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106°F

On a hot summer day a young father has a few hours to prove to his colleagues that he's an excellent software engineer. He doesn't yet know the price he's going to pay.

  • Alexey Samsonov
    Director
  • Alexey Samsonov
    Writer
  • Blessing Joao
    Producer
  • Alexey Samsonov
    Producer
  • Puneet
    Key Cast
  • Shruti Tewari
    Key Cast
  • Jaelynn-Isabel Faatuga
    Key Cast
  • Ravi Chopra
    Key Cast
  • Tatiana Veremeenko
    Associate Producers
  • Saee Nirgude
    Associate Producers
  • Stephen Berke
    Director of Photography
  • Kyle Spleiss
    Assistant Directors
  • Jose Lopez
    Assistant Directors
  • Dennis Chriestlib
    Assistant Directors
  • Andrew Ratermann
    Editor
  • Mark Montgomery French
    Music
  • Sage Baggott
    Music
  • Adam Perry
    Sound Design
  • Adam Perry
    Sound Recording
  • Brendan Dunleavy
    Sound Recording
  • Rena Yamamoto
    Assistant Camera Operator
  • Simon Li
    2nd Assistant Camera
  • Van Hsieh
    Gaffer
  • Kevin Dorman
    Key Grip
  • Ayanna Ziegler
    Production Design
  • Jeff Grimes
    Set Decorators
  • Sahar Kazemzadeh
    Set Decorators
  • Malcolm Lacey
    Set Decorators
  • Brian Ivanhoe
    Grips
  • Ethan Redfield
    Grips
  • Dennis Chriestlib
    Script Supervisors
  • Simon Li
    Script Supervisors
  • Bonice Halverson
    Makeup
  • Stephanie Babel
    Makeup
  • Brendan Dunleavy
    Craft Services
  • Stephen Berke
    Colorist
  • Jeff Grimes
    DIT
  • Sahar Kazemzadeh
    DIT
  • Joe Sikoryak
    Titles
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 12, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Scary Cow Screening
    San Francisco, CA
    United States
    November 4, 2017
  • Silicon Valley International Film Festival
    Mountain View, CA
    United States
    December 14, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Bay Area Short Film Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    July 8, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    September 14, 2019
    Winner: Best Drama
Director Biography - Alexey Samsonov

Alexey was born and raised in Russia, where he combined career in software engineering with learning film theory, screenwriting and directing stage plays. After moving to San Francisco Bay Area he spent a few years working on local filmmaking crews before venturing out to direct his debut short film, 106°F (2017).

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Director Statement

Hurting one's own child by mistake is the biggest fear of any parent, myself included. When people learn about the family tragedies from the media, they are often scared enough to cry for punishment, claim parents as "monsters" and dismiss their feelings.

My goal with this short film was to break this emotional wall, and let the audience build empathy towards the people who experience this tragedy, and imagine what their life is and could be.

This is also a film about Silicon Valley, a place for obsessed people, and I wanted to show how things that capture people's minds and give them sense of fulfillment might ultimately turn out to shatter their lives.