Ava needs to record a self-tape but her speech impediment keeps getting in the way.
Interview with League of Filmmakers
WINNER – Audience Choice Award – New York City Horror Film Festival 2025
WINNER – Best Micro Short – Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival 2025
WINNER – Best Short Film Performance (Alexa Smith) – Dark Nights Film Fest 2025
WINNER – The STABBY Road Choice Award / Eye of the Judges – Scared For Your LIIFE 2025
Nominee – Best Writing (Short Film) – Nightmares Film Festival
Nominee – Best Horror Short Film – GenreBlast Film Festival 2025
Nominee – Best F/X Short Film – GenreBlast Film Festival 2025
Nominee – Best Mini-Short Film – Terror in the Bay Film Festival 2025
Nominee – Best Best Makeup – Spooky Empire Horror Film Festival 2025
Nominee – Best Practical Effects – Spooky Empire Horror Film Festival 2025
Nominee – Best Sound Design – Spooky Empire Horror Film Festival 2025
Nominee – Best Screenplay – Terror on the Plains Horror Film Festival 2025
Official Selection:
Popcorn Frights Film Festival – August 9, 2025 – Hollywood, Florida
FrightFest – August 22, 2025 – London, United Kingdom
GenreBlast Film Festival – August 30, 2025 – Winchester, Virginia
MOTELX Lisbon International Horror Film Festival – September 10, 2025 – Portugal
HorrOrigins Film Festival – September 26, 2025 – Tuscon, Arizona
Terror on the Plains Horror Film Festival – September 26, 2025 – Kansas City, Kansas
Port of Fear Film Festival – October 4, 2025 – Kenosha, Wisconsin
Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival – October 4, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Halloweenapalooza – October 11, 2025 – Ottumwa, Iowa
The Dead of Night Film Festival – October 12, 2025 – Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Dark Nights Film Fest – October 12, 2025 – Sydney , Australia
Nightmares Film Festival – October 17, 2025 – Columbus, Ohio
Hellifax Horror Fest – October 17, 2025 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Terror In The Bay Film Festival – October 18, 2025 – Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest – October 18, 2025 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival – October 24, 2025 – Bruges, Belgium
Festival Internacional de Cine Friki – October 25, 2025 – Quito, Ecuador
Lund Fantastic Film Festival – October 30, 2025 – Lund, Sweden
FilmQuest – October 31, 2025 – Provo, Utah
Spooky Empire Film Festival – October 31 & November 1, 2025 – Orlando, Florida
Terror-Fi Film Festival – November 1, 2025 – Wellington, New Zealand
Smodcastle HorrorFest – November 1, 2025 – Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Mórbido Fest – November 8, 2025 – Mexico City, Mexico
Anomaly – The Rochester Genre Film Festival – November 8, 2025 – Rochester, New York
Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival – November 29, 2025 – Saskatchewan, Canada
New York City Horror Film Festival – December 7, 2025 – New York, New York
Scared For Your LIIFE – December 13, 2025 – Huntington, New York
Days of the Dead Film Festival – February 20-22, 2026 – Atlanta, Georgia
Landshut Short Film Festival – March 14, 2026 – Bavaria, Germany
HorrorHound Film Festival – March 20-22, 2026 – Cincinnati, Ohio
Screamiverse Expo – April 18-19, 2026 – Roanoke, Virginia
Cast:
Alexa Smith
Sunny Makwana
Chelsea Carpenter
Written/Directed/Produced by Rafael De Leon Jr.
Makeup FX: Anthony DiFolco
Cinematographer & Editor: Rafael De Leon Jr.
Sound Recordist: Raymond Rodriguez
Production Assistant: Stephanie Carhuayano
Rafael De Leon Jr. 