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A depressed college student finds a wooden top that allows him to temporarily stop time. However, his attempts to use the newfound power soon go horribly awry.

  • Hadley Hillel
    Director
  • Hadley Hillel
    Writer
  • Gianmarco Duin
    Key Cast
  • Hadley Hillel
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Dark Comedy, Scifi
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 26, 2015
  • 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:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • National Film Festival for Talented Youth 2015
    Seattle
    United States
    April 26, 2015
    World Premiere
  • Four River Film Festival 2015
    Karlovac
    Croatia
    June 26, 2015
    European Premiere
    BEST FICTION FILM, BEST DIRECTOR AWARD, AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
Director Biography - Hadley Hillel

Hadley Hillel, a native Seattleite, has been making films since the age of 7. In 2008, at the age of 12, one of his short films gained recognition and was shown in the Northwest Film Forum Children’s Film Festival. Now attending Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, Hadley has written and directed many short films which have been shown in national and international film festivals, have won more than twenty jury and audience awards and were recently nominated for two student Emmys. Additionally, Hadley was awarded two merit awards in the Cinematic Arts category of the NFAA Young Arts Competition and the 2013 ‘On Your Way’ Student Scholarship Award for Filmmaking. He also despises his mother’s rat Chihuahua and has killed it off in at least four films thus far.

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