Private Project

KOPE

After her father's sudden death, Quinn confronts her estranged mother, only to uncover secrets that suggest it wasn't an accident.

  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Director
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Writer
  • D'Nette Wood
    Key Cast
    "Maude"
  • Caitlin Kelly
    Key Cast
    "Quinn"
  • Jeffrey Lee Robinson
    Key Cast
    "Anthony"
  • Katara
    Key Cast
    "Mannequin 1"
  • Milandra
    Key Cast
    "Mannequin 2"
  • DezBaa'
    1st AD
  • Ashley Reese-Meanus
    Director of Photography
  • Michael Bozzuto
    2nd AC
  • M.J. Rainsong
    Production Designer
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Editor
  • Jonathan Franco
    Original Score
  • Michael Bozzuto
    Gaffer / Grip
  • Autumn Billie
    Boom Operator
  • Hannah Waller
    Set PA
  • Petyr Xyst
    Production Coordinator
  • JoJo Threehairs
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    horror, noir, Psychological thriller
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 24, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - NYU Tisch School Of The Arts
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Kymon Greyhorse

Kymon Greyhorse is a Tongan and Diné award-winning writer-director from Albuquerque, New Mexico. His debut short, I AM HOME, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and led to a collaboration with renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz for IKEA. The film streamed on AMC+ as part of the Indigenous Rising Stars collection.

A 2022 Sundance Indigenous alum and 2023 HuffPost Culture Shifter, Greyhorse tells stories rooted in Polynesian and Indigenous identity while pushing his artistic range. In 2024, he developed KOPE, a psychological horror-noir at NYU TISCH's Graduate Film Directing Lab, exploring new storytelling territory.

Greyhorse was a top 10 finalist in the 2025 Tyler Perry Studios Dream Collective, traveling to Atlanta to pitch KAKALA, a coming-of-age story about a Tongan teen navigating tradition and identity, while completing a 10-day intensive on the studio lot, working with actors, crews, and mentors to refine his directing skills.

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Director Statement

This project explores the idea of closure—how our parents and guardians shape who we become, and how their influences ripple through the ways we see the world and process emotion and trauma. I was inspired by the idea that land itself holds truth and perspective. In the end, we all return to the Earth—so what happens to the secrets we bury with us?