"Thanks to Her" | Full Feature Film 2024

Millie Blake (AJ Molder), a high school senior soccer player, has her life turned upside down after an altercation with an out and proud classmate of hers, Andy Wellick (Julia de Avilez Rocha). As punishment, the two girls get sentenced to a month of community service at a local nursing home. As she begins to not only bond with two of the residents, Jade and Pepper, but with Andy too, Millie begins to understand more about herself and becomes more confident in who she is.

DIRECTED BY Sam McCoy
PRODUCED BY Hayley Ulmer
WRITTEN BY Sam Orlowski
CREATED BY Sam Orlowski

Cast:
MILLIE BLAKE - AJ Molder
ANDY WELLICK - Julia de Avilez Rocha
JADE - Julia Auerbach
PEPPER - Karla Payne
MRS MAY BLAKE - Annette Schafer
MR. TONY BLAKE - David Santiago
LEAH CASSIDY - Isabella Trouten
BRENDON KELLY - Vinit Joshi
THOMAS ORANGE - Nick Mitchell
EMILY PARKER - Alli Sutton
CASEY TOZIER - Adia Augustin
MR GRIFFIN - Kevin Mahler
DAVID WILLIAMS - Joshua Brelsford
PRINCIPAL - Sheldon Ingram
AMY - Melinda Nanovsky
MRS. WELLICK - Kirsten McCain
ARTSY GIRL - Mariah Franklin

Crew:
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Anh Vu
EDITED BY: Lauren Balint
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Carol Dougherty and Carl Kurlander
CO PRODUCER: Camdyn Bass
SCRIPT EDITOR: Sam McCoy
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Jonathan Ward
SET ATWORK: @Britchida
COSTUME DESIGNER: Camdyn Bass
ADDITIONAL CAMERA: Caleb Porto
ADDITIONAL CAMERA: Matt Dreher
1st ASSISTANT CAMERA: Sarah Gabany
2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA: Delaney Greenberg
2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA: Zoe Fuller
GAFFER: Emily Voelker
KEY GRIP: Daniel Haslup
G&E SWING: Max Bruce-Rudge
G&E SWING: Chase Murphy
ADDITIONAL G&E SWING: Michael Harney
SOUND MIXER/BOOM: Genna Edwards
ART DIRECTOR: Jillian Werbisky
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR: Rebecca Hobart
HAIR AND MAKEUP: Debi Blazek
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR: Nandita Mahesh
KEY PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Aditi Sridhar
KEY PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Ryan Floyd
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Lindsey Beck
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Annie Kane
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Madison Montanero
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Owen Gambill
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT EDITOR: Sophia Heller
CASTING ASSISTANT: Nandita Mahesh
CASTING ASSISTANT: Lena Ruther
SET PHOTOGRAPHER: Cassidy Fischer
POST PRODUCERS: Sam McCoy and Hayley Ulmer
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Owen Gambill
LEAD POST PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER: Peter Enriquez and Casey O'Connell
POST PRODUCTION SOUND MIXERS: Genna Edwards and KJ Griffith
COLOR BY: French Kiss Bakery Productions INC
COLORIST: Luke Carquillat
VFX BY: Onebeatman Animation Studios
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR: Augustus Danko
KICKSTARTER MANAGER: Cassidy Fischer


We would love to thank every single person that has supported this film in anyway. We could not have made this film without all of the people that supported us! And we are extremely happy to finally give back to the community that supported us! We hope you all love the full feature as much as you loved the short film. We heard how much the short gave people a safe place and representation, and we hope this film brings those same feelings this pride month. Happy Pride everyone!