Inside the Making of SEW TORN: Director Freddy Macdonalds Journey to AFI @afi
Inside the Making of SEW TORN: Director Freddy Macdonalds Journey to AFI  @afi
Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Freddy Macdonald (AFI Class of 2021) returns to AFI to talk to AFI Fellows about adapting his short film SEW TORN, also his AFI application film, into a feature film.

Movie Synopsis: Barbara Duggen (Eve Connolly), a mobile seamstress, gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.

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Inside the Making of SEW TORN: Director Freddy Macdonald's Journey to AFI

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