Daphne and Velma

Directed By Suzi Yoonessi

The female future members of Mystery Inc. investigate strange goings-on in their school.

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Futuristic robots, crazy gadgets and the brightest students of tomorrow are common sights at Ridge Valley High. Home to their newest student, the smart and capable Daphne Blake (Sarah Jeffery) and her online bestie, the tech-savvy hipster Velma Dinkley (Sarah Gilman). But not everything is as innocent as they seem on campus, as mysterious disappearances begin to plague the top-ranked students. Once cheery and full of life, kids are coming back lifeless and a shell of who they once were. Can these two teens get along in real-life and encourage each other to break down their inner weaknesses, and save the town from an eerie downfall? Get ready for a mystery-filled origin story set in modern day millennial heaven to find out.

Award-winning director Suzi Yoonessi's film Unlovable (2018) premiered at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Prize and rave reviews. The film stars academy award nominee John Hawkes and academy award winner Melissa Leo, and it won the 2017 Sun Valley Film Festival Film Lab. Yoonessi’s Dear Lemon Lima (2009) premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize. The film was released by Phase 4 Films, HBO, Showtime and The Sundance Channel. Yoonessi directed Daphne and Velma (2018) for Warner Brother’s Blue Ribbon Content, which is the origins story of two female super sleuths from Scooby Doo. Yoonessi has been nominated for an Emmy for go90's Relationship Status, a Webby for Snapchat's The Dead Girls Detective Agency and a Streamy Award for her International Women's Day spot #OwnYourVoice. Yoonessi is currently a director at Walt Disney Animation Studios where she is developing an original feature film.

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