Five minutes. One awkward ex. The most relatable disaster you'll watch today.
A twenty something meets up with her ex at a park to exchange a letter. A short made for the AFI Directing Application with the prompt "necessity".
Direction
Kaylin Allshouse squeezes a feature's worth of tension into 5 minutes.
Writing
The 'necessity' prompt executed with sneaky emotional intelligence.
Director
Kaylin Allshouse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made specifically for AFI's directing application, meaning this was essentially a $0 audition tape that punches above its weight class.
The 'necessity' constraint forced emotional efficiency—every frame carries narrative weight that longer films waste.
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