Directed by John W. Lustig
A man commits a terrible crime and the consequences are not what you’d expect.
John W. Lustig ↗
John W. Lustig is a filmmaker and animator based in Queens, NY. After studying film at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, he began making independent animated short films that have screened at dozens of film festivals across the world and won multiple awards. He is currently writing his next animated short.
Florida Film Festival Maitland, Florida April 11, 2025 World Premiere United States Dallas International Film Festival Dallas, Texas April 26, 2025 Texas Premiere United States ANIFILM Liberec May 6, 2025 International Premiere Czechia Screamfest Los Angeles, California October 11, 2025 Los Angeles County Premiere United States Annecy Festival Annecy June 11, 2025 French Premiere France Caostica International Short Film and Music Video Festival Bilbao June 7, 2025 Spanish Premiere Spain Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation, and Technology Portland, Oregon August 8, 2025 West Coast Premiere Audience Award: Best of Midnight at 8pm —Silver United States Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa September 24, 2025 Canadian Premiere Canada GenreBlast Winchester, Virginia August 30, 2025 Virginia United States Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival Kyiv October 2, 2025 Ukrainian Premiere Ukraine Galician Freaky Film Festival Vigo September 27, 2025 Vigo Premiere Spain ShortCom International Comedy Film and Animation Festival London September 27, 2025 UK premiere United Kingdom BendFilm Bend, Oregon October 8, 2025 Central Oregon premiere United States Woodstock Film Festival Woodstock, New York October 17, 2025 New York premiere United States Tallgrass Film Festival Wichita, Kansas October 18, 2025 Kansas premiere United States Atlanta HorrorFest Atlanta, Georgia October 18, 2025 Georgia Premiere United States Manchester Animation Festival Manchester November 11, 2025 Manchester premiere United Kingdom FilmQuest Provo, Utah October 28, 2025 Utah premiere United States San Sebastian Horror Film Festival San Sebastian November 4, 2025 San Sebastian Premiere Spain CutOut Fest Querétaro November 13, 2025 Mexican Premiere Mexico Bird Watching International Film Festival Kansas City, MO November 22, 2025 United States London Short Film Festival London January 27, 2026 United Kingdom Aguilar Film Festival Palencia November 28, 2025 Spain Hiroshima Animation Season Hiroshima August 19, 2026 Japanese premiere Japan BoneBat "Comedy of Horrors" Film Fest Seattle, WA April 11, 2026 Seattle premiere Audience Award: Best Animated Short United States Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Brussels April 17, 2026 Belgian premiere Belgium Nitehawk Short Film Festival Brooklyn, NY April 9, 2026 New York City Premiere United States Coney Island Film Festival Brooklyn, NY May 3, 2026 United States ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival New York, NY May 22, 2026 Third Place: Independent Films United States Shock Stock Horror and Underground Film Festival London, ON May 3, 2026 Canada SouthSide Film Festival Bethlehem, PA June 12, 2026 Pennsylvania premiere United States Fear No Film Festival Salt Lake City, UT June 18, 2026 United States
