Les câlins cheaps
Two strangers, reeling from the loss of their mutual friend, find themselves in an unexpected moment of connection on the streets of Montreal.
Sarah Baskin is a NYC-based actor and filmmaker originally from Montreal. As an actor, Sarah has worked on stage (Off-Broadway, Regionally, and in downtown theater) and screen (HBO, Amazon, Hulu, CBS, NBC, several independent films). Upcoming work includes a supporting role opposite Zak Efron and Joey King in the Netflix feature Untitled Romcom (dir. Richard LaGravanese). She recently co-created the one-woman play A Poem and a Mistake, which premiered at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) as part of the exhibition, A Biography of Daphne. Influenced by her many years teaching master classes in acting, Sarah seeks to find the raw and unique moments in her filmmaking that bring characters and stories to life. Sarah’s award-winning directorial debut, Les Calins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs), is a bilingual short film currently in its festival run. Her next project, a tragi-comedy short loosely inspired by The Three Sisters, is currently in development. She is a company member of Subway Token Films, The Actors Center. BA: Vassar College; MFA: American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University. For more: sarahbaskin.com