What If You're Wrong?

what if you're wrong?

about

WHAT IF YOU’RE WRONG? is a satirical dark comedy set in Silicon Valley.

Shooting in Sep 2023 in NYC and West Oakland.

logline

Two women who have dedicated their lives to their principles set out to save their friendship in Silicon Valley, where it’s hard not to drown in the Kool Aid.

ending note

characters

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	ELLIE The mission isn’t about revenue. It’s about asymmetric power – protecting people from state and corporate surveillance.
	ROBIN Something changed, when you came out here for school, then stayed for the gold rush.
	PAUL Vive la résistance!
	KATHY MCAFEE You’re not a spring chicken anymore, Ellie. Speaking of which, did you take advantage of our new egg freezing perk yet?
	DESMOND Employee! Oh, that’s rich, honey. This place is gonna be fully staffed by robots!
	GENERAL COUNSEL I’m sorry, I believe what our co-CEO here is saying is that, “to preserve business continuity…”
	DR WALTER VON BRAUN As our way of giving back to the community who can’t afford our in vitro fertilization program, each week we choose one lucky winner to receive a donation – on us.
	SCOOTER, PARALEGAL Yea, ah, lucky coincidence – we are the first mobile notary service to use an e-scooter fleet.
	ABBY Even with the improved battery life on the new drone, coverage will be sporadic…
	TED Hmm, you’re right. 24x7 coverage would be ideal.

director // andrew kortina

Andrew Kortina spent 15 years working in software engineering as a co-founder at Venmo and Fin. He has a BA in philosophy and creative writing.

He has written extensively about the impacts of technological change on democracy, free speech, and economics; he has presented at RadicalXChange, Berkeley Forum, and Build the Future; he has participated in The New Museum’s Rhizome 7x7, INET’s Labor, Technology, and Growth workshop, and the AI/SPI Steering Committee.

He wrote and directed the short film SUPER DIVA! (2022). WHAT IF YOU’RE WRONG? is his first feature film.

director’s statement

What attracted me to software engineering was the desire to work with talented people – outside of government and large corporations – to build systems that solve important problems.

With this film, I hope to evoke compassion for characters with this sort of idealism who ultimately must come to terms with Silicon Valley’s demand for exponential growth and monopoly.

By confronting overwhelming and sometimes terrifying realities with moments of tenderness and hope – and a lot of humor – I want to make this story a fun ride, hopefully the type of movie you want to watch over and over.

producer // cynthia arzaga fredette

Cynthia Arzaga Fredette is a writer, director, and producer with an MA in Art History & Theory and an MFA in Film from Columbia University.

She co-produced the award-winning feature CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME (Sundance 2011). She wrote and directed the micro-budget feature HALF THE PERFECT WORLD (2016). She wrote and directed the hybrid doc-fiction feature BACK DISASTER SMITH (currently in post-production).

She was formerly a curator at the International Center of Photography in New York City.