Experiencing Interruptions?

Lone Buck Motel

After receiving an ominous invitation, Kat arrives at a seemingly empty motel off the highway. She doesn't know who or what she will find in the dark of room 13, her demise, or her wildest dreams, but there is only one way to find out.

  • Sarah Rae Franklin
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Horror
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 5, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Pacific Northwest College of Art
Director Biography - Sarah Rae Franklin

Sarah Rae Franklin is an award-winning multimedia artist and filmmaker from the Pacific Northwest. Her work explores traditionally taboo experiences and identities such as queerness, disability, trauma, and violence. Graduating from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2025 with a BFA in animation, she is a fresh voice in the PDX art scene who has already been internationally recognized for his work. His debut animated short Lone Buck Motel won Best Student Horror at L.A. Indie Horror Fest and was screened by Portland Panorama and PAMCUT. Her thesis film, Once, a Second Time, debuted at the West Sound Film Festival and has won Best Animation at the Portland Under The Stars Film Festival and FunArtt Film Awards.

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Director Statement

Do you not long, in the dark of the night, to look through the glowing window of your neighbor? To understand the mystery of the other? To see how the song of your heart echoes in theirs? Sarah Rae Franklin is an artist whose work gives a glimpse into the experiences of the “other”. He shows the beauty and the pain– how inextricably they are. How the transgressive provides a foundation for a new form of empathy. Franklin harnesses both levity and grimness and integrates them to get at the undiscussed truths of life. She creates windows into difficult subjects for her audiences, expanding understanding of underrepresented subject matters for a greater audience.