Ela Thier Films
I create films that help people laugh and cry, that remind us that we care about each other, and that we long to show our caring.
My goal is to do my part, as an artist, in moving us towards societies governed by caring and foresight, rather than greed.
Since 2006, I’ve been building The Independent Film School, now home to over 60,000 artists who share in this mission. Turns out everyone enjoys doing their part in creating the kind of world we want to live in.
TOMORROW EVER AFTER
When a historian who lives 600 years in the future time-travels to our times, she must navigate the societal woes that she’s read about in history books. (90min)
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Available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and other platforms
Written & Directed by Ela Thier
Produced by Ela Thier, Inna Braude, Nabil Viñas, Nikolai Metin
Starring Ela Thier & Nabil Viñas
FOREIGN LETTERS
Fictionalized memoir about the filmmaker’s immigration experience to the United States as a young teen, and her friendship with a Vietnamese refugee who helped her build a new home. (100min)
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Written & Directed by Ela Thier
Produced by Ela Thier, Inna Braude
Starring Noa Rotstein, Dalena Le
a summer rain
An 11-year-old Israeli immigrant girl is welcomed to America by a Vietnamese refugee her age. (17min)
Written & Directed by Ela Thier
Produced by Ela Thier, Jodi Midiri
Starring Noa Rotstein, Dalena Le
BAD WRITING
A blocked writer recruits her fictional characters to help her write. The only thing that can help, however, isn’t fiction. (20min)
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Written & Directed by Ela Thier
Produced by Ela Thier, Inna Braude
Starring Ela Thier, Rocío Mendez
Come Back Hailey
When a jobless fuck-up loses his girlfriend, he recruits his friend to help get her back. (30min)
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Directed by Ela Thier
Written by Nabil Viñas
Produced by Nabil Viñas & Ela Thier
Starring Nabil Viñas & Matthew Murumba
