Experiencing Interruptions?

Vesper

Ava and Carter navigate their failing relationship through dreams and memory to find each other and themselves during a quiet night at home.

  • Chadwick Hopson
    Director
    The Last Decent
  • Chadwick Hopson
    Writer
    The Last Decent
  • Chadwick Hopson
    Executive Producer
    The Last Decent
  • Brian Flaccus
    Executive Producer
    The Forgotten Place
  • Karan Patel
    Executive Producer
  • Rikesh Prema
    Executive Producer
  • Samantha Jean Kwok
    Producer
    Beyond Skyline
  • Ando Johnson
    Producer
    DC League of Super-Pets
  • Alex Raines
    Producer
    As Real As You Make It
  • Benjamin Dunn
    Producer
    The Forgotten Place
  • Samantha Jean Kwok
    Key Cast
    "Ava"
    Beyond Skyline
  • Skyler Bible
    Key Cast
    "Carter"
    The Book of Boba Fett
  • Alex Laya
    Cinematography
    The Forgotten Place
  • Alex Smith
    Editing
  • Connor Hair
    Editing
    Paul
  • Ando Johnson
    Sound Design/Mix
    DC League of Super-Pets
  • Ben Cichowski
    Color
    Rabbit Island
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Romance, Drama
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Black Magic
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Lovesick Film Festival
    New Jersey
    United States
    September 28, 2022
    Best Actress / Official Selection
  • Independent Shorts Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Best Romantic Short / Official Selection
  • Art is Alive Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    December 17, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection
  • IndieX Film Fest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Romantic Short / Sound Mixing / Best Acting Duo
  • Studio City International Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    November 6, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Boden International Film Festival
    Boden
    Sweden
    Semi-Finalist / Official Selection
  • Stockholm City Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    Official Selection
  • World Film Carnival
    Singapore
    Singapore
    Best Actress / Official Selection
  • Kosice International Film Festival

    Slovakia
    Official Selection
  • Cannes Shorts
    Cannes
    France
    November 2, 2022
    Best Actress Nominee / Official Selection
  • Dreamachine International Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    November 4, 2022
    Best Actress / Official Selection
Director Biography - Chadwick Hopson

Chadwick Hopson is a filmmaker, in all aspects of the word, from Flagstaff, Arizona. He co-founded the production company The Knights Young Productions (TKY) with his childhood friend, Brain Flaccus. Collaboratively and individually, he’s penned three produced feature films under the TKY banner, over ten short films, directed a handful of award-winning short films, and co-directed a virtual reality feature film with Amaze VR titled The Cabin Stay. On the acting front, he’s been recognized for his leading roles in the features How We Met (2016), Alex & Jaime (2017), and won Best Leading Actor at the Utah Film Awards in the critically acclaimed film, The Last Descent (2018). He’s also made appearances on the television program Blackish (ABC) and Days of Our Lives (NBC). He can be seen in the upcoming feature, which he co-wrote, titled Band Name, which will release in the fall of 2023.

He is represented by Christopher Johnson at Imperfect Media.

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Director Statement

Vesper has been a labor of love, as are most short films done on a grocery list budget, but we aimed for that to be an illusion. A collection of close and talented friends embarked on the challenge of making a ‘pandemic-esque’ short that just makes you feel fucking good and doesn’t remind you of the four-wall-limitations we all had to endure while creating on microbudgets recently. During the past couple of years, couples and love have been tested by uninvited proximity, forcing many of us to live inside our heads whenever we need to escape quietly. This is a remarkable human trait that, if perfected, inhibits what we decide to invite into reality for the other incredibly human feature, fear. Fear of the inability to anticipate or control the most important thing to all of us, and that’s love. This film is a reminder of what the good times felt like and a gentle reminder that you should always say how you feel because we all feel the truth anyway, and more often than not, you’ll be greeted with love in return.