8 minutes. One doorstep. A revelation that'll wreck your entire afternoon.
When a mysterious young woman turns up on Ruth's doorstep, she's blindsided by her feelings for her. Little does she know why she's there and just who she has fallen for.
Acting
Charlotte Hamblin's eyes do ALL the heavy lifting.
Direction
Ella Jones packs a feature's worth of tension into 8 minutes.
Director
Ella Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Petra' is itself a mask — the character's real name is never spoken, emphasizing how identity becomes weaponized in queer spaces forced into secrecy.
Director Ella Jones made this as part of the Iris Prize's short film initiative, the world's largest LGBTQ+ short film prize.
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