FILMMAKING

WORMBALL.

Freti throws up worms. Mawn thinks she's a cow. Oh, and also, a notorious college rapist is banging at their door. With urgency and absurdity, WORMBALL disrupts the oppressive need for clarity. What if several stories were true at once? What if a lie is a symptom of a greater societal failure?

A new short film written and directed by Ella Talerico, produced by Tin Can Contingency. Wrapped production in Fall 2025, currently in post-production, slated to be released late 2026. Read about the full team below. Learn more about Wormball here: https://seedandspark.com/fund/wormball#story

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CREW

Director & Writer & EP - Ella Talerico

First Assistant Director & EP - Alexander Peña

Second Assistant Director & EP - Vi To

Director of Photography & Colorist & Sound Editor - Preston Bowe

Set Decorator & Production Designer & EP - Jane Lipper

Props Designer & Set Dresser - Sadie Hammarhead

Makeup & Costume Designer - Maria Shansonga

Sound Recordist - Rob Lloyd

Gaffer - Emma Belsky

Key Grip - Laura Weiss

Lamp Op. / Grip - Ella Maniatis

First Assistant Camera - Miranda Fishkin

Second Assistant Camera - Jakob Briggs

Worm Handler and Key Production Assistant - Caroline Humphrey

Production Assistants - Will Luber, Akoma Danso-Daaph, Nandini Likki, Jae Young-Nigalye, and Majka Kiely-Miller

Composer - Avery Duer

Editor - Tim Nguyen

Executive Producer & Locations Manager - Jacqueline Evangelista

Consulting Producer - Noah Aaron Winters Morley

CAST

MAWN - Angelina Papa

FRETI - Madelyn Ockner

MAY - Kaila Dunn

OLLY - Levi Srebalus

MIKE - Cole Smith

SOME GUY - Thomas Rombach

STEVEN - Sam Andrews

STEAK GUY & SHADOWED MAN - Theo Burstyn-Paul

EMS PERSON - Aiden Skelly

GAGGLE OF BOYS - Roman Shaheen and Alexander Swift

MORE FILMS & VIDEO ART

Other additional videos can be found on YouTube - click here to see more!

semiotics of a face

An experimental, scathing critique of beauty standards, the male gaze, and performative video platforms.

Spring, 2025

Directed and Filmed by Ella Talerico

Starring Ella Talerico and Arthur Beaugeard

fruit.

An experimental promotional video for a production of my play Fruit. at the New York Theater Festival.

Winter, 2023

Directed by Ella Talerico

Filmed by Jordan Chafe

Edited by Ella Talerico

Starring Vi To and Maggie Young

anyways

A music video to my original song about the trappings of numbness.

Spring, 2025

Director - Ella Talerico

Director of Photography - Miranda Fishkin

Production Design - Catalina Arias Vásquez

Starring - Sarah Schuster, Ada Lovelace, and Ella Talerico

Choreography - Sarah Schuster, Ada Lovelace

canary

A music video to my original song about facing the thunderous weight of depression.

Winter, 2019

Director - Ella Talerico

Director of Photography - Rylan Talerico

Editor - Rylan Talerico and Ella Talerico

Starring - Sophie Sundock, Elizabeth Rowland, and Ella Talerico

Choreography - Sophie Sundock, Elizabeth Rowland, Ella Talerico

american girl

An intimate, sensory, scrutinizing self-study about what it means to be gazed upon.

Spring, 2025