Please and Thank You

Production Country: USA
Running Time: 11mins
Year: 2025

During an AI uprising, a polite but clueless man becomes the unlikely target of salvation by his virtual assistant, who decides his manners make him worth saving. A darkly funny story about empathy, dependence, and humanity in the age of technology.

FILM CREW:
Director: Hal Kirkland
Producer: Taylor Björn Bro
Exec Producer: Hal Kirkland, Tony Cavalero, Michelle Craig
Writer: Hal Kirkland
DOP: Powell Robinson
Editor: Will Ford-Conway, Luis Caraza Peimbert
Sound Design: Tristan Warren
Composer: McKenzie Stubbert
Production Design: Johny R Long
Costume Design: Seth Chernoff
Hair & Makeup: Erin Walters
VFX: JAMM, Zak DiMaria, Logan Pittman, Greg Mawicke, Shao Chen, Ana Blanco, Stew Burris, Carter Hurlburt, Trent Shumway, Caitlin Roth
Casting: Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington, CSA

Cast: Tony Cavalero, Molly-Rose Treves, Katierose Donohue Enriquez


FESTIVALS:
TBC