

12 minutes. One missing sister. A Scrabble board that doesn't lie.
After waking up to her sister, Bela, missing, Lana goes on a hunt to find her, only to discover that her disappearance may be worse than what she thinks.
Direction
Hall weaponizes runtime—every second earns its dread
Editing
Flashback structure that recontextualizes itself in real time
Director
Ariana Hall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 12-minute runtime isn't a constraint—it's the point. Hall compresses the arc of a feature into something that feels breathless, mirroring Lana's own obsessive spiral.
Jarczaszek and Ellis reportedly rehearsed their sister dynamic for months before filming, despite sharing less than three minutes of actual screen time together.