2026 Official Selection: Drama – Short (under 20 mins), Thriller – Short
Runtime: 19m
A small-town sheriff investigating a missing person discovers a freestanding door that tempts her with the life she once refused.
- Director(s): James Graham
- Writer(s): James Graham
- Producer(s): Michael Keen, Tali de Assis, Roger Mancusi (Executive Producer), David Scarpetti (Executive Producer)
- Key Cast: Annabel O’Hagan, Christian Johansen, Lauren McCann, Dan Berkey, Ernest Anemone
- Cinematographer(s): Med Ayed
- Production Designer(s): Sasha Newkirk
- Sound Designer(s): Michael Kelly
- Composer(s): Keegan DeWitt
Language: English
Country: United States
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Sheriff Sierra Ashgrove investigates the disappearance of Adam Yarrow, an ex-lover who returned home to care for his dementia-stricken father. In Adam’s house, she finds a freestanding red door that offers her something impossible: a “perfect” life where she married Adam and they had a daughter. Faced with this possibility, Sierra must choose between the impossible life she could have had and the imperfect but real life she does have.