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Mesopotamia, TX

Two strangers wait for a Solar Eclipse amid a crowd of eclectic Texans.

  • Lucy Gamades
    Writer + Director
    Vanitas, Is That a Mime?, A Little Tent
  • Michael Spencer
    Producer
  • Nicky Maindiratta
    Cast
    The Social Ones, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Halal in the Family
  • Megan Greener
    Cast
    Vanitas, Awake, The Green Veil
  • Matthew Marino
    Director of Photography
  • Zach Strum
    Camera Operator
    The Panty Symphonic, The Bicycle Thief
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, comedy
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 2, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
    Clermont-Ferrand
    France
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Indy Shorts International Film Festival
    Indianapolis, IN
    United States
  • San Antonio Film Festival
    San Antonio, TX
    United States
  • INTERFILM Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 5, 2025
  • PÖFF Shorts
    Tallinn
    Estonia
  • Court C'est Court
    Cavaillon
    France
  • Séquence Court-Métrage
    Toulousse
    France
Distribution Information
  • Manifest Pictures
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography

Lucy is a Texas-born writer, director and producer with a style that has been described as "Altman-esque" and "cheerfully macabre."

Her film MESOPOTAMIA, TX premiered at the 2025 Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival. Her latest script was a quarter-finalist in the Slamdance screenplay competition, which called it “deliciously disturbing." Her writing has been recognized by ScreenCraft, the Inroads Fellowship, and the Script Lab.

She has worked full-time for A+E Networks and Condé Nast, overseeing post on projects for clients like Revlon, Ulta, Pfizer, A&E, the History Channel, Starbucks, Toyota, and more.

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Director Statement

If aliens had a tourism industry, they would visit Earth for its eclipses. There is an infinitely small chance that a planet’s moon would cover its sun perfectly like ours does; a million little things need to line up, and they do.

We needed the right crew, the right location, the right cloud cover. We hauled three 16mm cameras to the top of a rock I visited on a seventh grade field trip. We learned too much about different weather models around the kitchen table, rehearsed the script like a play in the backyard, and shotgunned Lone Stars on the porch when it was all over.

The reactions to the eclipse in the film are genuine, and were shared by everyone there: cast, crew and spectators alike. A million little things needed to line up, and they did.

-- Lucy Gamades, writer + director