WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ELLIE HARTRANFT

PRODUCED BY MEGAN HOUSE

"After their last parole meeting goes *terribly wrong**, a group of* former convicts finds themselves trapped in a church, forced to confront their pasts and make impossible choices to secure their freedom as they grapple with the blurred lines between right and wrong."

“WATCH IS A TENSE THOUGHT-PROVOKING SHORT FILM THAT SKILLFULLY BLENDS DARK HUMOR WITH INTENSE DRAMA. THE FILM’S CONFINED SETTING HEIGHTENS THE TENSION, AS EACH CHARACTER’S STRUGGLE WITH THEIR CONSCIENCE BECOMES INCREASINGLY PALPABLE. THE DIRECTOR’S NUANCES APPROACH TO THE THEMES OF TRANSFORMATION AND REDEMPTION IS EVIDENT, EXPLORING WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO CHANGE AND THE OFTEN MURKY PATH TO ACHIEVING IT. THE FILM’S SHARP TWISTS, COMPLEX CHARACTERS, AND STRIKING CINEMATOGRAPHY MAKE WATCH A GRIPPING EXPLORATION OF MORALITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION.”

-VENEZIA SHORTS ITALY