9 minutes of pure adrenaline — can you earn your stripes before the hive turns on you?
When an escaped hostage is turned loose, Billie struggles against the clock to prove her loyalty and become a full-fledged member of the Bumblebees.
Acting
Jackie Cruz radiates terrifying warmth as queen bee Cyd.
Direction
Sdaigui compresses a feature's worth of tension into 9 minutes.
Editing
Ruthless cuts that mirror Billie's fractured headspace.
Director
Sebastian Sdaigui
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's insect metaphor extends to the film's structure: short lifespan, collective hierarchy, and the violent replacement of queens.
Millicent Simmonds, who plays deaf Athena, advocated for her character's silence in the climax to be honored without musical manipulation — the sound design follows her perspective literally.
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