'Waiting'

Casting and seeking crew for "Waiting," a quietly haunting short film about moral conflict, personal inertia, and the emotional toll of complicity. Through minimal dialogue and haunting visual metaphors like a ruined birthday cake or a tray of untouched gingerbread men in a waiting room, the film explores how state violence is normalized, even institutionalized, with terrifying ease. It’s a film about systems, but more than that, it’s about people, what we choose to carry, and what it takes to finally put it down. As an execution approaches, pressure mounts on Weston to not only procure the drug, but possibly step in as executioner when another officer abruptly quits. Aleena’s recent promotion to editor-in-chief of the local newspaper becomes a point of tension not out of jealousy, but as a reminder of the life Weston once wanted and now feels disconnected from.