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...

FEED is a short sci-fi 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

We've partnered with Entertainment 2 Affect Change (E2AC) to fiscally sponsor FEED, which means that your donation is 100% TAX-DEDUCTIBLE!

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E2AC takes a 3% administrative fee. If you'd like to offset the fee, you may choose to do so during checkout. Thank you so much for your generosity!

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 equipment, including lighting and cameras (so our film looks delicious);
• Scoring our film with incredible music;
• Creating opportunities to screen the film in 2027!

Every donation counts. We want to make this film the best it can be -- and most importantly, as helpful as possible to the ongoing movement to regulate AI companies and their data centers.

FEED is an independent, community-produced film. By donating to our campaign, you're joining the FEED family. We deeply appreciate every single donation!

Donation Tiers

$5000: Executive Producer - You'll receive everything from the below tiers, and you'll be credited as an Executive Producer on this film! You'll also receive an invitation to a private cocktail hour with the cast, crew, and creative team preceding our advance screening!

$2500: Associate Producer - You'll receive everything from the below tiers, and you'll be credited as Associate Producer on this film! You'll also receive an invitation to an exclusive afterparty following our advance screening!

$1000: Production Investor - Everything in the $500 tier, plus:

• A conversation over Zoom with the creative team!
• You will also earn an Production Investor credit in the film's closing credits, and get listed on our IMDb page.
• You'll receive an invitation and a plus one to a private advance screening and cast/crew talkback in Los Angeles before our premiere! Travel and lodging not included.

$500: Social Media Shout-Out, Special Thanks, & Premiere Invite -

• 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!
• You'll receive an invitation to attend our premiere in 2027! Travel and lodging not included.
• You’ll receive exclusive digital behind-the-scenes photos and videos; and...
• You'll receive a hard copy of our behind-the-scenes photo zine chronicling our set experience, featuring cast and crew!

The Team

EXEC PRODUCER / WRITER / LEAD: Emma Tang Galbraith

Emma Tang Galbraith (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. emmatanggalbraith.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

PRODUCERS: Con Gusto Media, LLC - Mayra Cortez, Joaquín Madrid Larrañaga
Our mission: To empower early career and emerging, queer, femme, Black, indigenous, people of color to tell the stories they want to tell; upholding narrative sovereignty through a lens of queer joy.
Con Gusto Media, LLC is a full service film and live event film production company working to challenge colonialistic film practices and uplift underrepresented crew and talent on set. Con Gusto Media has employed over 200 people since 2024 with over 75% of employees self-reporting as people of color. Additionally, of the folks who chose to respond, over 85% self-reported as being LGBTQ+. We co-produce the anti-ICE fundraiser for LATU: "Red Hot Comedy Night," as well as COQUETEAR, a queer dance party. Our award-winning films champion queer BIPOC voices that challenge stereotypes. Con Gusto Media is also committed to supporting emerging filmmakers. We are currently building out our educational programming and are excited to announce our new crew curriculum coming in Fall 2026.

Your donation is 100% tax-deductible. E2AC takes a 3% administrative fee. If you'd like to offset the fee, you may choose to do so during checkout. Thank you so much for your generosity!