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Something, Somewhere

After a college jock sees two mysterious orbs of light in the sky, he meets up with an estranged friend to confirm if what he saw was extra-terrestrial.

  • Joshua Boshell
    Director
  • Joshua Boshell
    Writer
  • Taylor Pike
    Writer
  • Darsh Thakker
    Producer
  • Andre Alvarez
    Key Cast
    "Bret"
  • Steve Carr
    Key Cast
    "Marvin"
  • Elijah Richard
    Key Cast
    "Toby"
  • Dana Olson
    Director of Photography
  • Jay Bell
    1st Assistant Director
  • Andrew Ford
    Sound Mixer
  • Ashley Torosian
    Production Designer
  • Joseph Vnuck
    Sound Designer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-fi, drama, horror, thriller
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    16,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Joshua Boshell

Joshua is a filmmaker who grew up in both the Midwest and California. Currently based in Chicago, IL, he graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2021 with a BFA in Cinema Directing. He writes and directs content out of a passion for storytelling, world building, and sharing his values of friendship, loyalty and perseverance with others. His past projects have been selected for film festivals such as Columbia’s Take 1 and MidWest WeirdFest. He’s currently working in the film industry as a sound mixer and co-writing the pilot to a sci-fi/horror series based on his latest directorial work, Something, Somewhere. Next to that, he continues to write, develop, and direct content in preparation for his feature-length debut.

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Director Statement

I originally wrote Something, Somewhere in 2016 with the idea in mind to create a world full of dangerous mysteries with such power that the characters would struggle to survive with it. What I discovered while directing the film years later was that the story was much deeper than that—it was more about a friendship than anything else, and in fact I’d based Bret and Marvin’s relationship upon the friendship I have with my own best friend. A good friendship is a difficult thing; one could compare the behavior of long-time friends to that of a married couple--you have good times, and you get in squabbles over your differences, but at the end of the day you must make a tough decision: you either have to work past the squabbles because you know you care about each other, or give up and lose the best person you’ve ever known. This story puts the characters in this position and reveals that even with ridiculous stakes all around them, the power of friendship transcends everything; especially in the darkest of times, all that really matters is taking care of who you care about.