Rachels Don't Run — No Signal Films

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.

(The film above is currently only available in North America)
Available on Canal+ in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg here ︎︎︎
Available on Canal+ Poland here ︎︎︎

Available on Samansa in Japan, South Korea and Indonesia here ︎︎︎

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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

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
Tacoma 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
Lake Stevens Film Festival 2022 | USA
American Film Festival of Poland 2021 | Wroclaw, Poland
Anchorage Film Festival 2021 | USA
Yountville International Film Festival 2023 | USA
Shorts Attack | Various Screenings across Germany
Hochschulfilmclub Screening 2023 | Germany
Cinemaforum Film Festival 2021 | Warsaw, Poland
Maniatic Film Festival 2021 | Manises, Spain
Madrid Sci-Fi Film Festival 2021 | Spain

Press

The New Yorker ︎︎︎
Fantasia ︎︎︎
Eye for Film ︎︎︎
Letterboxd ︎︎︎
AIPT ︎︎︎
Upcoming on screen ︎︎︎
Ubiquarian @NIFFF ︎︎︎
Testkammer (German) ︎︎︎
B and S Movies ︎︎︎