Eli Powers’ enlistment of Amanda Seyfried to star in his captivating short film, “Skin & Bone,” began in 2014 on the Boston set of Ted 2. The psychological horror short, which Powers plans to turn into a feature, is about a woman (Seyfried) who lures drifters to her farm — and looks deep into their souls. The film’s other lead is her husband, The Newsroom veteran Thomas Sadoski. “Skin & Bone” is now available free on Vimeo (below) after a festival run that included the Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest, Riverrun International Film Festival, Tribeca, and Palm Springs ShortFest. “Skin and Bone,” directed by Eli Powers and starring Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski. Powers has made several other shorts, including “Kidnap Me,” “From Rock to Rock,” “A Place We Can Be Treated Fairly.” Under his Horsegod Productions, he’s also made “Babywatch,” “Fish,” and “Holy Moses” — also with Seyfried and Sadoski. From Emerson to ‘Skin & Bone’ The story of how Powers met Amanda Seyfried has a lot to do with where he went to college. After graduating from Emerson College’s film school in Boston in 2014, he began working as a production assistant
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