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MEET THE HEALER

ARURU

IREE MANN

About the character

One of the last of her kind, Aruru is a spiritual healer whose techniques are only beknownst to her and her now perished lineage. The price of her sessions is hefty, and the waitlist is long, but her admirers multiply by day. Her patients travel to Dorion from other worlds with the hope of finding a cure to their long-lasting ailments that no other healer could think to address. Having maintained the same appearance for decades, she is thought to be an immortal spirit by some, and her temple is the most sacred place on her planet, Dorion.

About the actor

Iree Mann is an actor and filmmaker. Her credits include the films Butterfly, Dorion, and Open, along with stage performances in King Lear, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, The Laramie Project, and Trojan Women. Beyond acting, Iree is a screenwriter who practices meditation and enjoys swimming in her free time.

MEET THE PATIENT

ULRIC

TOM PAOLINO

About the character

A man who suffers from a constant feeling of floating and who will do anything to not feel this way. A tortured man. A persistent man. Ulric leaves his native Earth for Dorion, where he now calls home. The lush forests of this magical planet speak to his arid soul. He leads a simple, solitary life, watching the sun rise and set over the boundless hills of Dorion every day through the window of his studio apartment. After much patience and a long wait, he is now ready to meet Aruru to receive his ‘forever’ cure.

About the actor

Tom Paolino is a New York-based actor whose film and television credits include Law & Order: SVU, FBI (Seasons 2 and 5), Blue Bloods, FBI: Most Wanted (Seasons 2 and 6), and The Purge: Election Year. His stage work includes Pericles, Cymbeline, The Burial at Thebes, and From Here to Eternity. Tom also teaches yoga and coaches hockey.

MEET THE CREATOR

EREN GÜLFİDAN

Eren is the writer, director, and editor of Dorion. This is her third short film. Previously, she has written, directed, and edited Daydreaming and Evening News.

Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Eren came to the US to study film and creative writing. She has been living and working in New York for the past 18 years.

Eren’s films have received support and recognition from organizations such as The Gotham, The New York State Council on the Arts, Future of Film is Female, and Tribeca Chanel’s Through Her Lens Women’s Filmmaker Program.

Years in the making, Dorion brings together Eren’s many passions and curiosities, including world-building, cerebral sci-fi/fantasy, space colonization, technological utopianism, and Sovietwave inspired electronic music.