2005 Film Index Back to Main Site		Back Winter Sea Official Selection - Rome International USA/Italy / 25 minutes Directed and Written by Erika Tasini Cinematography by Joseph Rubinstein Edited by Juli Vizza Winner Houston World Fest - Platinum Award A secretive woman's intimate relationship to her brother is threatened when an unexpected guest shows up for dinner at their eccentric mother's house. Synopsis: shows up for dinner at their eccentric mother’s house. Tasini describes "Winter Sea" as her bourgeois version of a vampire story, a family that can exist in perfect self-sufficiency only as long as it remains isolated from interference from the outside world.