Official Selection SXSW 2023 - Midnight Shorts Block
Disaffected, young gas-station clerk Maya doesn't care about much besides messing with her manager and getting her beer discount at the end of the midnight shift. But after a sinister race of mind-controlling parasites are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers, Maya realizes that there might be more to life than spending all your waking hours stacking shelves for a corporate overlord.
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DIRECTED BY | FIDEL RUIZ-HEALY & TYLER WALKER
WRITTEN BY | FIDEL RUIZ-HEALY & TYLER WALKER AND CONOR MURPHY & JORDAN MICHAEL BLAKE
PRODUCED BY | RAVEN JENSEN & AMANDA CROWN
CO-PRODUCED BY | CONOR MURPHY, NICO ALVO, GREGORY BARNS, JORDAN MICHAEL BLAKE, & EDUARDO RUIZ-HEALY
PRODUCTION COMPANY | THE AMERICAN STANDARD FILM CO.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | JOE VEIX
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | KATIE HEIM
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY | CONOR MURPHY
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY | CHAZZ FOGGIE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | EDUARDO RUIZ-HEALY
ORIGINAL SCORE BY | CHRIS RUENES & DRAKE TYLER
CREATURE DESIGN | RASHAAD SANTIAGO
VFX BY | DENIS STRAHOV
GAFFER | RYAN MCMICHAEL
1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA | EMILY SANCHEZ, MATT CABALLERO,
2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA | KELLY CENDRERA
PRODUCTION SOUND | NICK HEPDING
STUNT COORDINATOR & PUPPETEER | JON TRUEI
HAIR & MAKE-UP | JENNIFER MENDEZ
GRIP & ELECTRICS | DANNY OK, MAX PERKINS, AHMAD ISMAI, SAMANTHA FLORES, MARIA FLORES
ART ASSISTANT | AMADEO RIVAS
CATERING | ZACK BLOCK
CAST
MAYA | SKARLETT REDD
WALT | JEFF MURDOCH
OFFICER ANNA-LAURIE | LILLIANA WINKWORTH
OFFICER CURTIS | JOSEPH RENEE
FRACK SHACK SUPERVISOR | FIDEL RUIZ-HEALY
KILLER TEENS | EMILY FREEMAN, MIGUEL PORTILLO, TRISTAN SHROEDER, JORDAN MICHAEL BLAKE
CRAZY LADY | SARABETH FOX