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The Basics of Love

18 minutes | 35mm
After stumbling into an armed robbery on New Year's Eve, two sanitation workers are caught off-guard by feelings for one another that they didn't realize they had.

Awards & Honors

Closing Night Short Film, Stony Brook Film Festival,  Stony Brook, NY 

Best Short Film Of The Month (June 2024), Retrospective Of Jupiter

Jury Winner, The Film Series at Cine Gear Expo, Los Angeles, CA

Nominee, Young Director Award, Cannes, France

Daily Pick, Film Shortage, Online Screening Platform

Quarterfinalist, Screencraft Film Fund

Finalist, Fine Cut Festival of Films (KCET/PBS)

Shortlist, The 1.4 Awards of Brilliant Filmmaking, London

Official Selections & Screenings 

AFI Fest Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

Nevada City Film Festival, Nevada City, CA

Stony Brook Film Festival, Stony Brook, NY

Los Angeles Shorts International Film Festival

Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Martha's Vineyard, MA

Macon Film Festival, Macon, GA

Fine Cut  Festival of Films, Los Angeles, CA

Oakland International Film Festival

Catalina Film Festival, Santa Catalina Island, CA

Nashville Film Festival

Ojai Film Festival, Ojai, CA

Brain Dead Studios (w/'Sunset Boulevard'), Los Angeles, CA

Filmfort at Treefort Music Fest, Boise, ID

Oxford Film Festival, Oxford, MS

The Film Series at Cine Gear Expo, Los Angeles, CA

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Middlebury, VT

Davey Fest, Salt Lake City, UT

Salt City Film Festival, Hutchinson, KS

Bahamas International Film Festival, New Providence, BS

Beyond The Short, Online Screening Platform

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