Your idol becomes your mirror—and it's ugly.
Melissa and Stephanie fantasize about becoming downtown "IT" girls , but their dreams come crashing down on them when the photographer they idolize is the one to lift the veil.
Acting
Turnbull and Ryan nail desperate ambition without becoming caricatures.
Direction
Komitor crams a feature's worth of discomfort into fourteen minutes.
Director
Jessie Komitor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Komitor shot this during actual NYC nightlife events, blurring documentary and fiction in ways that make the exploitation feel uncomfortally authentic.
Joe Swanberg's presence as Staten nods to his mumblecore legacy—this short interrogates the very 'authentic indie' aesthetic he helped invent.
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