

Eight minutes. One date. Zero trust. This short will wreck your weekend plans.
A magical first date, but perhaps all is not what it seems.
Direction
Vincentini squeezes feature-length dread into eight minutes.
Acting
Keana Marie's micro-expressions deserve a microscope.

Director
Diego Vincentini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vincentini self-financed the short after a real-life date left him questioning every compliment.
The title references both amber's preservation of trapped things and the Old English 'æmber' for burning—fitting for a film about frozen performances and slow-reveal heat.