The team
Trinette faint
Writer, director, producer, actress
Photo credit: Coco Jourdana
Trinette is an award-winning actress, screenwriter, and filmmaker. Her short film Party Pants has garnered recognition on the international film festival circuit and has won multiple awards, including Best Actress from the Berlin Indie Film Festival, Best Female Director Short from the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, and Best Comedy from the Ice Movie Awards, among others.
In addition to Happy To Share, Trinette has multiple projects in development. She lives in Montpellier, France, and is the founder of Floor 51 Productions.
Before becoming a filmmaker, Trinette worked at Google for six and a half years, where she worked on marketing, AI, and engineering teams.
Jo Southwell
Co-producer
Photo credit: Jo Southwell
Jo Southwell is an award-winning director, screenwriter and Executive Producer working across film and television. Her directing credits include Call the Midwife, Doctors and Trigger Point (2nd Unit), alongside award-winning short films screened at BAFTA, BIFA and Oscar-recognised festivals.
As an Executive Producer, Jo is committed to championing creative talent, bringing together writers, directors and performers and supporting them from early development through to production. Her upcoming feature, The Catch, stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Lizzie Aaryn-Stanton.
Jo is the founder of Aston Productions and Aston Management.
Sabine bou-jabouÉ
Cinematographer
Sabine is a cinematographer and filmmaker from Lebanon.
She graduated from Emerson College with a masters degree in Visual and Media Arts. She’s been accepted as part of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Vision Program, 2020-2021.
Sabine’s work spans from documentary, narrative to commercial. She’s worked alongside Emmy winning director Lagueria Davis. Her work screened on Amazon Prime Video, NPR and in Oscar qualifying film festivals like: Martha’s Vineyard African Film Festival (MVAAFF), Woods Hole, Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). She’s been nominated for best cinematography at European Cinematography Awards and twice at Revolution Me Film Festival.
Photo credit: Sabine Bou-Jaboué
Maja Giguere
Producer
Maja Giguere is a Rhode Island-based producer and filmmaker who lives for the logistical work that brings a story to life. Starting her career in documentary film, she expanded into narrative and has had the opportunity to produce some incredible projects that have gone on to premiere at a myriad of film festivals (ME: JFK, YOU: ICN - IFFBoston, His Name is Eku - Roxbury International Film Festival, and many more).
A main passion of Maja’s is telling people’s stories. She aims with her work to empower others to explore their creative expression and share the stories they keep. She recently graduated from Emerson College with her MFA in Film and is currently in post-production for her most recent film, A Daughter Unfolding, which is a hybrid documentary.
Vaishnavi Bhimani
1st AD
Vaishnavi Bhimani is an Indian filmmaker who began her journey in filmmaking by creating short films that explore the complexities of human relationships. She holds an undergraduate degree in Mass Media from NMIMS and has completed a Diploma in Screenwriting at Whistling Woods International, both in Mumbai, India.
Vaishnavi’s work spans a range of genres, including comedy, drama, fantasy fiction, and psychological thrillers. She is drawn to stories that reflect the world around her, narratives rooted in everyday life, human desire, the mind’s inner workings, and the philosophical threads that connect
us all.
Her recent projects include Arranged Wali Meeting, a fictional drama infused with comedic elements, and Ghonghat, a psychological drama. She is currently developing two new short films: a family dramedy ‘Join the Table’ and a psychological thriller ‘Pavni’s Backyard’ that explores grief and the deeply personal ways in which individuals process loss.
Yvonne Corbett
Production Sound Mixer
Yvonne is a Boston based production sound mixer and boom op and member of IATSE 481. She stumbled into the world of audio after college and began freelancing on sets in 2021, after 3 years as a gear rental tech. She has worked on many short films and features, often as a solo sound department. She believes strongly in the importance of collaborating with her fellow department heads during prep, but also that sometimes the airplanes, lawn mowers, and trains are out of your control. :) Some of her favorite credits include the independent short film Knights and Relationships, the independent horror film Sight Unseen, and High Tide, her first union mixing job. Off set, she can be found, reading, doing yoga, petting dogs, and occasionally fencing or playing D&D.