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2020
United States
15 mins
English, Japanese
NYC Premiere
Winter FEAR Awards Horror Film Competition
| Devin Haqq | |
| Korey Jackson | |
| Kana Hatakeyama (Kanako), Catherine Curtin (The Stranger) |
A young single mother struggles against ominous forces, whom she believes are bent on taking her infant daughter. This chilling female-driven narrative stars three phenomenal women from the de facto Netflix Ensemble, Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black), Kana Hatakeyama (Orange is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Maho Honda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Maniac).
About the Director
Devin E. Haqq is an IFP alumni and a Semi-Finalist for the HBOAccess 2020 Directing Fellowship. He directed the feature film Ambition’s Debt, which won the 2017 Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the prestigious American Black Film Festival (ABFF) and the 2018 Paul Robeson Award-Honorable Mention at the Newark Black Film Festival. He recently produced the short film Cupids, which had its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival as part of the 8:46 Films Initiative.
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Awards
2020 LA Shorts International Film Festival (USA) – Nominee Best Horror
2020 SHORT to the Point: Bucharest – August Award Nominee Best Horror
2020 Venice Shorts Film Awards – October Winner Best U.S. Thriller
2020 Toronto Shorts International Film Festival (Canada) – Nominee Best Foreign Film
