In the Meantime

In the aftermath of a tragic accident, a young photographer lives vicarious fantasies through his camera lens as he tracks down a woman in San Francisco who a mysterious craigslist poster claims to be his wife, culminating in a midnight confrontation at a karaoke bar.

  • Itai Eren Rinat
    Director
  • Ezra Max Chaltiel
    Director
  • Itai Eren Rinat
    Writer
  • Ezra Max Chaltiel
    Writer
  • Ethan Grossman
    Producer
  • Tyler Blomstrom-Moore
    Producer
  • Itai Eren Rinat
    Producer
  • Harry Slattery
    Key Cast
    "Clovis"
  • Precious Prado
    Key Cast
    "Emily"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 30, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:39 & 4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Itai Eren Rinat, Ezra Max Chaltiel

Itai and Ezra are childhood friends who have dreamed of making a film together since they were in middle school.

Itai 's passion for film was developed as a toddler escaping his moms office and running around the halls of Pixar. He graduated from Wesleyan University's College of Film and the Moving Image in 2021.

Ezra Chaltiel is an artist and filmmaker from the Bay Area whose work explores the intersection of visual art and cinematic storytelling. Growing up in a family of artists and filmmakers, his creative practice is deeply informed by this intergenerational tradition of storytelling and image-making. Ezra is set to graduate from the California College of the Arts in the spring, where he has developed his multidisciplinary approach to image making and narrative form. His practice reflects a deep curiosity about the poetic potential of the moving image.

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Director Statement

Our intention with this film was to capture what it feels like to live in contemporary San Francisco, a city suspended between its mythic past and its uncertain present, through a cinematic language inspired by the American tradition of noir. Rather than offering answers, we wanted to create a work that evokes questions, inviting viewers to rethink their relationship with images, time, and the systems through which reality is remembered, recorded, and reconstructed.

We developed a visual language that blurs the boundaries between reality and recollection. Through deliberate choices in aspect ratio, digital format, black and white versus color, still imagery, and lens selection, we sought to weave together fragments of lived experience, home video, and imagination. These aesthetic decisions were made to align the viewer’s perspective with that of the protagonist's inner psyche.

Through this language, the film speaks to a broader human condition: the ways in which we navigate loss, construct meaning, and live within the shifting, often unstable terrain of memory and experience. Ultimately, this film is both a love letter to San Francisco and an exploration of how cinema can mirror the fluidity of consciousness itself…where past and present, image and emotion, continually redefine one another.