Kaya Torres, an engineer with a sailor's mouth and a stubborn spirit, barely escaped her research ship when a calamity broke it in half. Now she's circling a black hole in a pod, with no one coming, no one to help. She's alone.
Steph Barkley’s “startlingly good performance” (The New York Times) anchors this high-concept sci-fi that wowed audiences at film festivals like HollyShorts, the Edmonton International Film Festival, and Dances With Films. The 20-minute short went on to receive distribution on the sci-fi platform DUST. It garnered over 600,000 views on DUST’s YouTube channel, racking up 20k+ positive reactions, along with over a million views on Facebook, leading to a feature adaptation currently in development. It was also featured by No Film School, Film Shortage, Gizmodo, and Blackmagic Design.
ALONE (2020)
20min
Directed by William Hellmuth
Written by J Scott Worthington
Produced by William Hellmuth, Julianna Ulrich
Executive Producers J. Scott Worthington, John F.K. Parenteau
Starring Stephanie Barkley, Thomas Wilson Brown
Cinematography by William Hellmuth
Film Editor Anthony Parisi
Music by Michael Vignola
Awards & Festivals
2020 Edmonton International Film Festival
2021 Dances With Films LA
2021 HollyShorts Film Festival
DUST Exclusive
