

Your phone buzzes. Your friend texts: 'you hear?' That's it. That's the movie.
Based on real events, the short takes a poke at our cultural climate of paranoia and fake news.
Acting
Borgli's panic-eyed desperation is too real
Editing
Relentless cuts mirror notification overload
Writing
Three guys, one rumor, zero facts

Director
Kristoffer Borgli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during peak COVID rumor mill, Borgli turned his own anxiety into this pressure-cooker satire.
Alia Shawkat's cameo as 'Woman with JFD' was largely improvised after Borgli realized he needed someone to actually know something.