Gratuity
Coming Soon!
Logline:
When Tammy, a single mother and waitress, receives a winning lottery ticket, her ex-husband returns to reap the rewards and she is forced to fight for her winnings.
Synopsis:
In 1997 rural America, single mom and diner waitress, Tammy does the best she can to make ends meet for her and her son Jackson. Life has never handed her anything on a silver platter-- that is until her ex-husband, Easton tips her a lottery ticket at the diner which ends up being the winning ticket of a ten million dollar prize. Once the news breaks, shady Easton schemes to keep the money for himself, and Tammy must fight hard to keep her winnings and give her and her son the life they’ve always wanted.
Gratuity started as a small idea in January of Fiona’s junior year and has become the biggest project she’s ever taken on.
She and her crew were honored to win the Panavision New Filmmakers Program. With this award, they were granted a Panavision digital camera package at a significantly reduced price. This grant is given to aspiring filmmakers who show promise as future creators in the industry. Films supported by this program in years past include Napolean Dynamite and Requiem for a Dream.
Fiona and her team are also the proud recipients of the highest grant award ever given by the Women of Chapman Endowed Student Filmmaker Fund. The Women of Chapman is a vibrant group of philanthropic-minded women who are strongly dedicated to a program of service to Chapman University.
Gratuity is currently making its festival run, and is scheduled to publically debut in early 2025.
