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