

5 minutes. One role. The audition from hell you can't look away from.
A Role to Die For
Acting
Tabitha Bastien goes from hopeful to horrifying in under 300 seconds.
Direction
Ed Castañeda squeezes feature-length dread into a single scene.
Director
Ed Castañeda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single location with a skeleton crew, reportedly completed in 4 hours. The claustrophobia is real because the budget demanded it.
Part of a wave of post-#MeToo horror shorts interrogating who gets to demand 'authenticity' from women's pain on screen.