Offerings
A suburban woman goes to increasingly desperate lengths to appease the will of the gods.
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Shane BannonDirectorMe Time, Only Strangers Sleep in my Bed
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Kelsey JosephWriter
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Jackie BaoDirector of Photography
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Matthew MarderProducerShifter
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Fantasy, Horror, Drama
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Runtime:11 minutes 20 seconds
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Completion Date:March 31, 2021
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Production Budget:25,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Shane Bannon is a Writer and Director based in Los Angeles by way of San Francisco. His work focuses on characters who yearn for connection in a world that encourages isolation. His favorite art is stylistically distinct, emotional, and often somewhat morbid. His first short film, "Only Strangers Sleep in my Bed" premiered on Alter in August 2021.
At its heart, Offerings is about relationships and the things we must give up and give into for them to work. In that way, it is a love story. But at the same time, it delves into what we are willing to do for arbitrary gratification.
I always love telling stories about flawed people who crave human connection, whether or not they consciously want or deserve it. Putting ourselves up close with characters who may not deserve our sympathy forces us to reconsider the acts and attributes that we are unable to forgive in ourselves as well as in others.