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Interview – Finding Sisterhood in Creative Madness. Marchelle Bradanini and Emily Alpren Discuss Floored
Sitting down with Marchelle Bradanini and Emily Alpren, you are immediately swept up in the same delicious, chaotic wit and raw emotional honesty that make their short film ‘Floored‘ such a wild ride.
What starts as a cosy chat about motherhood and collaboration quickly blooms into something so much deeper a beautifully candid reflection on identity, female rage, postpartum isolation, sisterhood, and the bizarre absurdities of modern womanhood.
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Plan D’s Marchelle Bradanini and Emily Alpren on ‘Floored’
Floored is a sharp and wildly funny black comedy that uses satire to explore motherhood, aging, identity, and the search for connection in a world overflowing with expectations and self-proclaimed solutions. Directed by Marchelle Bradanini and Emily Alpren under their creative partnership Plan D, the film follows an aging actress whose search for healing leads her into a chaotic circle of women confronting their own insecurities, frustrations, and suppressed rage.
Featuring performances from Mara Wilson, Sheila Carrasco, Jocelyn DeBoer, Ben Geurens, and Trilby Glover, alongside a score by Amy Ileen Wood featuring original music from Fiona Apple, Floored balances absurd humor with surprisingly heartfelt observations about womanhood and community. We spoke with Bradanini and Alpren about the personal experiences behind the film, collaborating as a directing duo, and finding comedy in some of life’s most complicated transitions.
Film Fugitives
Interview: Floored Directors Marchelle Bradanini & Emily Alpren On Feminism & Capitalism
Floored is a 10-minute long short film where we follow an award-winning actress, Eleanor Williams, as she comes to the realization that her glory-days are over and she probably has to put all her focus on being a mom. However, a pelvic floor session with her instructor and friends completely changes her perspective and she comes to the realization that she has to take some drastic steps to enjoy life the way she wants to. I sat down for a virtual chat with co-directors Marchelle Bradanini and Emily Alpren about their short film, womanhood, and late-stage capitalism.
Scene For Scene
In Conversation: Marchelle Bradanini and Emily Alpren on Motherhood, Friendship, and ‘Floored’
The conversation with directors Marchelle Bradanini and Emily Alpren reveals two filmmakers whose creative partnership is rooted as much in friendship as it is in artistic ambition.
Under their directing banner Plan D, the duo brings a deeply personal perspective to Floored, a darkly funny and emotionally resonant short film that explores motherhood, aging, identity, and the often-unspoken frustrations that accompany them. Drawing from their own experiences as mothers who met in a Hollywood baby group, Bradanini and Alpren transform feelings of isolation, vulnerability, and self-discovery into a sharp satire that is both hilariously absurd and profoundly relatable.