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Repercussion(s)

The unsolved disappearance of his daughter prompts a grieving father to take matters into his own hands, giving rise to myriad consequences.

  • Kelsey Nerrie
    Director
  • Kelsey Nerrie
    Writer
  • Kelsey Nerrie
    Producer
  • Rick Bickel
    Key Cast
    "Jessie's Daddy"
    A Written Story, After, It Falls to Me
  • Victor Collins
    Director of Photography
    We'll Still Be Here, Wigglers
  • Drew Scott
    Editor
  • Billy Bacci
    Production Sound Designer
    The Ice at the Bottom of the World, White Wedding, Loving
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Sci-Fi
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 11, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Indie Short Film Festival
    Charlottesville, VA
    United States
    March 20, 2026
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Atlanta Shortsfest
    Atlanta
    United States
    May 15, 2026
    Georgia
    WINNER, BEST DRAMA
Director Biography - Kelsey Nerrie

Kelsey Nerrie has a storied career across the film industry in addition to excursions into the private sector, publishing, and motherhood.
She is a reader and writer at her core. Growing up, she lived in her local library, inhaling the likes of The Magic Treehouse and Harry Potter series. Her more "grown-up" favorites include Milan Kundera, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, John Knowles, Sally Rooney, and Maggie Stiefvater. Kelsey's dark humor was shaped by British comedies (The Holy Grail, Fawlty Towers) and her love of spectacle and paranormal comedy was influenced by film & tv of the 90s and 2000s, from Independence Day, Demolition Man, and The 6th Day to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Supernatural.
Kelsey’s writing style stems from the prose and narrative structures of "serious" literature and the dry wit of the Flying Circus. Hard-hitting emotions and confronting our true selves is an overarching theme in her writing. She does not tie herself down to a single genre but instead explores truth in whichever genre will resonate with her characters and the journeys they lead her on.

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Director Statement

"Repercussion(s)" is a study of choice and consequence, the multiverses of potential “other” outcomes. When I decided to direct this script, and through the process of filming and screening it, I realized what I was trying to say when I wrote it: that you never know exactly how a single decision is going to impact the rest of your life -- or the lives of others.
Is going to the extreme ever acceptable? How certain can we be of the information that leads us to our choices? Can we ever really know where our choices will lead us? And can we justify those consequences, whatever they may be?
Let’s explore the outcomes together.