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MELTDOWN

17-year-old Marlowe works the graveyard shift delivering ice cream. Her world’s turned upside down when she’s dispatched to the mysterious Radke mansion.

  • Garrett Bennett
    Director
    Farewell to Harry, A Relative Thing, The Spy & The Sparrow, Shuffle, End of the Icon
  • Garrett Bennett
    Writer
    Farewell to Harry, A Relative Thing, The Spy & The Sparrow, Shuffle, End of the Icon
  • Garrett Bennett
    Producer
    Farewell to Harry, A Relative Thing, The Spy & The Sparrow, Shuffle, End of the Icon
  • Nobelle Sinclair
    Key Cast
    "Marlow"
  • Bradley Beachum
    Key Cast
    "Rourke Radke"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 15, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16.9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Garrett Bennett

GARRETT BENNETT Writer & Director
Garrett graduated from The American Film Institute as one of the top Directors in a notable class of writers & directors -- including Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream) Mark Waters (Mr. Popper's Penguins, Mean Girls, Spiderwick Chronicles) Todd Field (In the Bedroom, Little Children) to name a few. While at AFI Garrett was honored as Best Director by the Hollywood Foreign Press for END OF THE ICON, his featurette starring Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts.

Garrett’s first feature FAREWELL TO HARRY took the BEST FILM Award at Worldfest Houston and earned Garrett a nomination for an INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD (“Someone to Watch” category).

Garrett went on to direct A RELATIVE THING which walked away with the BEST FILM ensemble award at the Sedona International Film Festival as well as the Phoenix Film Festival. The film was nominated for the New American Cinema Awards at the Seattle International Film Festival.

Garrett’s next feature film THE SPY AND THE SPARROW gathered critical praise from Hollywood Reporter’s lead Film Critic Stephen Farber calling it… “An engrossing, superbly acted movie!” The film was picked up by MARA VISTA and WARNER BROTHERS Home Video for World Wide Distribution.

Garrett followed up with SHUFFLE which received numerous awards including BEST THRILLER at the Canadian Film Festival and BEST DIRECTOR at the American International Festival.

While directing commercials for the challenge of storytelling in the short form, Garrett's currently in the development of a THRILLER trilogy and a macabre television series that spans a century...

Garrett began his career in commercials working for the renowned director Larry Hutson, while simultaneously establishing Seattle’s Annex Theatre, which has produced upward of 300 shows both world and Pacific Northwest premieres, including the world premiere of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory

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