ANTi-SOCiAL

ANTi-SOCiAL

Short Film  ·  2023
Dramatic Thriller  ·  Dark Comedy  ·  Magical Realism  ·  24 min
World Premiere
Indie Short Fest · Los Angeles
Screenplay
Top 8 Worldwide · Slamdance
Will

“You are my friend monster.”

After a tragic on-stage incident ends her career, a former celebrity entertainer self-imprisons inside her apartment, where loneliness, guilt, and a sasquatch named Maurice begin
splitting her slowly in two.

Official Trailer
ANTi-SOCiAL  ·  2023  ·  Mr Hyde Films
Critical & Festival Recognition
ANTi-SOCiAL festival laurels — Indie Short Fest, Slamdance, Venice Shorts, Paris Short Fest, ScreenCraft, Showcase
Director's Statement

I'm drawn to tragic human stories — underdogs and anti-heroes, impossible situations, the darker side of fairy tales. Always with a playful, slightly tormented lens. ANTi-SOCiAL started there: a darkly playful dramatic thriller about the cost of stardom in our social media era.

— Kyle Cassie
Themes

Isolation breeds the monsters we build to survive it.

Peepholes, balloons, clocks — the architecture of a mind refusing to face what it already knows.

The Golden Script

"Kyle Cassie showcases their craftsmanship and a genuine narrative voice that gives us all the reasons to be excited about the script being conveyed to the screen."

Early Coverage
ScreenCraft Competition

"The atmosphere of this short is created through beautifully descriptive writing, which manages to place the reader within the haunted world of the protagonist… deliciously unsettling amusement."

Semi-Finalist
Slamdance Screenplay Competition

“This is a wild ride with a clear point of view. Nice job!”

Semi-Finalist
Top 8 Screenplays · Worldwide

A film by Kyle Cassie

Written & Directed by
Kyle Cassie
Producers
Kyle Cassie/Emilie Ullerup/Joshua Finn
Starring
Emilie Ullerup/Devin Looc/Miranda Frigon/Malachi Weir/Treat Williams
Cinematographer
Chris Van Valey
Production Designer
Isabel Aranguren Messuti
1st Assistant Director
Hope Rogers
1st AC
Sabrina Zukowski
Key Grip
Josh Miller
Gaffer
Allan Dee/Prithvi Chauhan/Shlok Ahuja
Location Sound
Eric Enroth
Stills & BTS
Ankai Cai
Editor & Colorist
Kyle Cassie
Composer
Devin Johnson
Sound Designer
Kyle Cassie
Sound Editor
Kyle Cassie
Sound Mix
George Flores
VFX Supervisor
Picky Pixel·Gigi Babityan
VFX Producer
Matt Donnan
Titles GFX
April Nemeth
Props GFX Artist
Nathan Sheehan
Poster Print House
Redroom Photo Lab
Production Companies
Mr Hyde Films/Just Call Me Bruce Productions