Margaret is forced to confront the root of her OCD when her estranged sister and ten-year-old niece show up announced on her doorstep.

Feature dramedy released by Cinema Libre Studios
STARRING: Caroline Fogarty, Bonnie McNeil and Laurel Porter
with the voices of Dee Wallace and Jenny O’Hara
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Nikki Braendlin
PRODUCER: Lena Bubenechik
EDITOR: Laura Fisk
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY: Tarin Anderson
COMPOSER: Kristen Baum DeBeasi

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE @ Sonoma Int’l Film Festival, Amsterdam Film Festival, Shining Light Film Festival, Omaha Int’l Film Festival (Hon. Men.), Landlocked Film Festival (Hon. Men.)

AUDIENCE CHOICE @ Sonoma Int’l Film Festival, Palm Beach Int’l Film Festival, Idyllwild CinemaFest, Big Bear Lake Int’l Film Festival

REVIEWS:

“[Braendlin] has a keen, clean eye for composing shots and uses Margaret’s architecturally severe house to great effect. It calls to mind director Tom Ford’s use of clothing and decor in the precise A Single Man (2009). As High as the Sky probably didn’t have a big budget but it looks like $10 million bucks on the screen.” - Mark Hinson (Tallahassee Democrat)

"Writer/director Nikki Braendlin’s As High as the Sky is a micro-budgeted indie that probably cost the equivalent of five seconds worth of visual effects in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. I’m pretty sure I know which was money better spent… with its lovely naturalism, arresting color schemes, and excellent performances by the three leads, As High as the Sky is a continual, 90-minute delight, and Braendlin directs her cast’s scenes of wordless rapport with exceptional subtlety and clarity. Her scenes of word-filled rapport are nothing to sniff at, either.” - Mike Schultz (River Cities Reader)

"As I said, it's tempting to say that As High As the Sky is a beautiful film that finds its success in its simplicity, but that isn't quite right. As High as the Sky is a beautiful film that finds its success in its lack of clutter, and its focus on what makes a good story a great film." - Michael Nazarewycz