A desperate lie spirals out of control for three hapless engineering students as they try to outwit their lecturer, from Emmy-nominated director Michael Goode.
Direction
Michael Goode squeezes feature-film tension into five minutes
Writing
Tight escalation that keeps topping itself
Acting
Three guys selling panic like their GPA depends on it
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Michael Goode earned an Emmy nomination for his work on The Daily Show before pivoting to this tightly-wound short.
The film's entire runtime mirrors a single exam question's time limit, creating meta-tension that most features can't achieve.
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