MUDPOTS

Shelby and her best friend Jess spend one last afternoon together. In a stolen moment at Shelby’s going-away party, they acknowledge something more between them.

Director Bio

Cate Smierciak is an LA-based filmmaker and co-founder of Wanderkino Productions. Claire, her previous German-language short as a writer-director, premiered at the Nashville Film Festival and screened at many others. Her producing credits include the short films The Opportunist, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, Everything & Everything & Everything, starring Shane Carruth, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and My Last Film, starring Lola Kirke, Rosanna Arquette and Mac DeMarco, which premiered at the New York Film Festival. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and a DAAD Artist Scholar.

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