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:
Sidewalk Film Festival August 2026
Indy Shorts Film FestivalJuly 2026
Fantasia Film Festival July 2026
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN)July 2026
St Kilda Film FestivalJune 2026
Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film Festival (BSSSFFF)May 2026