When my father died, I was 19. The two of us had a great deal of unfinished business between us. This film grew out of unsettled emotions and the distress I felt from being left by someone who I hadn't known life without. 'Heart of Now' is a love letter to him, allowing me to say that I would like to forgive him for his faults and free myself from the influence of his absence.HEART OF NOW is a quiet and understated debut feature that explores the inclination to define ourselves by the people who leave us. Amber is a young woman with a profound longing for a sense of family. When she discovers she is pregnant, her boyfriend withdraws and moves out while her close friends insist that she get an abortion. Abandoned at every turn, Amber willfully seeks a safe haven in Gabe - the father figure that left her and her dying mother a decade ago. Whisked across urban, natural and emotional landscapes, Amber descends into an emotional spiral that sees her confronting the root abandonment at the very heart of her suffering, and freeing herself of its influence in a brief, transcendent moment in the very heart of now.HEART OF NOW is the result of an interdependent film collaboration among several artists that worked together in a creatively safe atmosphere where exploration was encouraged at every level of the filmmaking process. Through dramatic improvisation, the cast were empowered to find their voice and use their own words wherever possible under the collaborative guidance of the director. The result is mostly unscripted and in-the-moment, revealing a more honest experience for the characters and filmmakers behind them. The attribute of 'a film by SABI' honors this journey by crediting authorship to the entire Sabi Pictures family of filmmakers and actors who achieved what no one could have done alone.