Filmmaking
Writer | Director| Executive Producer of Violet’s Umbrella Productions
*Kersti on set of Egg Party
Still from Stalled In Eight Etudes, Starring Tracey Bonner
Stalled In Eight Etudes (2025)| 17min writer/director Kersti Bryan
Executive Producer: Charming Stranger Films (Cameo Wood)
Producer: Violet’s Umbrella Productions, Connie Jo Sechrist
About the Film: Eight lives intersect in a municipal courthouse bathroom and find a surprising humanity.
“ Stalled In Eight Etudes showcases the importance of justice and perception in our communities.”
awards
Most Innovative Short – Sedona Int’l Film Festival
Best Short – Woods Hole Film Festival & Port Townsend Film Festival
Best Actress – Tracey Bonner, WIM Atlanta
Best of the Fest – SF Indie Shorts & Bread & Roses
Partially funded by the NYC Women’s Fund – Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment
Stalled in Eight Etudes | Official Trailer
stalled In Eight Etudes Poster
“Tracey Bonner delivers a tour de force…”
Stills/ Behind the Scenes
Egg Party (2021)| 9min Co-Writer/director/Executive Producer Kersti Bryan
Executive Producer: Violet’s Umbrella Productions
Producer: Pour Right Pictures
About the Film: In a Brooklyn apartment, laughter, egg Decorating and lots of wine crack open deeper truths about fertility and friendship.
“Egg Party is a film we need now.”
“Thank you for giving voice to the multitude of experiences around motherhood and fertility.”
stills/Behind the Scenes
