Cecily Russo plays the conflicted Eve in this quiet drama about finding home. Told in a nonlinear, almost experimental form, dear eve showcases the angst and frustration of family and foster care.

Within a month of its release, dear eve was selected to play at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, later receiving a semi-finalist award for Best Drama Short. A month later in September, the film was an official selection at the Indie Short Fest at the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Russo was also nominated for Best Actress in a Short at the 2019 Fall Edition of the Alternative Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.

The idea for this film had been sitting in my mind for a few months before I sat down to start pre-production. It was applying to the School of Visual Arts in NYC that pushed me to complete the film as it was used as my application film.

Production of the film itself was interesting because it was only me and my actress; no crew or anything. It was filmed in about two days in Rhode Island. It was also nice and symbolic in a way to incorporate my parents in the voice over work.