

About the Film


Behind every door, a stranger.
The miserable moan of a new neighbor penetrates the walls of Elma and Marie's apartment. Despite their protests, the stranger inexplicably insists on bellowing his wail of lament all through the night.
In a desperate attempt to silence him, Elma and Marie embark on an odyssey through their apartment building to search for allies in their fellow neighbors. Unfortunately, each new apartment they enter is only inhabited by increasingly lonely, odd and possibly dangerous people.
Whether it be a lonely woman, dammed to watch the most wretched footage imaginable, or an old friend starting a cult in his living room, or a young woman feigning elderly infirmity so as to be treated with attentive care, the strangers Elma and Marie encounter on their journey all possess the same strangeness, desperation, and grief which haunts the lives of our heroes, Elma and Marie.

MEET THE TENANTS

Connor Copeland
Writer | Director
Connor Copeland (he/him) is a Texas born, now Brooklyn based filmmaker who has worked steadily for years developing his filmmaking skills and community through short films such as Nice Knives (Big Apple Film Festival, YoFi Film Festival, Golden State Film Festival) and After Life Hunters (Best Comedy at Reedy Reels Film Festival, nominated for Best Mockumentary at New Jersey Web Fest). Connor believes he can make something happen on screen that is as equally exciting as an exploding helicopter with only one especially odd New York apartment building. Connor encourages you to dare him to try.

OLIVIA ROSES BARRESI
Elma
Olivia (she/her) is an actor and multidisciplinary artist. Recent theatrical credits include The Public Theater's "Initiative" (Clara), workshops of Else Went's Degenerates (Public Theater), Ran Xia's Unresolved Rage Game (Soho Rep), Lilly Camp's Why Taylor Swift is Gay: A Presentation directed by Alex Keegan, Emma Went's Twelfth Night (Decatur Audio Lab), and The Cause, directed by Dina Vovsi (WP Theater). She was a recent BRIClab Video Art Resident for her experimental piece Dogman I, and is a VO artist who has lent her voice to audiobooks, video games, and radio plays. She is a member of the Mercury Store's resident acting company. MA: LAMDA, BFA: Boston University. oliviarosebarresi.com @obarresi55

Zoë Goslin
Marie
Zoë (she/her) is a Latinx actor originally from Vermont. Over the past decade her work has been seen on stages across the US and UK including The Public Theater Mobile Unit's "As You Like It" (Jaques), New York City Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, and The Pleasance Theatre. Her Film/TV credits include projects with PBS, Wild Obscura Films, Harlem Fusion Studios, and Little Tube Productions. She holds a BA from Northwestern University and MFA from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. zoegoslin.com

Michael J Poyntz
Producer
Michael Poyntz is a New York-based independent producer working across narrative film, television, and music video. His ongoing collaboration with writer-director Connor Copeland includes the mockumentary series After Life Hunters — Best Comedy winner at the 2026 Reedy Reels Film Festival, an Official Selection at the 2026 NYC TV Festival, and the recipient of an Outstanding Mockumentary nomination and Best On-Screen Chemistry win at the 2025 NJ WebFest — and the short film Nice Knives (Official Selection, 2024 Big Apple Film Festival), on which Michael served as Producer and Director of Photography.
His latest project, the indie short Weekend From Hell (2024), is currently in post-production.


Lauren Karaman
Ruby
Lauren Karamen (she/her) is stoked to play Ruby! Most recent credits include: Film/Streaming: Release (Amazon) Kinsley Vs. (YouTube); Theatre: Murder on the Links (Portland Stage), Espejos: Clean (Studio Theatre), Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Romeo and Juliet (HVS). As a curve model, Lauren has walked in New York Fashion Week, worked for top designers, and was one of the first series regular curvy models on Project Runway. Lauren also enjoyed serving as the Founder/Director of The 36-24-36 Project, a body-positive photo series showcasing over 100 people's stories, with gallery exhibitions in Manhattan and Washington, DC. She received a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts!

Will Ormsby Cary
Cosmo
Will Ormsby Cary (he/him) is a Brooklyn based actor and filmmaker. Onstage his work has been seen with the The Public Theater Mobile Unit, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, The Scranton Shakespeare Festival, The Tank and the Hudson Guild Theatre. Onscreen he is perhaps best known for playing Morgan in Nice Knives, the debut short film of Little Tube Productions, which had its premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival. Or perhaps you saw him as "Guy who just bought a gazebo" in an Ocean State Job Lots commercial. Represented by BAM Management.

Andrei DOLEZAL
Tom
Andrei Dolezal (he/him) is an actor in NYC who has worked in Film, TV and theater. Based out of California and having studied theater at Sarah Lawrence, he has since expanded to working on the screen after graduating. He can most recently be seen on Max’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls” and CBS’ “NCIS: LA.” He is honored to be a part of Connor’s tremendous piece.

Kimberly Chatterjee
Karina
Kimberly Chatterjee (she/her) Select Off-Broadway: Life Sucks. (Wheelhouse Theater); Kate Hamill's Pride and Prejudice, BadAss GalBoss Power Hour (Primary Stages); Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons); The Tempest (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Select Regional: The Light and the Dark (Chautauqua); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B (Portland Center Stage); Emma (PlayMakers Repertory); Romeo and Juliet, Mr. Burns, As You Like It, Macbeth, Measure for Measure (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); Dance Nation (The Wilma); Noises Off (The Guthrie); As You Like It (Folger). TV: High Maintenance. Training: NYU New Studio on Broadway. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. www.KimberlyChatterjee.com @kimberlychatter



