Clare Larman was hired to play Mrs. Fellini two days before shooting was to begin. Almost one-quarter of the film's budget was used to get her from Victoria, Australia to San Francisco in twenty-four hours.
Half of the film was shot in the director's apartment.
Through a meticulous process of character development, location scouting and story-boarding, it took nearly two years to design the visual narrative.
Ken Ludden has enjoyed a lifelong career in ballet.
The Meaning of Filo was an official selection of the 2012 Reel Recovery Film Festival.