Sci-Fi Short Film "Computer Love" | DUST | Online Premiere

When a sheltered teenage girl is caught cheating on her boyfriend with her family’s new robot, she must choose between her old life and her new love.

"Computer Love" by Joe Picozzi

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More About "Computer Love":
Quinn, a sheltered teenage girl in the future, begins cheating on her dating-app-arranged boyfriend with her family's new robot houseboy, Michael. They quickly fall in love and exchange fantasies of running away together. After her parents catch them, they announce they're turning Michael in for a new model. Quinn must decide whether or not she should abandon her family and everything she's ever known to pursue her love with a machine.

"Computer Love" Credits:
Written, Directed, Edited and Produced by
Joseph Picozzi

Producers
Connor Williams
Beidi Wang
Mishal Mahmud

Story by
Joseph Picozzi &
John Fairchild

Cinematographer
Chaochen Li

Production Designer
Yuelin Jolene Zhao

Costume Designer
Sophia Weltman

Casting Directors
Suzanne Yavuz CSA
Jaqueline Gallagher CSA

Art Directors
Mengqing Yuan
Adele Biraghi

Assistant Art Director
Ashley Popiwchak

Sound Design & Mix
Jack Sobo

Original Score by
Dummy (Jack Sobo & Jon Sewitz)

1st Assistant Director
John Fairchild

Unit Production Manager
Anabel Inigo

2nd Assistant Director/Script Supervisor
Josephine Lewis

Sound Recordist
Bun Real

VFX Supervisor & Artist
Stephen Burchell

1st Assistant Camera
Gerald Tineo

2nd Assistant Camera
Hongshi Zhong

Gaffer
Tony Tehle

Key Grip
John Hanle

Best Boy
Hao Geng

Head MUA & Hair Stylist
Dou Pothmolita

Special Effects Makeup Artist
Dou Pothmolita

Color by
Chaochen Li

Costume & Hair & Makeup Assistant
Eva Zapata

Set Decorator
Joseph Jin

VFX Consultant
Jack Longo

Assistant Editor
John Fairchild

Back Cast Model
Joey Swift

Production Assistant
Lauren Germani

COVID Compliance Officer
Ashley Buelher

On Set Photographer
McKayla Chandler

Hair/Makeup Assistant
Yoko Haitz

Production Coordinator
Henrik Larsen

Music Supervisor
Livy Rodriguez-Behar

Logo and Poster Designed by
Jasmin Chavez

Titles and Credits Designed by
Joseph Picozzi

Science Advisor
Seth Neel, Ph.D.

“New Love”
Written by Kevin Shoemaker
Courtesy see first submission of Kevin Shoemaker

Executive Producers
Billie Dimare
Thomas Dimare
Thomas Dimare II
Doreen Picozzi
Joseph A Picozzi
Connor Masterson

Associate Producers
Carl Dimitri
Bill & Lisa Dimitri
Brett Erik Johnson
Bob & Maria Marcello
Sean Marchionte
Michael Marchionte
Lila & Victor Neel
Nicholas & Lisa Zammarelli

Cast:
Ali Gallo
Sean Ormond
Anne Stedman
Shaw Jones
Ryan Scott Morris

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