Everything Is Out To Get Me (Short)

DIRECTOR: DUSTIN CURTIS MURPHY

PRODUCERS: DUSTIN CURTIS MURPHY & JOSHUA CARRINGTON BIRCH

PRODUCTION COMPANY: KINO SHORT FILM

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FORMAT: ARRI SR3  / 250D / CANON 8-64MM

A 1950’S HOUSEWIFE, STRUGGLING WITH HER MENTAL HEALTH, REFLECTS ON HER FAILED MARRIAGE AND HISTORY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. HER DEPRESSION IS FUELED BY THE FACT THAT HER EX-HUSBAND NOW APPEARS TO BE HAPPILY RE-MARRIED WITH A NEWBORN BABY. BUT THERE’S MORE TO HIS HAPPINESS THAN MEETS THE EYE.

NOMINEE, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – BRITISH SHORT FILM AWARDS (2023)

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