Ripple is an exploration of the link between physical reflections and self-reflection. The film weaves together reflections – both literal and emotional – into a meditation on identity, love, and loss.
Set against the ever-moving backdrop of New York City, the film follows Aurora as she grapples with the end of a marriage.
Through reflections, her journey unfolds in fragmented memories and shifting perspectives, exploring the disorienting, yet deeply human, process of re-assembling oneself after loss.
Anchored in an intimate yet universal story, Ripple explores how we see ourselves through others, how love warps and refracts over time, and how, even after heartbreak, clarity can emerge.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Ripple was inspired by the relationship between physical reflection and self-reflection. I wrote it while navigating a breakup and how my relationship to New York City changed in the aftermath.
I was fascinated in exploring how our memories can warp and refract over time, and how one’s environment can take on a new life depending on one’s headspace.
But ultimately, Ripple is about a woman reclaiming and finding herself, even after, and despite, the turmoil.
WRITER & DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
Mergan Duffey
PRODUCTION CO.
Moon Skin Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Trust Films
Sarah Brannan
CASTING DIRECTOR
Lesley Wolff
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
1ST AC
Shane Duckworth
GAFFER
Jason Penza
KEY GRIP
Miles O'Bryan
SWING
Jeremy Ponafala
PRODUCTION SOUND ENGINEER
Jackson Martel
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Jason Penza
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Chris Amaya
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Karen DeMaio Weber
WARDROBE STYLIST
Sasha Hramova
HMU
Meg Murphy
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Steve Hamlin
Rebecca Gever
EDITOR
Camilla Hayman
ADDITIONAL EDITING
Katie Sadler
COLORIST
COMPOSER
Robinson Senpauroca
SOUND DESIGNER
Hansdale Hsu
VOICE OVER AUDIO ENGINEER
Ben LeHouillier