ONE DAY 
A short film
Written, Produced, and Directed by Kimberly Dillon
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A woman begins an uncontrollable journey as she wakes up to find herself unknowingly in the first day of the matriarchy. 
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I finished the film this year, and am seeking financial support for film festival submissions ~
Festivals are THE WAY short films get seen & distributed...
How creators get noticed for their work...
And spark dialogue and connect with people!
I'm thrilled to share the trailer and I hope you'll support this next phase ~ 
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GOAL
$2,000
(we are at 75% of our goal!)
Festivals charge between $35 - $45 just to apply. Oscar qualifying fests are upwards of $75-80.
Any amount will be received with gratitude...your dollars matter and I will be submitting the film to a targeted list. 
With your help I'll be able to send to as many of them as possible. 
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'ONE DAY' is a love note to all women who are on their personal journey...self-love, expression, awakening, embodiment, empowerment, joy, pleasure, ecstasy, and primal rage. However we arrive, it is ours to reclaim.
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The Cast
The Woman - Kelly Wallace-Barnhill
The Other Woman - Katharine Leonard
Plastic Surgery Office Radio Announcer - Koh Mochizuki
Dad - Richard MacDonald
Earl - Sandford Stokes
Cat Caller - Gabriel Canett
Store Guy - Ray Stakenas
Awakened Women - Justine Cohen, Nechelle Dismer, Leigh Greaney, Kimberly Dillon

​The Crew:
Writer / Director / Producer: Kimberly Dillon
Director of Photography: Alyssa Renzi
Editor: Louis Leuci
1st AD: Michael Moffitt
Production Assistant: Lara Maria
DI Colorist: Aaron Burns

Digital Intermediate by ASSEMBLY
Special Thanks: Molly Pearson, Tom Curran/Curran Camera, Inc., SAG/AFTRA
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THANK YOU FOR SENDING A FINANCIAL GIFT!
please accept these tokens on behalf of the entire team ~ 

$15
​thank you email & shout out

Thank you email from Kim and shout-out on social media (if you have it!) expressing gratitude for your support ( $ amount won't be shown.)

$25
'Welcome to the Matriarchy' personalized digital membership card

Emailed a personalized digital membership card welcoming you to the Matriarchy! :)

$50
Personal thank you video from Kim

Email with a personal video from Kim describing the festival you enabled her to submit to!

$75 + BEYOND
Zoom reading of 'One Day'
​script

Live Zoom reading of the 'One Day' script
​with Kim!
The date and time of the reading are TBD.

WATCH THE ORIGINAL FUNDRAISING VIDEO

'ONE DAY' is about one woman's experience on day one of the matriarchy. 

Why this film and why now: Our overall culture is one-sided, demeans the feminine, and cannot be sustained. We don't need to look far to see how violence and denigration blossoms in a patriarchal society.

Stories that tell truths about women's experiences, and are told from a woman's perspective, open the opportunity to move the needle towards positive societal change, one that allows our collective imagination to broaden.

Creating this film has given me strength, sisterhood, and an opportunity to explore these ideas in a positive way when I'm feeling at the end of my rope. It's been an expression of hope. 

The Story: 'The Woman' wakes up on a seemingly normal day. Various unwelcome male voices run on a loop in her mind, and her body reacts violently against her will. 
As united feminine energy takes control, we see her shift in a newly formed paradigm, day one of the matriarchy. 

How the project began: I originally came up with the concept for this project in 2016 while I was following the Stanford/Brock Turner rape case of Chanel Miller.

I was absolutely disgusted and something about the details of that specific case became the last straw. I felt physically sick and a curtain that had been veiled over my eyes lifted.

I journaled about how I felt, and characters began to take shape.
The story turned into a screenplay.
Once I finished the script, I began fundraising.
I organized a women's movement workshop and held sisterhood circles. 
I was ready to begin pre-production for the film. 

Then Covid hit.
For years this film was unable to move forward.
Finally, at the beginning of 2023, I shot the film.

This has been a story and a project that would not let me go...
  • Women continue to struggle under a societal construct that leaves them unheard, unsupported, and disrespected in so many areas of life.
  • ​Women's dreams, needs, and sovereignty are put in harm's way regularly by individuals who care more about control and power than peace and egalitarianism.​


​I envision a day when women are free and the walls of patriarchy crumble permanently.
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one day