Experiencing Interruptions?

Come Walk With Me

A young man (Michael) returns home when he hears that his best childhood friend (Ellen) is engaged to be married. He needs to tell her that he has always been in love with her and asks her to marry him instead. Will she says yes or tell him to it is too late and to leave?

  • James Carey
    Director
  • James Carey
    Writer
  • James Carey
    Producer
  • Matt Mercurio
    Key Cast
    "Michael"
  • Elizabeth Gibbs
    Key Cast
    "Ellen"
  • Lainie Smith
    Key Cast
    "Margaret"
  • Mike Spinks
    Key Cast
    "Mr. Parker"
  • Lainie Smith
    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
  • Ahren Steis
    Director of Photography
  • Luke Bullard
    Editor
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 6, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Celebration of Cinema
    Stanford
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • Independent Short Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Peachtree Village International Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA
    United States
    Nominee
Director Biography - James Carey

James Carey is an award-winning film and theatre director, writer, performer and producer currently based in Atlanta. Known for the films Love Potion (2023), Divorce During Pandemic (2021), Fancy Meeting You Here (2018) and A Cost of Freedom (2008). His two features - Madly (2022-Co-Director - streaming on Amazon) & Alternative Endings (2022-Co-Director) won several international awards on the film festival circuit. His films have received over 50+ Laurels. As an actor, he has appeared in Division (2021), The Warrior (2022) and the Color Purple The Musical (2023).

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Director Statement

I’m interested in the emotional architecture of my characters—the way their histories shape their silences, their rituals, their contradictions. My work centers on the emotional truth beneath the narrative surface. I’m less concerned with what happens than with how it feels, and why that feeling lingers. They ask what it means to be human when the mask slips, when the past intrudes, when love and loss blur into something unnameable.