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Seven Minutes in Heaven

At a high school grad party, popular Maria and under-confident Carl end up in the closet together during a game of seven minutes in heaven, and open up to each other, each realizing the other's need for validation.

  • King Dawit
    Director
    Tapeboy
  • King Dawit
    Writer
    Tapeboy
  • King Dawit
    Producer
    Tapeboy
  • Maia Della Penna
    Key Cast
    "Maria"
    Sinful
  • Nicolas Ballarini
    Key Cast
    "Carl"
    Mishka
  • Nikita Brusnitsyn
    Cinematographer
    Theo - Je ne le haine
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Romance, Drama
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 3, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • AltFF Alternative Film Festival

    Best Drama Canada - Short Category
Director Biography - King Dawit

King Dawit is a film director, writer, and producer, known for often surreal, striking and character-driven narratives. After graduating from George Brown College in 2020, he directed Tapeboy (2021), an avant-garde, music-driven romance short which earned numerous awards, and played at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood for the Silicon Beach Film Festival. With a background in content creation on several platforms, Dawit evokes techniques from pre-sound and New Hollywood, while maintaining his native Toronto as the backdrop for many of his films.

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