A lonely young woman moves into a crap apartment to be closer to her new love interest: a wall.
Daphne, a lonely young woman haunted by a traumatic past, makes a rash decision to move into a less than desirable apartment to be closer to her new love interest: a simple wall in the apartment. Daphne soon discovers her new neighbor, Omar, a young man she knew back in high school, is keen to get closer but Daphne persistently blocks Omar from all attempts to break down her barriers. After a traumatic revelation, Daphne must decide whether or not to be vulnerable with Omar at a chance for connection, or to fortify her own walls and keep herself protected. WALL is a celebration of surrendering to that messy, heartbreaking, blissful journey of connecting with another person because in the end, as scary as connection may be, it’s fucking worth it.
Writer-Director Erin Cantelo tells devastatingly uplifting stories about women healing from grief or trauma, with the aim to break your heart wide open. She has spent the majority of her adult life working in various crew positions on film, TV, and commercial sets, racking up thousands of hours of first-hand experience behind and in front of the camera.
With a belief that you must live stories worth telling, Erin is prone to adventure, including a 4-month solo trip to Southeast Asia where she took a 5-day motorbike trip in rural Laos alone, a 10-day silent meditation retreat in Southern Thailand, and a 16-day cargo ship ride home from Hong Kong to California. The latter of which inspired her most recent feature script, CARGO, which is a Stowe Story Labs and WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Labs Finalist.
Erin is a queer, neurodiverse, Muppet at heart, native-Californian based in Los Angeles. She loves tacos, tea, chatting up strangers, and her unbroken-12-years-and-counting, daily meditation practice.
Script Pipeline 2021 - Best Short Screenplay
Outstanding Scripts 2024 - Mentorship Award
