A Grim Diagnosis
A couple struggles with their child's unexpected diagnosis - turns out he's a comedian! Mom and Dad must come to terms with their conflicting feelings about what is best for their son and deal with their usual doctor's recommendations for treatment.
Released in 2023
Running time: 10 minutes
Creative Team:
Written by Nicole Kemper
Directed by Sarah Alison Hodges and Nicole Kemper
Cinematography by Sarah Serrato
Starring Melissa Kunnap, Brian Ashton Smith, Nicole Kemper, and Freddy Boyd
Screenings: Mighty Shorts Film Slam, Tennessee Int'l Indie Film Festival, Broad Humor Film Festival, Manhattan Independent Film Festival, Women's Comedy Film Festival,
WIFTA Short Film Showcase, Atlanta Shortsfest
Could This Have Been An Email
Three coworkers struggle with the horrific possibility of speaking to a customer on the phone.
Released in 2022
Running time: 4 minutes
Creative Team
Written by Nicole Kemper
Directed by Sarah Alison Hodges and Nicole Kemper
Cinematography by Sarah Serrato
Starring Carlette Jennings, Ava Davis, Nicole Kemper, Annie Inna Vorobetz, and Laura Meyers
Screenings: Macon Film Festival, Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival, Atlanta Shortsfest, South Georgia Film Festival, RoleCall Indie Showcase, Rome International Film Festival, Tennessee Int'l Indie Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Cat Fly Film Fest, Tallgrass Film Festival. Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival 365, Charlotte Film Festival, Les Femmes Underground Film Festival, Knoxville Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Southern Film Festival, Women's Comedy Film Festival in Atlanta, Georgia Shorts Film Festival, Toronto International Women Film Festival, The Broad Humor Film Festival
Awards:
Best Comedy Film - Toronto Women Film Festival 2022
Best Costumes - Broad Humor Film Festival 2022
Best Comedy Film - Georgia Shorts Film Festival 2023
Best Georgia Comedy Film - Women's Comedy Film Festival in Atlanta 2023
The Parts That Stay
Two sisters struggle to process conflicting memories of their mother on the day of her funeral while an overly enthusiastic funeral director tries to make sure they receive an excellent experience in customer service.
Released in 2020
Running time: 6 minutes
Creative Team
Written by Nicole Kemper
Directed by Sarah Alison Hodges
Cinematography by Katherine Brennan
Starring Julie Jones Ivey, Nicole Kemper, and Ava Davis
Screenings: Atlanta Shortsfest, Bull City International Film Festival, Women’s Comedy Film Festival, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, RollCall Indie Showcase
Awards: Best Comedy Short Film and Best Georgia Short Film at the 2021 Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, Best Georgia Comedy Film at the 2022 Women’s Comedy Film Festival, Gold Award Winner at the 2021 Spotlight Short Film Awards
In Development
Mr. Pleasure
SciFi/Comedy/Romance Feature Film
Dr Alex Green is on the verge of creating the most advanced sexual AI of all time, but she soon discovers what she's built is capable of so much more. Perhaps, even love.
Creative Team
Written by Nicole Kemper
Produced by Critical Crop Top Films
Awards/Placements 2022-2023 (as series pilot)
Semifinalist - Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Semifinalist - Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Quarterfinalist - WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab
Quarterfinalist - Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
Quarterfinalist - Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
The Legend of Bog Man
Fantasy/Romance Feature Film
Sibley is at a transitional place in her life. Having just lost her mother and inherited her small, lakeside home, she struggles to fit into a new town and finds herself drawn to the mysterious creature that came with the house.
Creative Team
Written by Nicole Kemper
Produced by Critical Crop Top Films