What is Rest Assured?

This is a new project that has culminated from years of artistic collaboration between Director/Writer Olivia Crowell, Co-Writer Liam Caplan, and producers Maya Barbon and Theo Matza. The producing team has all worked extensively over the last decade on independent feature films, short films, and music videos. This feature has a cast of seven and a crew of fifteen, hiring locally in New York City.

The ensemble is the core of this story, and has already begun forming. Internet personality and comedian Vienna Ayla (1.1M TikTok, 225k Instagram), and Alex O’Shea (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, FBI: Most Wanted, The Mark), have been brought on as talent. The remaining casting will be done by summer.

We are currently in the process of raising money for this project, and the next few months will consist of securing the rest of our funding through grants, donors, and crowdfunding. We will be shooting on location in Massachusetts for sixteen days in September of 2025. This production team in particular has extensive experience with savvy producing skills for high results on a low budget. The film takes place in a cabin and in the surrounding woods, and we are lucky to have unrestricted access.