From the filmmakers
This is a first feature for both of us. The experience has been profoundly humbling, exhausting and educational.
This project is an expression of love for a character created by Eric's wife, Alex. Darla Peterson started life as a comedy sketch about a woman peddling her customizable cat caskets. We want to know, why doesn't Darla believe in luck? Why does she believe in pluck? And diligence? And dedication, and persistence? And perseverence. And tenacity. And gumption, and so on. About this same time Eric was making kombucha and Susie was making bread. This shared interest in yeast led us to wonder what it would be like for a woman named Darla Peterson to find herself the object of the affections of a yeast mass who has gained the ability to think and communicate like humans. A bit like humans. Not a whole lot like humans, but definitely closer to us than a cactus or something like that.
This is our best attempt to answer that very question.
SUSIE MOON was born in Seoul Korea and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. She received an MFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She currently resides in Houston, TX.
ERIC LAPLANTE is a filmmaker based out of New York City. He has worked on a large number of narrative, documentary, and commercial projects. He DPed "Sylvio", which debuted at SXSW.
As a director he had a short documentary be a Vimeo Staff pick and has had comedy content shared amongst many different online platforms. His commercials have been with many different brands (though lately he has really been cornering the market on mid-sized bank comedy spots).
He has a real passion for pressure cooking and making bread (been keeping his mother alive since 2020). He lives with his wife and their basset hound named Betty Draper.
TOGETHER “Darla In Space” is their first feature film, and has played at festivals all over the US, including the famous (in certain circles) festival Slamdance.
