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Logline

A successful fragrance designer suddenly faces an unimaginable task in her life: how to go on living like normal without the ability to smell.

Synopsis

Intersecting between flashbacks and present times, this is a story about how LEAH, a successful perfumist and the owner of a design studio, navigates unexpected events around her. Under the weight of life, she abruptly loses what defines her professionally as a “nose” – her incredible sense of smell. There seems to be no hope in sight, but the strength instilled in her by her mother eventually pulls her out of the dark shadow. It’s a new beginning.

Meet the Filmmakers

Anne Lann – Writer/Director
Anne is a writer & director based in Los Angeles. She creates projects from a multidisciplinary perspective for both traditional cinema and XR platforms. Her works have been presented at many film festivals worldwide. Her MFA thesis film was accepted into the 2018 Cannes Film Festival short film corner program, and she was invited to participate in the Cannes XR program in 2019. Her first feature script, How Beautiful It Is, How Easily It Can Be Broken, advanced into the semi-final round of Sundance Screenwriters Lab; was a quarter-finalist of the ScreenCraft Screenwriting Competition; a finalist of the LaunchPad Screenwriting Competition; and landed in the top 10% of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships. Anne holds an MBA in Finance from Pace University, an MA in American History & Literature from Columbia University, an MFA in Film & TV Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She was born in Beijing.

Contact

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