Addicted To It

Production Country: USA, Argentina, Ireland
Running Time: 6mins
Year: 2026

Dace attempts the impossible: a peaceful walk without his phone. But his device, Phoney Bunny, springs to life and chases him like a clingy ex. As Dace rallies fellow screen junkies to unplug, one question lingers: can you survive 5–10 minutes without your phone?

FILM CREW:
Director: Nigel Tierney, Federico Heller
Producer: Nigel Tierney, Jeff Marx, Andrew Hawkins, German Heller
Exec Producer: Nigel Tierney, Jeff Marx, Andrew Hawkins, German Heller
Writer: Jeff Marx
DOP: Federico Carlini, Erica Villar
Editor: Federico Heller, Nigel Tierney
Sound Design: Jeff Marx
Composer: Jeff Marx
Production Design: Federico Heller

Cast: Mel Brooks, Jeff Marx, Dixie D'Amelio, Tehillah Alphonso, Morgan Jay, Andrew Hawkins


FESTIVALS:
Aesthetica Film Festival November 2026
San Jose International Short Film Festival October 2026
Hamilton Film Festival October 2026
Animayo Internacional Film Festival of Animation October 2026
Santa Fe International Film Festival October 2026
Newport Beach Film Festival October 2026
San Diego International Film Festival October 2026
Festival of Animation Berlin October 2026
Animation Expo (AXPO) September 2026
Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE September 2026
HollyShorts Film Festival August 2026
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival August 2026
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival July 2026
Animayo May 2026
Dallas International Film Festival April 2026