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Methuselah

Rooted in a childhood memory, 'Methuselah' examines the exploitation of trees and their haunting dual role, as silent witnesses and unwitting participants, in humanity's long history of violence. The film is available in both 4K (DCP, H.264) and 4K w/ English subtitles.

Award Nominations:
"Best Short Documentary" - FilmQuest '24
"Best Recurring Nightmare" - Nightmares Film Festival '24
"Best Editing" - Dark Red Film Festival '24
"Fear Crypt Award" - Dark Red Film Festival '24
"Dark Red Ethos Award" - Dark Red Film Festival '24

  • Nathan Sellers
    Director
    The Watcher, You Can Call Me Light
  • Nathan Sellers
    Writer
    Lily of the Valley, The Watcher
  • Nathan Sellers
    Producer
    The Watcher, The Thaw, Come Back Haunted
  • Jamal Hodge
    Producer
    Mourning Meal, Alone: A poetry Film
  • David Kennedy
    Producer
  • Jordan Mullins
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Genres:
    Horror
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 29, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FilmQuest
    Provo, UT
    United States
    October 31, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Boston Underground Film Festival
    Boston
    United States
    March 21, 2025
  • Nightmares Film Festival
    Columbus, OH
    United States
    October 18, 2024
    Midwestern Premiere
    Official Selection
  • New Hampshire Film Festival
    Portsmouth, NH
    United States
    October 17, 2024
    New England
    Official Selection
  • Tallahassee Film Festival
    Tallahassee, FL
    United States
    August 31, 2024
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Dark Red Film Festival
    Albuquerque, NM
    United States
    October 26, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Cine Underground

    Italy
    October 19, 2024
    European
    Official Selection
  • Video Art & Experimental Film Festival
    NYC
    United States
    November 24, 2024
    New York
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Nathan Sellers

Nathan "Nate" Sellers is a visual artist and independent filmmaker known for his experimental shorts and horror-influenced dramas. His work has been featured at various genre festivals, including Telluride Horror Show, FilmQuest, Nightmares, and Boston Underground Film Festival. In 2022, his film The Watcher (2022) won "Best Short Film" at Flatland Film Festival, followed by "Best Horror Short" at GenreBlast in 2023.

In addition to his directorial work, Nate has made contributions as a producer, working on the folk-horror short The Thaw (2023), starring Toby Poser and Emily Bennett, and collaborating with award-winning animator Catya Plate on the stop-motion feature 'Alma.' In 2021, Nate founded the no-budget film collective, Lone Horse Films, where he acts as creative director. Methuselah (2024) is his latest film.

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Director Statement

Spring 2024, I quietly worked on my latest project, 'Methuselah.' It wasn’t the film I had originally planned to release next, nor was it something already in development. I approached it more like a painting, where each day I arrived to create, adding to the film only when struck by an idea or moments of inspiration.

'Methuselah' is my most personal film to date, documenting a haunting childhood memory, which ultimately propelled me to examine our abrasive, sometimes cruel and violent, human nature from a different perspective—that of trees.