ELIXIR | Dir: MARCUS MILLS

Elixir (Short Film)

Best Cinematography - Independent Shorts Awards LA

An elderly former singer relives her joyful past.

This short drama brings the viewer back and forth in time as Shirley (played as a senior by Manning and as a youth by Steele) remembers her glamorous singing days while she sits at a bar named 'Elixir', being served by a young man (Otame). The bar is the same one in which decades ago she sang The Good New Days while she was a struggling singer and received acclaim. Now, the bar is dusty, yet Shirley still goes there as it is clearly a special place to her, a place where she can find happiness by being at the location where some of the happiest times of her life took place. It is indicated that her visits to the bar are frequent as while she is on her way there, the young bartender makes the appropriate preparations.

Directed by Marcus Mills
Produced by Stephen Hibbs