Auspicious
Over summer break, a young dancer, Castara, reluctantly returns home to work on the family weed farm and save money for dance school. But home has shifted into a different orbit.
Despite a strong pull toward her childhood friend, Cody, she seeks an auspicious moment to break free and elevate to a higher plane.
Filmed on and around the slopes of Mt. Hood, Auspicious culminates with a final sequence filmed in real time in the path of totality of a solar eclipse.
Written, Produced and Directed by Grant Slater
Sandra Ruiz Morlett as Castara
Jordan Hearn as Cody
Cinematography by Kevin Hayden
Original Score by Kyle Scott Wilson
Edited by Matthew Puccini and Grant Slater