Rachels Don’t Run (2021)
While monitoring late-night calls at an AI companionship service, lonely customer support agent Leah impersonates an artificial dream girl to chat with the regular caller for whom she's developed feelings.
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Inga Diev
Ouat Media
www.ouatmedia.com
info@ouatmedia.com
Credits— Cast
Leah - Sera Barbieri
Isaac - Anthony Shipway
Rachel - Nora Tjossem
Credits— Crew
Countries of production - France & USA
Director - Joanny Causse
Co-Writer - Steph Kwiatkowski
Production - No Signal Films
Director of photography - Jacob Rosen
Production designer - Anastasia Mikolyuk
Field sound - Brian Binning
1st AC - Maurice Morales
Gaffer - Kevin Cook
Grip - Mark Bueing
Production assistants - Casey Grosso, Tyler Small
Editing & VFX - Joanny Causse
Post art director - Roberto Brambila
Colorist - Arianna Shining Star
Sound mix - The Dub Stage
Sound editor - Rob Marshall
Sound mixing - Marti Humphrey, Rob Marshall
Casting - Melissa Baldauf, Big Fish Northwest
Additional voices - Amanda Yeoman Brooke, Thomas Moir, Rex Anderson
Poster design - Roberto Brambila
Inga Diev
Ouat Media
www.ouatmedia.com
info@ouatmedia.com
Credits— Cast
Leah - Sera Barbieri
Isaac - Anthony Shipway
Rachel - Nora Tjossem
Credits— Crew
Countries of production - France & USA
Director - Joanny Causse
Co-Writer - Steph Kwiatkowski
Production - No Signal Films
Director of photography - Jacob Rosen
Production designer - Anastasia Mikolyuk
Field sound - Brian Binning
1st AC - Maurice Morales
Gaffer - Kevin Cook
Grip - Mark Bueing
Production assistants - Casey Grosso, Tyler Small
Editing & VFX - Joanny Causse
Post art director - Roberto Brambila
Colorist - Arianna Shining Star
Sound mix - The Dub Stage
Sound editor - Rob Marshall
Sound mixing - Marti Humphrey, Rob Marshall
Casting - Melissa Baldauf, Big Fish Northwest
Additional voices - Amanda Yeoman Brooke, Thomas Moir, Rex Anderson
Poster design - Roberto Brambila
Awards
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Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film
Seattle International Film Festival 2022 -
Jury Award for Best Screenplay
Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 -
Jury Award for Best Short Film
London Sci-Fi Film Festival 2022 -
Jury Awards for Best Director and Best Performance
North Bend Film Festival 2022 -
Jury Award for Best Short
Lake Stevens Film Festival 2022 -
Jury Honorable Mentions in Genre and Local categories
Salute Your Shorts 2022 -
Jury Honorable Mention
Tacoma International Film Festival 2022 -
Jury Award for Best Actress
Les Intergalactiques de Lyon 2022 -
Jury Award for Best Actress
Maniatic Film Festival 2021 -
Jury Award for Best Screenplay
Madrid Sci-Fi Film Festival 2021
Past screenings
- Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 (Premiere) | Montreal, Canada
- Seattle International Film Festival 2022 | USA
- Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2022 | Switzerland
- Interfilm Berlin 2022 | Germany
- Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2022 | Switzerland
- Leuven Kortfilmfestival 2022 | Belgium
- Trieste Science+Fiction Film Festival 2022 . Méliès d’Argent competition | Italy
- Razor Reel International Film Festival 2022 | Belgium
- Go Short 2022 | Nijmegen, Netherlands
- North Bend Film Festival 2022 | USA
- London Sci-Fi Film Festival 2022 | UK
- Salute Your Shorts 2022 | USA
- Les Intergalactiques de Lyon 2022 | France
- Boston Sci-Fi 2022 | USA
- Julian Dubuque International Film Festival 2022 | USA
- American Film Festival of Poland 2021 | Wroclaw, Poland
- Anchorage Film Festival 2021 | USA
- Cinemaforum Film Festival 2021 | Warsaw, Poland
- Maniatic Film Festival 2021 | Manises, Spain
- Madrid Sci-Fi Film Festival 2021 | Spain
Press
Fantasia ︎︎︎
Eye for Film ︎︎︎
Letterboxd ︎︎︎
AIPT ︎︎︎
Upcoming on screen ︎︎︎
Ubiquarian @NIFFF ︎︎︎
Testkammer (German) ︎︎︎
B and S Movies ︎︎︎