Stay Don’t Go
United States, 20m, Digital
As the search for a missing teenage girl goes cold - Martha, a devoted volunteer, stumbles across a possible lead. When her warnings are met with indifference and exhaustion, Martha is forced to take matters into her own hands.
Content Warning: Violence
Writer/Director: Brian Velsor
Producer: Scott Gerlomes
Director of Photography: Gabe C. Elder
Editor: Brian Velsor
Production Designer: Marta Cruañas Compés
Sound Design: Jared Paul
Composer: Matthew Bernstein
Cast: Quinn Jackson, Marcel Simoneau, Aaron McDaniel & Larry Mihlon
Contact: Scott Gerlomes, sgg2132@columbia.edu
2021 Program B
Screening May 8, 2022 at 5pm
About the Writer/Director
Brian Velsor is a recent graduate of the Columbia University MFA Film program where he studied Screenwriting and Directing. His past films, including Stay Don’t Go, have screened at festivals up and down the east coast. Brian lives in Brooklyn, NY and is hard at work on a strange, dark script that he hopes will be his first feature.
About the Producer
Scott Gerlomes is a Los Angeles based film producer working in creative development and freelancing. He graduated from the University of Kansas film program in 2016 and the Columbia University MFA film program in 2020 - where he earned Honors recognition and the Richard Brick Award for Special Distinction in Line Producing.
