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How the Lonely Keep

Weeks after her disappearance, a local teen returns to the places she knew best, while an unseen hand holds the secret of why she may never be found.

Technical Specifications
Format: DCP, MP4
Resolution: 4.5K
Audio: 5.1 Stereo

Also available in other formats upon request.

  • Nathan Sellers
    Director
    Methuselah, The Watcher
  • Nathan Sellers
    Writer
    Methuselah, The Watcher
  • Steven Schloss
    Producer
    Gimme, Writer's Block, Katie's Skin
  • Nathan Sellers
    Producer
    Methuselah, The Watcher
  • Vincente DiSanti
    Producer
    Never Hike Alone
  • Sara Hallisey
    Key Cast
    "Girl"
    The Undoing, It Visits Me, 2 Players Required
  • Guy Ventoliere
    Key Cast
    "Man"
    Collegetown, My Boyfriend's Daughter
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Arthouse
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 18, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nathan Sellers

Nathan “Nate” Sellers is a visual artist and independent filmmaker whose experimental shorts and horror-influenced dramas have screened at Fantasia, Telluride Horror Show, FilmQuest, and other genre festivals around the world.

In addition to directing, he has produced several shorts, including The Thaw (2023), starring Toby Poser and Emily Bennett, and Steven Schloss’ holiday-horror Gimme (2025). In 2023, he joined Catya Plate’s creative team as a producer on her debut stop-motion feature, Alma, starring Eric Roberts and Misty Lee.

Nate is the founder and creative director of the no-budget film collective Lone Horse Films. His latest film is How the Lonely Keep (2025).

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Director Statement

Memory has always been central to my work: how it lingers, shifts, and distorts when the truth is hidden. In this film, the ethereal presence of a missing teenager drifts through the spaces she once knew: her bedroom, her grieving home, the empty halls of her school, and other places that held meaning. We see the world through her lens—moving beyond her violent end into the silence that follows, carrying the haunting weight of what remains.

As in my previous films, I was drawn to depicting how memory and violence shape the lives of both those directly affected and those left behind, all while reminding us that nothing truly stays buried.

— Nathan Sellers