Dummy! (2024)
Narrative, Short
An aspiring cabaret singer struggles to break free from her controlling mother — a ventriloquist dummy who was once a star herself. DUMMY! is a surreal technicolor melodrama about fearing you weren’t built for the world you’re meant to inhabit.
Starring Natalie Walker ("Search Party," "The Other Two") and Pam Arciero ("Sesame Street"), with stop motion by Beck Underwood.
Made with support from NYC Women’s Fund, Panavision and PANO. Top 10 short horror script with Killer Shorts 2022.
DUMMY! screened with the Chicago International Film Festival (2025), GenreBlast (Winner: Best Short, 2025), Nitehawk Shorts Festival (2025), FilmQuest (2024), Aesthetica (2024), Dances With Films (2024), Fantaspoa (2024), Abertoir (2024), Nightmares (2024), Finger Lakes Film Festival (2024), Même Pas Peur (2024), ArtPort (2025), and Anomaly (Winner: Best Short, 2024).