Twelve minutes. One tomboy. Infinite ways to drown in growing up.
Cuttlefish is a coming-of-age short film that follows a twelve-year-old tomboy after unexpected encounters at school and at home.
Direction
Geller's patient gaze lets dread bloom in ordinary moments.
Cinematography
The pool becomes a character—liminal, threatening, alive.
Director
Alexandra Geller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Angelina Nickerson was discovered at a local Austin casting call with zero prior acting experience; Geller specifically wanted that raw authenticity.
The title references the cuttlefish's ability to shift appearance at will—a biological mirror of the protagonist's forced performance of girlhood.
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