Jenni Nelson with John and Ed Priddy at Angelus - "Love Hacking": 2012 Priddy Brothers Award Winner
LOVE HACKING, directed by Jenni Nelson, a recent MFA grad in Documentary Film and Video at Stanford University, won the Outstanding Documentary Award at the Angelus Student Film Festival. The film follows the journey of Tim Heath, a Silicon Valley robot inventor
Tim Heath Typing to his wife to be Sarita
Tim selling his creation
After a personal reawakening, Tim radically shifts his outlook on courtship and utilizes the technology he knows best in order to find love.He meets Sarita on a dating website, the couple get engaged over Skype.
Tim "Cooking with Sarita"
Tim finds himself on a plane to Nepal to meet his new fiance in person for the first time.
Sarita and Tim riding the bus home together
LOVE HACKING is a contemporary love story where Mormons and Hindus come together in a journey of faith, technology, and marriage.
Tim and Sarita enjoying some snacks before the wedding
Tim riding his scooter in Nepal
The film will screen in Park City at Mountain Vineyard on January 23 at 7 pm as part of the Angelus On The Road series, which has included screenings of Angelus-winning films during the Sundance Film Festival for the past eight years.