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Television

Secondhand Sisters

Half-hour comedy pilot

Secondhand Sisters is a half-hour, premise-driven multi-cam sitcom about Jo, a tightly wound British millennial, and Andy, her annoyingly bubbly Gen Z American half-sister.

 

Both women have been emotionally adrift since their mother walked out of their lives and when they’re forced to live together and co-manage a chaotic temp agency in a grim corner of London, it’s like tossing a Mentos into a bottle of Coca-Cola.

 

At a time when we're all hyper-connected but emotionally disconnected, Secondhand Sisters explores what it means to build genuine connection when you're not sure you know how, or if you even want to. 

The Beta Versions

Half-hour comedy pilot

The Beta Versions is a multi-cultural, multi-generational sitcom about a mother, daughter, and granddaughter who are trying to reinvent their lives on their own terms while trying to survive living under the same roof!

Julia, a once-brilliant science prodigy, now a frumpy middle-aged empty-nester loses her job and marriage in quick succession. Desperate to prover herself she vows to create the next unicorn startup. 

Her mother Rosalind, has spent decades living in the UK playing nice to support her husband’s career. Now back in the U.S. she faces the realities of ageism but she’s done keeping a lid on her ambition.

 

Tattie, Julia’s daughter, is a bright but adrift 18-year-old, who has no interest in a social media world filled with narcissism and sameness, and is desperate for something real.

Set in the American Midwest with a healthy dose of dry English humor, each episode follows these three women as they stumble through their attempts at reinventing themselves. Along the way they’ll also discover that the people who drive you mad might just be the ones who save you.

Short Film 

The Coffee Letters

A failing author is finally being dropped by his long-suffering agent. As his agent catalogues a disastrous career, two of the author’s “great” works play out on screen.​

 

The first is a romantic letter that travels through a packed train, desperately searching for the object of the writer’s affection.​

 

The second follows a woman who realises her cat meets more of her emotional needs than her boyfriend and promptly gives him the boot.

© 2026 by Christina Fotinelli.

 

Running on caffeine and whimsy.

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