

A road trip, a blacked-out night, and the horror of not knowing what you did.
While on a road trip through desolate lands, Madison grapples with the complications of a night she can't remember.
Acting
Leah Grosjean's silent panic speaks louder than dialogue ever could.
Direction
Budzyna stretches 17 minutes into an eternity of dread.
Cinematography
Desert isolation that mirrors Madison's internal void.

Director
Maggie Budzyna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Budzyna shot this as her USC thesis film, proving student work can hit harder than studio prestige pictures.
Released post-MeToo but pre-'She Said,' it captures the exhausting calculus women perform daily—was I assaulted or just dramatic?