Academy Award Nominee Abigail Breslin Presents

As Easy as closing your eyes

 A grieving mother battles her addiction to a black-market drug that gives her life-like dreams about the son she lost.

What People are saying

“Eye opening, heartbreaking, and breathtaking.”

— Marc Ciafardini, Go See Talk

“Croft and Golden create an exquisite, chilling mini-drama.”

— Margot Harrison, Seven Days

“Coover’s performance as Lila is downright devastating.”

— Mark Lakatos, Take 2 Indie Review

“An emotional tour-de-force.”

— S. Kruger, Cryptic ENC: The Haunted Pamlico Podcast

“This short hit me so hard.”

— Henry Pham, Movies365

“an astonishing work of film craft.”

— James Learoyd, UK Film Review

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soundtrack

The As Easy As Closing Your Eyes original motion picture soundtrack by Mandy Hoffman

Awards &
Recognitions

    1. Best Narrative Short  - Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (2024)

    2. Best Cinematography  - Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (2024)

    3. Best Actress  - Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (2024)

    4. 2nd Prize Winner - Alexandre Trauner ART/Film Festival (2024)

    5. Best Sci-Fi Short - Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival (2024)

    6. Best Short Film  - Bedford International Film Festival (2024)

    7. Best Actress - The Big Sandy Film Festival (2024)

    8. Best Director - Bleeding Tree International Film Festival (2024)

    9. Best Script - Bleeding Tree International Film Festival (2024)

    10. Best Sci-Fi Short - Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest (2024)

    11. Best Actress Long Short - Brightside Film Festival (2024)

    12. Festival Treasure - Catalina Film Festival (2024)

    13. Award of Excellence Best U.S. Short - Catalina Film Festival (2024)

    14. Best of Fest Best Director - Catalina Film Festival (2024)

    15. Award of Excellence Best Actress - Catalina Film Festival (2024)

    16. Best Actress - Chatham-Kent International Film Festival (2024)

    17. Best Short Drama- Commffest Global Community Film Festival (2024)

    18. Best Film - Crossings International Film Festival (2024)

    19. Best Theme - Crossings International Film Festival (2024)

    20. Best Actress - Crossings International Film Festival (2024)

    21. Best Cinematography - Crossings International Film Festival (2024)

    22. Best Screenplay - Crossings International Film Festival (2024)

    23. Best Short Film - Curiosa Shorts (2025)

    24. Film of the Month - Curiosa Shorts (July 2024)

    25. Best Short Film - DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    26. Best Drama - DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    27. Best Director- DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    28. Best Cinematography - DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    29. Best Narrative Short Film - Driftless Film Festival (2024)

    30. Best Impact Short - Ethos Film Awards (2024)

    31. Best Director - Euboea International Short Film Festival (2024)

    32. Best Narrative Short Film - Fargo Film Festival (2025)

    33. Pick of the Month - Film Shortage (2025)

    34. Best Editing - Francigena Film Festival (2024)

    35. Best Original Score - Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid (2024)

    36. Best Short Film - Festival de Sorocaba (2024)

    37. Best Director - Festival de Sorocaba (2024)

    38. Best Actor - Festival de Sorocaba (2024)

    39. Best Actress - Festival de Sorocaba (2024)

    40. Audience Choice Award - Forest City Film Festival (2024)

    41. Top Geek Film of 2024 - Geekapalooza Film Festival (2024)

    42. Best Direction - Geekapalooza Film Festival (2024)

    43. Best Cinematography - Geekapalooza Film Festival (2024)

    44. Best Drama Short - Giddy Island Film Festival (2024)

    45. Best Short - Gloucester Independent Film Festival (2024)

    46. Best of Fest - Global Drama Project Short Film Festival (2024)

    47. Best of Fest - Golden Isles Film Festival (2024)

    48. Best Screenwriting - Hollywood Shortsfest (2024)

    49. Best Ensemble Cast - Hollywood Shortsfest (2024)

    50. Best Narrative Short - Indigo Moon Film Fest (2024)

    51. Best Sci-Fi Short Film - International Film Festival of Tàrrega i Ponent - Galacticat (2024)

    52. Best Actress - International Halicarnassus Film Festival (Session 33 2024)

    53. Best Narrative Short - International Guadalajara Film Awards (2025)

    54. Best Actress - International Guadalajara Film Awards (2025)

    55. Best Narrative Short - International Guadalajara Film Awards (May 2024)

    56. Best Actress - International Guadalajara Film Awards (May 2024)

    57. Best Narrative Short - Iris Global Health Film Festival (2024)

    58. Best Picture - Junktown Film Festival (2024)

    59. Best Actress - Junktown Film Festival (2024)

    60. Best Drama - Katonah Classic Stage Film Festival (2024)

    61. Best Narrative Short - Lake County Film Festival (2024)

    62. Best Short Film - Life Beyond Life Film Festival (2024)

    63. Best Director - Lytham International Film Festival (2024)

    64. Best Narrative - Miami Short Film Festival (2024)

    65. Best Science Fiction Short - Navarra International Film Festival (2024)

    66. Best Sci-Fi Film - New Zealand Independent Film Festival (2024)

    67. Best Cinematography - Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival (2024)

    68. Best Dramatic Short - Offshore Art & Film Festival (2024)

    69. Best Director - Off The Reel Film Festival (2024)

    70. Best Short Film - Off The Reel Film Festival (2024)

    71. Outstanding Cinematography, Short Narrative - Oil Valley Film Festival (2024)

    72. Best Editing, Short Narrative or Documentary - Oil Valley Film Festival (2024)

    73. Best Actress - On The Beach International Film Festival (2024)

    74. Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy - Oxford Shorts (2024)

    75. Best of Fest - Picture's Up Film Festival (2024)

    76. Best Director - Picture's Up Film Festival (2024)

    77. Best Actor - Picture's Up Film Festival (2024)

    78. Best Actress - Picture's Up Film Festival (2024)

    79. Best Direction - Pink City International Short Film Festival (2024)

    80. Best Editing - Pink City International Short Film Festival (2024)

    81. Best Science Fiction Short - Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival (2024)

    82. Best Actress - Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival (2024)

    83. Best Director - Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival (2024)

    84. Best Drama - Pottstown Film Festival (2024)

    85. Best Dramatic Short - PrairieFest Film Showcase (2024)

    86. Best Original Story - PrairieFest Film Showcase (2024)

    87. Best Cinematography - PrairieFest Film Showcase (2024)

    88. Best Soundtrack - PrairieFest Film Showcase (2024)

    89. Best Short - PressPlay Cinema Film Festival (2024)

    90. Best Director - PrairieFest Film Showcase (2024)

    91. Best Story - Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    92. Best Actress - Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    93. Best Editing - Richmond InternationalScreenwriting and Film Festival (2024)

    94. Best Actress - Rock the Shorts Film Festival (2024)

    95. Best Short Film - Roosevelt Island Film Festival (2024)

    96. Best Sci-Fi Short - Roosevelt Island Film Festival (2024)

    97. Best Director - Roosevelt Island Film Festival (2024)

    98. Best Actress - Roosevelt Island Film Festival (2024)

    99. Best Cinematography - SacFilmChallenge Music & Film Festival (2024)

    100. Best Short Film - SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival (June 2024)

    101. Award of Excellence - Best Editing - San Diego Movie Awards ( Summer 2024)

    102. Award of Excellence - Best Original Score - San Diego Movie Awards ( Summer 2024)

    103. Best International Short - Salento International Film Festival (2024)

    104. Best Drama - Salt City Film Fest (2024)

    105. Best Dramatic Short Film - San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (2024)

    106. Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    107. Best Screenplay - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    108. Best Editing - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    109. Best Short Film - Sandy Film Festival (2024)

    110. Best Writers - Santa Paula Film Festival (2024)

    111. Best in Fest - Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    112. Best - SciFi - Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    113. Best Director – Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    114. Best Screenplay – Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    115. Best Supporting Performer - Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    116. Best Performance by a Cast – Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    117. Best Cinematography – Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    118. Best Production Design – Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    119. Best Sound Design – Featurette - Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    120. Best - SciFi Film - Short. Sweet. Film Fest (2024)

    121. Best Dramatic Short - Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival (2024)

    122. Outstanding Actress Performance In A Short Film - Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival (2024)

    123. Best Director - Sky Arts Film Festival (2024)

    124. Best International Short Over 15 Minutes - Starburst International Film Festival (2024)

    125. Mad As Birds' 'Golden Feather' Award - Starling Film Festival (2024)

    126. Best Short Feature - Starling Film Festival (2024)

    127. Best Original Score / Soundtrack- Stockholm Minimal - International Film Festival (2024)

    128. Best Picture - StoryMode Independent Short Film Awards (2024)

    129. Best Long-Form Short - StoryMode Independent Short Film Awards (2024)

    130. Audience Award - StoryMode Independent Short Film Awards (2024)

    131. Best Sci-Fi Short - Studio City International Film Festival (2024)

    132. Best Screenplay -Swindon Independent Film Festival (2024)

    133. Audience Award for Best of Fest -Temecula Valley Film Festival (2024)

    134. Best Indie Short - Touchstone Independent Film Festival (June 2024)

    135. Best Director - Touchstone Independent Film Festival (June 2024)

    136. Best Actor - Touchstone Independent Film Festival (June 2024)

    137. Best Actress - Touchstone Independent Film Festival (June 2024)

    138. Best Cinematography - Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    139. Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short - UUCP Film Fest (2025)

    140. Best Short Narrative Film - West Sound Film Festival (2024)

    141. Best Short Film - Yes Film Festival (2024)

    142. Best Actress - Youngstown Film Festival (2024)

    143. Cinematography - Youngstown Film Festival (2024)

    144. Best Poster - Youngstown Film Festival (2024)

    1. Best Director - Richmond International Screenwriting and Film Festival (2024)

    1. Honorable Mention - Cindependent Film Festival (2024)

    2. Honorable Mention - Festival de Cine Antigua (2024)

    3. Honorable Mention - Francigena Film Festival (2024)

    4. Honorable Mention - Margate Film Festival (2024)

    5. Honorable Mention - Momoxca International Fantastic Film Festival (2024)

    6. Honorable Mention - Riviera Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh film Award (2024)

    7. Honorable Mention - Pembroke Taparellli Arts and Film Festival (2024)

    8. Honorable Mention - Piano B Film Festival (2024)

    9. Best Director - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    10. Best Hair & Makeup - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    11. Best SFX-VFX - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    12. Honorable Mention - Wild Rover Film Festival (2024)

    1. Finalist - Alta Marea Festival (2024)

    2. Finalist for Best of Fest - Bleeding Tree International Film Festival (2024)

    3. Finalist - CineFest - Festival de Cinema Ao Ar Livre (2024)

    4. Finalist - Counterpunch Film Festival (2024)

    5. Finalist - GRU International Film Awards (2024)

    6. Finalist - International Film Festival The Hague (2024)

    7. Finalist - Mirda Corta Short Film Festival (2024)

    8. Finalist - Route 66 Film Festival (2024)

    9. Finalist - SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival (2024)

    10. Finalist - Saskatchewan International Film Festival (2024)

    11. Finalist - Southeast Asia International Film Festival (2024)

    12. Finalist - Tony Curtis International Film Festival (2024)

    1. Semi Finalist - International Film and Entertainment Festival Awards (2024)

    2. Semi Finalist - Venezia shorts (2024)

    1. Nominee for Best Visual Effects - AFIN International Film Festival (2024)

    2. Nominee for Best Drama - The Bridgeport Film Fest (2024)

    3. Nominee for Best Actor - The Bridgeport Film Fest (2024)

    4. Nominee for Achievement in Writing- The Bridgeport Film Fest (2024)

    5. Nominee for Best Editing - The Bridgeport Film Fest (2024)

    6. Nominee for Best Long Short - Brightside Film Festival (2024)

    7. Nominee for Director Long Short - Brightside Film Festival (2024)

    8. Nominee for Best Cinematography - Brightside Film Festival (2024)

    9. Nominee - Festival de Cine Antigua (2024)

    10. Nominee for Best Actress - DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    11. Nominee for Best Acting Ensemble  - DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    12. Nominee for Best Soundscape - DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    13. Nominee for Best Editing- DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    14. Nominee for Best Art and Design - DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    15. Nominee for Best Narrative Short - International Guadalajara Film Awards (May 2025)

    16. Nominee for Best Actress - International Guadalajara Film Awards (May 2025)

    17. Nominee for Best Director - International Guadalajara Film Awards (May 2025)

    18. Nominee Best Original Score - International Sound & Film Music Festival (2024)

    19. Nominee - Louth International Film Festival (2024)

    20. Nominee for Outstanding Sci-Fi / Fantasy - Micheaux Film Festival (2024)

    21. Nominee - Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (2024)

    22. Nominee for Best Sci-Fi Short Film - Newark Independent Film Festival (2024)

    23. Nominee for Spirit Award - Newark Independent Film Festival (2024)

    24. Nominee for Committee’s Choice Award - Newark Independent Film Festival (2024)

    25. Nominee for Music / Score - Oxford Shorts (2024)

    26. Nominee for Best Screenplay - Oxford Shorts (2024)

    27. Nominee for Best Actress - Oxford Shorts (2024)

    28. Nominee Best International Film - Richmond International Screenwriting and Film Festival (2024)

    29. Nominee Best Director - Richmond International Screenwriting and Film Festival (2024)

    30. Nominee Best Score - Richmond International Screenwriting and Film Festival (2024)

    31. Nominee for Best Gene Film - Picture's Up Film Festival (2024)

    32. Nominee for Best Screenplay - Picture's Up Film Festival (2024)

    33. Nominee for Best Short - Queen City Film Festival (2024)

    34. Nominee for Best Director - Queen City Film Festival (2024)

    35. Nominee for Best Screenplay - Queen City Film Festival (2024)

    36. Nominee for Best Actress - Queen City Film Festival (2024)

    37. Nominee for Best Cinematography - Queen City Film Festival (2024)

    38. Nominee for Best Narrative Short - Red Rose Film Festival (2024)

    39. Nominee for Best Short - Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    40. Nominee for Best Drama - Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    41. Nominee for Best Cinematography - Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    42. Nominee for Best Actor - Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    43. Nominee for Best Director - Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    44. Best Actor in a Lead Role - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    45. Best Actor in Supporting Role - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    46. Best Actor in a Juvenile Role - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    47. Best Cinematography - San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    48. Best Sci-Fi Film - South Pacific Film Festival (2024)

    49. Nominee for Best Narrative Long Short - Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival (2024)

    50. Nominee for Best Ensemble Cast - Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival (2024)

    51. Nominee for Best of Fest - Sky Arts Film Festival (2024)

    52. Nominee for Best Narrative Short - Sky Arts Film Festival (2024)

    53. Nominee for Best Actress - Sky Arts Film Festival (2024)

    54. Nominee for Best Actor - Sky Arts Film Festival (2024)

    55. Nominee for Best Sci-Fi - Soho London IndependentFilm Festival (2024)

    56. Nominee for Best International Film - Soho London IndependentFilm Festival (2024)

    57. Nominee for Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film - Tampa Bay Underground Film FestivalNominee for Best Short Film - Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    58. Nominee for Best Director - Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    59. Nominee for Best Screenplay - Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    60. Nominee for Best Editing - Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    61. Nominee for Best Actor - Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    62. Nominee for Best Actress - Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    63. Nominee for the Special International Award of Merit - West Lothian Film Festival (2024)

    64. Nominee for Best Narrative Short - West Kortright Center Film Festival (2024)

    65. Nominee - Wild Rover Film Festival (2024)

    66. Nominee Best Short - Youngstown Film Festival (2024)

    67. Nominee Best Director - Youngstown Film Festival (2024)

    1. AFIN International Film Festival (2024)

    2. Aladerri International Film Festival (2024)

    3. Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (2024)

    4. Alexandre Trauner ART/Film Festival (2024)

    5. Allentown Film Festival (2024)

    6. Alta Marea Festival (2024)

    7. ARK GATE International Film Festival (2024)

    8. Ashland Independent Film Festival (2024)

    9. Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival (2024)

    10. Aravali International Film Festival (2024)

    11. Baltimore Next Media Web Fest (2024)

    12. Bedford International Film Festival (2024)

    13. Beeston Film Festival (2024)

    14. Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest (2024)

    15. Beyond Border International Film Festival (2024)

    16. Big Sandy Film Festival (2024)

    17. BJX Bajío International Film Festival (2024)

    18. Black Bear Film Festival (2024)

    19. Bleeding Tree International Film Festival (2024)

    20. Bloody Peach Film Festival (2024)

    21. Bogura International Film festival (2024)

    22. Bollywood Hollywood Film Festival Las Vegas (2024)

    23. Bridgeport Film Fest (2024)

    24. Brightside Film Festival (2024)

    25. Cambria Film Festival (2024)

    26. Catalina Film Festival (2024)

    27. Carnival of Darkness: The Haunted Pamlico Film Festival (2024)

    28. Central Florida Film Festival (2024)

    29. Chambana Film Festival (2024)

    30. Chania Film Festival (2024)

    31. Chatham-Kent International Film Festival (2024)

    32. CineFest - Festival de Cinema Ao Ar Livre (2024)

    33. Cinematografica (2024)

    34. Commffest Global Community Film Festival (2024)

    35. Compton's Hub City International Film Festival (2024)

    36. Crossing the Screen - Eastbourne International Film Festival (2024)

    37. Crossings International Film Festival (2024)

    38. Counterpunch Film Festival (2024)

    39. Curiosa Shorts (July 2024)

    40. Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival (2024)

    41. Dalmatia Film Festival (2024)

    42. DC After Dark International Film Festival (2024)

    43. DIFF Shorts Film Festival (2024)

    44. Dili International Film Festival (2024)

    45. Driftless Film Festival (2024)

    46. East Lansing Film Festival (2024)

    47. El Paso Film Festival (2024)

    48. Ethos Film Awards (2024)

    49. EmpowerHer Film Festival (2024)

    50. Euboea International Short Film Festival (2024)

    51. Fargo Film Festival (2025)

    52. Festival de Cine Antigua (2024)

    53. Festival de Sorocaba (2024)

    54. Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid (2024)

    55. Festival Kino Bled (2024)

    56. Flagstaff International Film Festival (2024)

    57. fliXfest Film Festival (2024)

    58. Forest City Film Festival (2024)

    59. Four Corners Film Festival (2024)

    60. Francigena Film Festival (2024)

    61. Full Bloom Film Festival (2024)

    62. Garden State Film Festival (2024)

    63. Geekapalooza Film Festival (2024)

    64. Giddy Island Film Festival (2024)

    65. Global Drama Project Short Film Festival (2024)

    66. Gloucester Independent Film Festival (2024)

    67. Goddess on the Throne Film Festival Kosova (2024)

    68. Golden Isles Film Festival (2024)

    69. GRU International Film Awards (2024)

    70. Guttercast (2024)

    71. Heart of Gold International Film Festival (2024)

    72. Hobnobben Film Festival (2024)

    73. Hollywood Shortsfest (2024)

    74. Hub City Film Festival (2024)

    75. Indigo Moon Film Fest (2024)

    76. Idromeno Independent Film Festival (2024)

    77. Imagination Films International Festival (2024)

    78. International Asto Short Film Festival (2024)

    79. International Film Festival of Tàrrega i Ponent - Galacticat (2024)

    80. International Film Festival The Hague (2024)

    81. International Guadalajara Film Awards (May 2024)

    82. International Halicarnassus Film Festival (Session 33 2024)

    83. International Sound & Film Music Festival (2024)

    84. Junktown Film Festival (2024)

    85. Iris Global Health Film Festival (2024)

    86. Katonah Classic Stage Film Festival (2024)

    87. LA Shorts International Film Festival (2024)

    88. Lake County Film Festival (2024)

    89. Life Beyond Life Film Festival (2024)

    90. Louth International Film Festival (2024)

    91. Lytham International Film Festival (2024)

    92. Athens Marathon International Film Festival (2024)

    93. McMinnville Short Film Festival (2024)

    94. Meath Film Festival (2024)

    95. Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes-Milan-Athens (2024)

    96. Meglio Matti Che Corti (2024)

    97. Mentone Film Festival (2024)

    98. Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (2024)

    99. Miami Short Film Festival (2024)

    100. MIBBB Film Festival (2024)

    101. Micheaux Film Festival (2024)

    102. Mighty Mac Fest (hosted by the Saint Ignace Film Festival) (2024)

    103. Mirda Corta Short Film Festival (2024)

    104. Momoxca International Fantastic Film Festival (2024)

    105. Monadnock International Film Festival (2024)

    106. Montevideo Fantástico (2024)

    107. Moorpark Film Festival (2024)

    108. Muses Film Awards - Levadia International Film Festival (2024)

    109. Navarra International Film Festival (2024)

    110. Newark Independent Film Festival (2024)

    111. Newport Beach Film Festival (2024)

    112. New Zealand Independent Film Festival (2024)

    113. Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival  (2024)

    114. Northern Lights Fantastic Film Festival (2024)

    115. Nosebleeds Film Festival (2024)

    116. Off The Reel Film Festival (2024)

    117. Offshore Art & Film Festival (2024)

    118. Oil Valley Film Festival (2024)

    119. On The Beach International Film Festival (2024)

    120. Ostia International Film Festival (2024)

    121. Ottawa Film Festival (2024)

    122. Oxford Shorts (2024)

    123. Peachtree Village International Film Festival (2024)

    124. Pembroke Taparellli Arts and Film Festival (2024)

    125. Phoenix Film Festival (2024)

    126. P'tits Beurres Festival (2024)

    127. Picture's Up Film Festival (2024)

    128. Pink City International Short Film Festival (2024)

    129. Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival (2024)

    130. Poulsbo Film Festival (2024)

    131. Pottstown Film Festival (2024)

    132. PrairieFest Film Showcase (2024)

    133. Premio Fausto Rossano (2024)

    134. PressPlay Cinema Film Festival (2024)

    135. Pumpkin Fantasy Film Festival (2024)

    136. Queen City Film Festival (2024)

    137. Reading Film Fest (2024)

    138. Real to Reel International Film Festival (2024)

    139. Red Rose Film Festival (2024)

    140. Return International Film & Art Festival (2024)

    141. Revolution Me Film Festival (2024)

    142. Richmond International Screenwriting and Film Festival (2024)

    143. Ridgway Independent Film Festival (2024)

    144. Riviera Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh film Award (2024)

    145. Rock the Shorts Film Festival (2024)

    146. Roosevelt Island Film Festival (2024)

    147. Route 66 Film Festival (2024)

    148. SacFilmChallenge Music & Film Festival (2024)

    149. Salento International Film Festival (2024)

    150. Salt City Film Fest (2024)

    151. SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival (June 2024)

    152. Santiago World Film Festival (2024)

    153. San Diego Movie Awards (Summer 2024)

    154. San Diego Short Film Festival (2025)

    155. Sandy Film Festival (2024)

    156. San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (2024)

    157. Santa Paula Film Festival (2024)

    158. Saskatchewan International Film Festival (2024)

    159. Scorpiusfest (2024)

    160. Seattle Film Summit (2024)

    161. Serbest International Film Festival (2024)

    162. Sherman Oaks Film Festival (2024)

    163. Short Focus Film Festival (2024)

    164. Short. Sweet. Film Fest (2024)

    165. Sigmund Freud Festival & Challenge (2024)

    166. Silver Frame Film Festival (2024)

    167. Sioux City International Film Festival (2024)

    168. Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival (2024)

    169. Sky Arts Film Festival (2024)

    170. Soho London IndependentFilm Festival (2024)

    171. South Dakota Film Festival (2024)

    172. South Pacific Film Festival (2024)

    173. Southeast Asia International Film Festival (2024)

    174. Southern Screen Festival (2024)

    175. Starburst International Film Festival (2024)

    176. Starling Film Festival (2024)

    177. Stockholm Minimal - International Film Festival (2024)

    178. StoryMode Independent Short Film Awards (2024)

    179. Studio City International Film Festival (2024)

    180. Super Shorts Hackney (2024)

    181. Swindon Independent Film Festival (2024)

    182. Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival (2024)

    183. Temecula Valley Film Festival (2024)

    184. The Film Collective Short Film Festival (2024)

    185. The Indie Revival (2024)

    186. Third Culture Film Festival (2024)

    187. Thurrock Screen Culture Festival (2024)

    188. Tony Curtis International Film Festival (2024)

    189. Touchstone Independent Film Festival (June 2024)

    190. Treasure Coast International Film Festival (2024)

    191. Trieste Science+fiction Festival (2024)

    192. Tylerman International Social Awareness Film Festival (2024)

    193. UUCP Film Fest (2025)

    194. Venezia shorts (2024)

    195. Vermont Film Festival (2024)

    196. Victory International Film Festival (2024)

    197. Visionaries Film Festival (2024)

    198. Wallachia Int'l Film Festival (2024)

    199. We Make Movies International Film Festival (2024)

    200. West Bengal Short Film Festival (2024)

    201. West Kortright Center Film Festival (2024)

    202. West Lothian Film Festival (2024)

    203. West Sound Film Festival (2024)

    204. Wild Rover Film Festival (2024)

    205. Winterland Impact Festival (2024)

    206. WTF Film Festival (2024)

    207. Yes Film Festival (2024)

    208. Youngstown Film Festival (2024)

    209. Yule Film Fest (2024)

TECHNICAL information & Credits

  • EXHIBITION FORMATS   I   DCP , ProRes 4444XQ, ProRes 422HQ, H.264
    ASPECT RATIO   I   2.39:1
    RESOLUTION   I  2048 x 858
    SOUND   I  5.1 CH, STEREO
    FRAME RATE   I  24 FPS
    RUNNING TIME   I  21 MIN
    COLOR   I  COLOR
    COUNTRY OF ORIGIN  I  U.S.A.
    LANGUAGE  I  ENGLISH
    YEAR  I  2024
    WORLD PREMIERE  I  LA SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

  • A PAPER HORSE PICTURES PRODUCTION

    IN ASSOCIATION WITH LONDON BLUE

    DIRECTED BY PARKER CROFT
    SCREENPLAY BY AARON GOLDEN, PARKER CROFT
    PRODUCERS MAX LOEB, PARKER CROFT, AARON GOLDEN, CHRIS BLIM, LAURA COOVER

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ABIGAIL BRESLIN, JON MICHAEL HILL, CAREN MCVICKER, JOE MCVICKER

    CO-PRODUCERS ROBBIE KAY, ASHLEY OLDS

    CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ERIN DREVER, ERICA ELIAS, NATHAN ELIAS, PETER FRIEDMANN, DANIEL GOLDEN, GAIL GOLDEN, JOSH GOLDEN, PAULA GOLDEN, AMY GOTTLIEB, KEITH JOHNSON, LUCIA JOHNSON, PATRICK TEWS

    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ZAKAREE SANDBERG
    PRODUCTION DESIGNER KILBY RODELL
    MUSIC BY MANDY HOFFMAN
    VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR TIMOTHY STEVENS-EUSTACE
    CASTING DIRECTOR ASHLEY OLDS

    CAST (In Order of Appearance)
    DEBBIE   I   SHARON POWERS
    LILA   I   LAURA COOVER
    DANCING MAN   I   DOUG FAGER
    KIERAN   I   SEAN MARQUETTE
    BODIE   I   DAWSON SWEENEY
    MATT   I   HENRY FOSTER BROWN
    AM-AN LEADER   I   BRIAN FOYSTER
    CAROL (VOICE)   I  NANCY LINARI

    BACKGROUND
    MONIQUE ALDRED, MARK ALLAN, LARRY ANDREWS, KERRI VAN AUKEN, STEVEN BASIL, RAY CECIRE, DEVEON CHAPPLE, MATT GALLAGHER, JOHN IDAKITIS, DRAKE PIERRE, HAYLEY RAAD, JENNIFER SCIBETTA, STEFFANIE TOLLEY,
    CHRISTIAN YEAGER

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER NOLAN GOULD
    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MAX LOEB
    ART DIRECTOR ANGIE PARRISH
    ASSISTANT CAMERA CHRIS BLIM
    CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIAN RAPHA BOSOMBA
    KEY GRIP DIEGO PATINO
    GRIP KEITH SHATTLE
    SOUND MIXER AARON GOLDEN
    HAIR/MAKE-UP AUSTYN CUCCIA
    CONTACT LENS PAINTER KEVIN CARTER
    ADDITIONAL SET DECORATOR KIA TYRELL MALLON
    ILLUSTRATIONS BY KOLTER HODGSON
    PROP DESIGNER & BUILDER JEREMY HENDRICKS
    PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS XAVIER DUBON, JOHN ALFORD
    SET PHOTOGRAPHERS ROBBIE KAY, XAVIER DUBON
    SET TEACHERS LAURA GARY, BETTINA RUSSO
    LOCATION MANAGER: CINEMA TOWN STUDIOS MANOOSH NABAVI
    LOCATION MANAGER: UUC OF STUDIO CITY CHADIE FAUST
    EDITOR PARKER CROFT

    COLOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY RARE MEDIUM
    COLOR PRODUCER HEATH RAYMOND
    COLORIST JOSH BOHOSKEY
    COLOR ASSISTANT ALEX FRANKLAND

    POST SOUND SERVICES PROVIDED BY PINNACLE SOUND
    RE-RECORDING MIXER IAN CHASE
    SOUND EDITOR IAN CHASE
    SOUND DESIGNER JANE FARMER
    SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR SHAWN TISCHLER
    POST AUDIO COORDINATOR APRIL LAMB
    SCORE MIXED BY ROY HENDRICKSON
    SCORE PERFORMED BY F.A.M.E.’S ORCHESTRA, MANDY HOFFMAN

    SONGS
    ”BIRTHDAY PAST“
    WRITTEN & PREFORMED BY JOSEPH BROOKS ORGAN

    INSURANCE SERVICES PROVIDED BY IRENE QUINTERO
    MOMENTOUS INSURANCE BROKERAGE, A MARSH MCLENNAN AGENCY COMPANY

    CASTING SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED BY BREAKDOWN SERVICES

    FILM EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY BIRDFACE, GOOD HAMMER, MEALBOX INDUSTRIAL, WOODEN NICKEL

    PRODUCED WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE OMIDYAR NETWORK THROUGH THE SEED&SPARK PATRONS' CIRCLE AND THEIR FISCAL SPONSOR OPEN COLLECTIVE

    AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS:

    MARK ALLAN, JOE ANDERSON, EVAN BERNSTEIN, SYLVIA BERNSTEIN, SUSAN BORELLI, LEAH COX, LINDSAY EDELSTEIN, DAVID EISENSTEIN, KATE EISENSTEIN, KRISTINA FLANAGAN, MARK FRIEDMANN, TAZ FUSTOK, RAMZY GALIL, EDDIE GARCIA, GINA GIANI, MIRIAM GOLDEN, NATHAN GOLDEN, KATIN GORSLINE, IVAN KAY, STEPH KAY, MOLLY KIM, JORDAN KOLASINSKI, LUKE KUPERSMITH, BONNIE LOEB, MICHAEL MARTIN, SONJA MEREU, DREW MICHAEL, CAMILLA KAY MILAN, SAM PRESSMAN, HAYLEY RAAD, MATTHEW REIS, ERIC SAGOTSKY, CHRIS SILCOX, KIM SMITH, KATE WEBB, JONNY WEXLER

    THE PRODUCERS WISH TO THANK LEAH BREUER, JONATHAN BUCHANAN, ELISA CROFT, PARKER CROFT JR., KATE DOWD, KATHERINE HUGHES, ELLEN JONES, SETH KUPERSMITH, BEZ MARTINEZ, JULIET MCVICKER, JOSEPH ORGAN, DRAKE PIERRE, JOHN SAYLES, HANNA STEIN, ASHLEY SWEENEY, TREY TERPELUK, MICHAEL TOBIN

    DEDICATED TO MICHAEL BRESLIN, MONICA CROFT, PARKER CROFT SR., VIC ELIAS, PAULA GOLDEN, SAM GOLDEN, TOM GUTTERIDGE, PHYLLIS HARTMANN, WALTER HARTMANN, ELI HORTON, HARRIET JOHNSON, CALEB KUPERSMITH, HAMILTON LOEB, JANICERAE OLDS, JOHN THOMAS SANDBERG, GEORGE SAS, MARSHALL WEBB, DAN WEIKSNER