Official selection of:

... and more!

Awards and Honors

Atlanta Shortsfest (Best Mini Short Nominee)

Arizona Short Film Festival  (Best Short Nominee)

Bridgeport Film Fest (Achievement in Writing Nominee)
LA Femme Short Film Festival (Best Idea Winner)

Museum of the Moving Image - Black History Film Festival screening

Women X Film Festival (Rising Star Award)

Seattle Queer Film Festival (Honorable Mention Best Short Film)


With support from: The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts.


Recipient of the 2022 NYC Women's Fund for Media Music and Theatre.



Cast and Crew


Nya -- Chloe Harper-Smith

Maw Maw -- Shantel Moses

Kyiv -- Matthew Vasquez

Writer/Director/Producer/Editor -- Averi Israel

Director of Photography -- Erin Trout

Gaffer -- Ryan Hamelin

AD -- Caitlin Wells

Sound -- Mason Coburn

Camera Operator -- Steven Tong

Assistant Camera Operator -- Yuri Inoue

Key Grip -- Hector ‘Ace’ Vargas

Composer -- Aviva Jaye

2nd AD -- Ana Ribeiro

Makeup -- Ruth Black

Wardrobe -- Alexis Atkinson

Wardrobe -- Faith Cooper

PA -- Victor Chang

PA -- Rishi Chhapolia