Stephanie and Mia met on the Subway. They followed each other off a Brooklyn train stop and discovered they were headed to the same destination: a feature-film script reading. It was the kind of coincidence that feels inconsequential, until it doesn't.

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On the train ride home, now acquaintances, Mia mentioned an idea about a chastity belt. Stephanie countered with her own dream to make a period piece. And so, The Key was born. 

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The year that followed was devoted to The Key: refining the script, building a world, raising money. As the project took shape, so did their collaboration. They realized they both had a life before wanting to make movies. Mia had worked in public relations, and Stephanie came from advertising. They knew how to pitch, how to shape a narrative, how to make an idea legible to people who did not yet believe in it. Their time was not lost in their first careers, they could bring everything they learned with them. 

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The Key short film was completed in late 2025, and The Key feature started the very next day. Now they are onto new dreams—their first feature film.