Two estranged sisters, an uptight lawyer and a directionless bartender, are brought back into contact when they are diagnosed with breast cancer at the same time. As they go through treatment together, they are forced to face the other problems in their lives that they’ve been willfully ignoring all along.

Sarah Frasco (EP/Writer) is a writer and performer living in Los Angeles. Sarah received her MFA at Loyola Marymount University in Writing and Producing for Television. Sarah is one of the inaugural winners of the LMU MFA Screenwriting Competition for her animated comedy pilot, True Chicago Dream Life. Her original musical Lucky, inspired by the American Girl book The Care & Keeping of You, was featured in the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival and awarded Most Promising Musical. Most recently, Sarah was awarded the PBS Jack Larson Southern California Filmmaker Award for her short film, The Feast of Magical Small Things.

Ali deRosas (Director) is a 31-year-old director and producer. After many years performing in Chicago, she now focuses her creative energy on commercial advertising production and independent filmmaking. When not working, she enjoys making chicken cutlets and hanging out with her dog Frank.

Julia Kempka Benson (Director of Photography) moved to Chicago in 2017 to study cinematography at Columbia College. Since then, Julia has been working in the film/tv, commercials, and branded content. Julia’s credits include: Crane Tech on “Chicago PD”, “Chicago Fire”, and “Enemies” and the Chicago marathon, cinematographer for “Magical Girls” and “Ideal Candidate”, Best boy on “Justified” and “My First Film”, eletrician on “Chicago PD”, “Chicago Fire”, “The Chi”, “Poole”,  grip on “Nightsky”, “The Bear”, “The Chi”, Gaffer for Rivian tabletop, Culver’s, “Beanie Mania”, key grip, “Broke Down Drone”, dolly grip “Solutions.”

Allison Blythe (Producer) is a writer and producer from Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and holds an MFA in Writing and Producing for Television from Loyola Marymount University. Allison discovered her knack for producing, especially line producing, while at LMU, working on multiple sets each semester.

LUMPS is about sisterhood, not just the good things but its messy totality. Your sister can be both your greatest cheerleader and your arch rival all at the same time. No one knows you like your sister, but do they really understand you? LUMPS is a story about accepting the people in your life for who they are and allowing yourself to let go of the things that no longer serve you.

The goal of the short film is to display the family dynamics and set up the premise while leaving the audience wanting more. Our plan is to not only submit the short to film festivals, but to also use it as a proof of concept while pitching the full-length feature script. LUMPS will film in Chicago starting November 7th. 

With a generous equipment grant from PBS SoCal and support from our local community, your contribution will primarily go towards paying the artists that are working to bring LUMPS to life. Also, make sure to follow @lumps_film on Instagram for updates!