – 12:15 am
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106

SCREENING BLOCK:

Baggage: Five films that remind us that sometimes you just have to let it go.

Synopsis

BREAK/UP is a queer musical short film following three confidently flawed people who should definitely not be dating. Alex, torn between a toxic relationship and a fling, must come to terms with her own truth when she realizes a break-up might be exactly what everyone needs. It’s a bop-along musical story where it’s totally fine to burn bridges, especially when it comes to putting yourself first.

Credits

Ashlei Hardenburg-Cartagena, Directo, rA Single Evening (Writer/Director)
AJ Mattioli, Producer, A Single Evening, Killer Unicorn, Words
André Jordan, Key Cast, “Alex”
Flower Estefana Rios, Key Cast, “Sam”
Fiora “Feathers” Wise, Key Cast, “Jamey”

Director Biography

Ashlei Hardenburg-Cartagena is a queer Germa-Rican from Jersey City, New Jersey. Raised on cheerleading and Bon Jovi, she considers herself a karaoke princess with a passion for drama. After graduating from Vassar College with a B.F.A. in Film, she worked production in New York on shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Her TV pilot script Jersey Rican was a quarterfinalist in the 2018 Final Draft Big Break Competition – Diversity Category, and a quarterfinalist in the WeScreenplay TV Pilot Contest in 2019. She was the Roadmap Writer’s September 2019 Diversity Initiative winner. She also produced the student documentary Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred, which won Best Student Documentary at the American Pavilion in the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.