ERIN VASSILOPOULOS
STEP INTO THE MATTRESS
Pre-production grant.
Funds will be used for location rental.
About the project: STEP INTO THE MATTRESS is a slightly absurd short film about two slightly unhinged women trying to come up with a new slogan for the mattress store where they work by 5pm. The project was inspired by growing up in the suburbs of Minneapolis, working in retail and hanging out at malls. Our leads are the multi talented actors/comedians, Eleanore Pienta and Eudora Peterson. Mila Matveeva is producing alongside Daryl Pittman who’s also our DP. We’re currently in pre-production, set to film in early January.
About the filmmaker: Erin Vassilopoulos is a writer, director and editor based in Brooklyn. Her directorial feature debut, SUPERIOR, which she co-wrote and co-edited, was selected to the 2020 IFP Narrative Lab and 2020 U.S. in Progress Lab and had its World Premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Her short films have screened at Sundance, the Berlinale, BFI London Film Festival, and Tribeca, and have been featured at Vimeo Staff Picks and ARTE TV. In addition to prepping “Step Into The Mattress,” she is developing her next feature film, WHAT WE ALL WANT, a mystery/psychological drama about characters whose lives intersect in a dying mall.