FOUND

A story about the invisible threads of childhood love and the grief that time can’t untangle. It speaks to anyone who’s ever lost someone too soon — and wondered what they would say if they had one more day.

Current

$20,000 Goal

$4,900 Raised

About Found

CAST

Lorena Sarria

Actor/ Producer

Lorena Sarria is a Spanish-Colombian actress, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. Her screen credits include Into the Deep, Bunker, Invisible War, Within, Apache Junction. As an Actor, she has created projects such as Murmuration, The unholy confession & behind the door. Lorena is currently starring in FOUND alongside Academy Award-winning producer Andrew Carlberg, focusing on stories that explore trauma, identity, and women’s emotional resilience.

JAKE HUNTER

Producer / Actor

Jake is an actor and producer, best known for his work on Amazon’s Daytime Emmy Award–winning series The Batman

Jason Stuart

Actor

Jason Stuart is a seasoned film and television actor, known for standout roles in The Birth of a Nation, Goliath, and Sleepy Hollow.

ANDREW CARLBERG

Producer

Andrew Carlberg is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning film, television, and Broadway producer. He is known for producing works such as the Oscar-winning short film Skin and the Oscar-nominated short film Feeling Through, as well as features like The Fallout and Sun Dogs.

LOGLINE

When a grieving woman reconnects with her childhood best friend, a series of vivid memories rekindles the joy they once shared until she realizes he’s been gone for years, and her final goodbye has just begun.

SYPNOSIS

Some places don’t let you leave.

FOUND follows a woman who has built a life around “being fine”—high-functioning, composed, and emotionally armored. But when a sudden trigger pulls her back to the orphanage where she spent her earliest years, she’s forced to confront the one thing she’s avoided her entire life: the origin of her pain.

The orphanage is still there. Still quiet. Still orderly. Still haunting in the way only childhood spaces can be. Beds lined up like evidence. Blank walls that feel like they’ve watched too much. The past doesn’t come back politely; it comes back through the body—panic, nausea, flash fragments, and the sick certainty that her memory has been edited.

As she searches for answers, she begins to realize the hardest truth: what she thought was “her story” may have been shaped by other people’s choices, other people’s silence, other people’s need to keep things buried. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more unstable the line becomes between what is happening now and what already happened then.

But FOUND isn’t just about trauma. It’s about reclamation.

It’s about the moment you stop living as the version of yourself that kept you safe, and you risk becoming the version that is real. It’s about what it means to be “unwanted” as a child—and how that single wound can echo into every relationship, every decision, every moment of self-worth.

FOUND is a story about memory, abandonment, and the brutal tenderness of finally seeing yourself clearly. Not as someone broken. But as someone who survived. And who deserves to exist without apologizing for it.

THE STORY

FOUND is a deeply personal narrative exploring a Latina woman’s journey through resilience. It peels back the layers of composure to reveal the chaotic, beautiful search for emotional truth.

Set against the backdrop of a bustling yet isolating city, our protagonist navigates the nuanced expectations placed upon her by culture and family. When the silence becomes deafening, she must find her own voice—not to shout, but to finally whisper her truth to herself.

This film is an intimate character study, utilizing shadow and light to reflect the internal landscape of a woman reclaiming her narrative.

Production Budget

This is a proof-of-concept short film. Every dollar goes directly into the production value—securing locations, equipment, and fair pay for our cast and crew.

$20k

Total Funding Goal

Production

Camera rentals, lighting packages, location fees, and insurance. The physical creation of the world.

60% Allocation

Cast & Crew

Fair wages for our talented team of artists, technicians, and actors bringing the script to life.

30% Allocation

Post-Production

Editing, color grading, sound design, and festival submission fees to share our story.

10% Allocation

Incentives

Join us in bringing this story to the screen. Select a contribution tier below.

FOUND Coffee Mug

$100

Special thanks

$250

Special thanks credit on our movie FOUND

 

Associate producer credit (shared card) - Digital signed poster

$500

And We will be gladly give you an Associate producer credit (shared card) -Digital signed poster by the actors.

Co-Executive Producer (Shared card) + Physical signed poster

$1000

We will be so proud to provide you with a Co-Executive Producer (Shared card) + Physical signed poster of the actors.

Executive Producer credit (Shared page) + Physical signed poster Private conversation with cast and director / Acknowledgement

$2500

Executive Producer credit (Shared card) + Physical signed poster by-Private conversation with vast and director / Acknowledgement 

Executive Producer credit (Solo page) + Physical signed poster Private conversation with cast and director / Acknowledgement.

$5000

THE TEAM

JAKE HUNTER

Producer / Actor

Jake is an actor and producer, best known for his work on Amazon’s Daytime Emmy Award–winning series The Batman

SENDA BONNET

Cinematographer

Award-winning cinematographer known for intimate, poetic visuals in film and commercials.

ANDREW CARLBERG

Producer

Award-winning producer known for Oscar-winning and nominated films, as well as acclaimed features.

Lorena Sarria

Actor/ Producer

Spanish-Colombian actress, writer, and producer known for projects exploring trauma, identity, and emotional resilience.

Jason Stuart

Actor

Jason Stuart is a seasoned film and television actor, known for standout roles in The Birth of a Nation, Goliath, and Sleepy Hollow.

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