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Based upon Stephen King’s short story: THE WOMAN IN THE ROOM

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The Film:

VOTUM was written, directed and produced by Kornelia Takacs. Kornelia's producer partner is Krisztina Weber. Our co-producers are Adam Felszeghy, Laszlo Nagy, Judit Romwalter, Melinda Delmonico, Scott Delmonico & Tamas Bohacs. Our adaptation of Stephen King's The Woman in The Room © short story centers on the relationship of an ailing mother and her devoted son.

Peter is a young priest. His mother, Mary is slowly succumbing to dementia in a Sanatorium.
 Mary knows that her condition is irreversible and time is not on her side.

Kornelia was personally drawn to this story. She also felt that it could be made into a quality movie; despite limited financial resources.
The 18 minute drama was shot in Budapest, Hungary. The film takes place during the early 1990's, on the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois.

Two plus years of hard work is paying off as the film has been selected to its third Film Festival in Los Angeles! It is wonderful to see the audience's reaction to watching the film. Thank you for everyone who helped and supported us along the way!


Accolades:

Official selection: Culver City Film Festival

Official selection: 22nd. Hungarian International Film Festival Los Angeles

Winner: Best Female Director - Venice Shorts

Official selection: Venice Shorts

Official selection: Mar Vista Film Festival - Los Angeles

Official selection: L.A. IFS Film Festival (Independent Filmmakers Showcase) - Los Angeles 

Winner: Best Screenplay - Hollywood Shorts Fest Film Festival - Los Angeles

Winner: Audience Choice - Short Film category - First Glance Film Festival - Los Angeles

Cast:

We are very excited to introduce our actor Balacs Csemy! Balazs has a talent not only for acting, but also for languages. He has studied acting in Hungary, the United States as well as in Germany. The way his character shone and his command of the English language makes him a true asset to this film!

We are thrilled to introduce our talented actress Klara Spilak! Klara did a fantastic job with our English script, delivering a strong performance! Klara has been involved in Film and Theater productions in Hungary for decades. Having her on set was great!

The voice of Kevin, brought to life by David Natale! David adds authenticity; and the perfect voice to VOTUM. David is passionate about audio. Besides working on the Call of Duty video game franchise in the AudioDepartment, he also works on his own projects.

Crew & Contributors:

Thank you so much for supporting the arts and our project if you contributed to our Kickstarter campaign! 

I am grateful for your hard work and dedication to help us make this beautiful, and emotional film about a difficult subject. I tried to approach this topic with respect and humbleness. I could not be happier with the final result of how our film turned out!

From Cinematography and lighting, our grips and camera team, our camera and equipment from Sparks, our locations, set decoration, costumes, hair & makeup, the actors performance all added tremendous value to only list a few aspects. Our audio, SFX and VFX pros, our producer and co-producers. Our crew members who were first to arrive each morning to set up; and last to leave, our amazing 1st AD, Line Producer, Scripter, PA's and drivers, to our language dialect coach and background actors. Post Production also had a crucial part from editing to music and post production audio, down to our VOTUM poster design!

Every person and each department bought a lot to the table; with outstanding work and attention to detail. We shot during Covid, in the middle of Winter. Many of us have full-time jobs and worked in our spare time. I would like to thank each and every one of you for helping us make this film to share with the World!

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