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Princess Sparkles

Princess Sparkles

MARLENA LERNER | USA | 2025 | 15 MIN | ENGLISH

MARLENA LERNER | USA | 2025 | 15 MIN | ENGLISH

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Synopsis

When her girlfriend dumps her for being an unreliable mess, Lucie agrees to pet-sit a “Princess,” only to discover she’s a nippy, Fox News-watching pig. What begins as an inconvenience becomes a chaotic lesson in responsibility—and an unexpected push toward self-improvement.

Filmmaker Bio

Marlena Lerner is an LA-based filmmaker with a focus in comedy. Born in Los Angeles, Lerner began producing content on YouTube for a wide audience at a young age. While the cohesive-ness of this content is debatable, her web series was developed into a feature film that received Netflix distribution in 2015. Lerner attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she received a BFA in Film & Television Production. In 2024, she debuted her first short, Dirty at NFFTY and her web series Mint Condition in 2025.

Producer

Annabel Renshaw

Writer

Lucie Reiss

Cast

  • Lucie Reiss
  • Owen Thiele
  • Clara McGregor
  • Laine Philipps
  • Gumby
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