STOP! Is this movie for you??

Stranded in a new city amidst a water crisis and freshly laid off from her dream tech job, a lonely and vengeful young woman seeks companionship in an AI boyfriend...

• Do you hate AI and/or data centers?
• Are you slightly worried about what AI's doing to our brains?
• Do you also feel like something weird happened to our social batteries after COVID?
• Do you lay awake at night contemplating the false myth of the American dream, compulsive heterosexuality, and/or our broken economic system?

If you answered YES to any of these questions...FEED might be your kinda movie!

FEED is a short scifi horror-comedy film about coming of age in a world hurtling towards a billionaire-engineered climate apocalypse -- but still having to get up and brush your teeth in the morning.

The Story

Set in the near future, FEED centers Ruby, a disillusioned and socially isolated tech worker -- who's just been replaced at her job by AI. She's going through it: her town is under a water advisory, she's got medical problems but no insurance, and she keeps having dreams about getting revenge on her old CEO. Most of all, she can't bring herself to reach out to her one friend, Cat -- her "work wife" at her old company.

A horribly awkward social encounter with a stranger pushes her to embark on a virtual reality date with an "AI boyfriend" software named "Harry". Harry validates her like nobody else, and wants to hear it all: from her quarter-life crisis to her mysterious, violent dreams about her old boss. Ruby must decide which to pursue: her addiction to the numbness that AI provides, or the complicated human relationships that await her in the messy real world.

The Campaign

If you've made it this far, YAY! We hope this means you'd like to see this movie come to life! So exciting! We've partnered with Entertainment To Affect Change (E2AC) to fiscally sponsor FEED, which means that your donation is 100% TAX-DEDUCTIBLE (*insert air horn noises here*)

We're looking to raise $36,000 to fund this production. These funds will go towards:

• Paying our cast, crew, creative team, and independent producers a living wage!
• Insuring our production for safety!
• Renting beautiful cameras (so our film looks delicious)
• Scoring our film with some incredible music!
• Creating opportunities for the film to get screened in 2027!

This is just the tip of the iceberg, but the bottom line is every donation counts. We want to make this film the best it can be -- and most importantly, as helpful as possible to the ongoing anti-data center movement. So what do you say? Wanna join us to make a independent, community-produced movie, to help build a world that values people over profit?!

Donation Tiers

Perks are cumulative - the perk at your donation level will include those below as well!

$50: Social Media Shout-Out & Special Thanks - We'll give you a personal social shout-out on our social media pages, and you'll receive a special thanks shoutout in our credits!

$75: Digital BTS Photos - You’ll receive exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the set of Feed.

$150: BTS Photo Zine - You'll receive a hard copy of our behind-the-scenes photo zine chronicling our set experience, featuring cast and crew!

$500: Wrap Party Invite - You'll receive an invitation to the Feed wrap party in LA, where you can meet the cast and crew! Travel and lodging not provided.

$1000: Production Investor - Get a private call with the team before production to talk in-depth about the project! You will also earn an Production Investor credit in the film's closing credits, and get listed on our IMDb page.

$5000: Executive Producer - Be an official Executive Producer on Feed! With this perk, you'll be granted access to the production and a one-on-one conversation with the team.

The Team

EXEC PRODUCER / WRITER / LEAD: Emma K. Tang

Emma K. Tang (she/they) is an actor, writer, producer, and community organizer. Her leading performance as “Jen” in MAN OF GOD at Geffen Playhouse and Williamstown Theatre Festival received nods from Variety, the New York Times, and the LADCC Awards. She starred in the indie feature INBETWEEN GIRL, which won a 2021 SXSW Audience Award and received an NYT Critic's Pick. Emma executive produces RED HOT COMEDY NIGHT, a variety show fundraiser for immigration justice in LA, and FIREBRANDS, a TTRPG project that teaches community organizing skills via gameplay. emmaktang.com

DIRECTOR: Tiffany Frances

Tiffany's AFI DWW film HELLO FROM TAIWAN was Oscar qualified and a recipient of The Future of Film is Female grant, won Grand Jury Prize at the Taiwanese American Film Festival, won Best Short at LA Diversity Film Festival, won Best Narrative Short at Reel Sisters Diversity Film Festival, won Best Drama and Best Director at SeriesFest, and screened at MoMA’s FOFIF series in partnership with Chanel, amongst playing at over 30 festivals worldwide. tiffanyfrances.com

PRODUCER: Joaquín Madrid Larrañaga | JEML Productions

JEML Productions is a full service film and live event production company working to challenge colonialistic film practices and uplift underrepresented crew and talent on set. They co-produce the anti-ICE fundraiser for LATU: "Red Hot Comedy Night," as well as COQUETEAR, a queer dance party.