Boxed In was successful on the film festival circuit during 2024/5, achieving 5 Award Winners, 1 Selection, 1 Finalist, and 5 Semi-Finalist positions. My short has been recognised by the San Francisco Arthouse Film Festival, London International Filmmakers Festival, Chicago Film Awards, and Dubai Indie Film Festival, and received accolades in Dublin, Berlin, New York, and Paris. Boxed In will be distributed on the platform Eoflix starting in February 2026.
In a universe where your life plays like a movie at judgment, a son must stop his fallen-angel brother from rewriting their father’s reel into eternal damnation.
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In a universe where every human life is captured on film, Rick Belafonte’s Life Reel becomes the subject of celestial intrigue. At the Final Festival—a cosmic court where souls are judged through their films—rebellious fallen angel Jakobi schemes to corrupt Rick’s reel with “evil edits,” ensuring his damnation. For Jakobi, it’s personal: Rick once loved his mother, Candy, whose tragic death still haunts him.
Meanwhile on Earth, Rick’s estranged son Benny stumbles into Flickers Picture Palace, an eerie cinema where reels reveal hidden truths. Alongside Frida, a young woman scarred by her own family’s neglect, Benny watches fragments of his childhood unfold onscreen—memories of his troubled father, a sabotaged horse race, and the mysterious fall of his mother.
Guided by Thor, a weary celestial auditor, Benny learns that Life Reels are sacred, balancing truth and lies to keep the universe intact. But Jakobi, Benny’s half-brother, is determined to weaponize film to rewrite destiny, exposing old secrets and threatening cosmic order.
As reels clash between truth and manipulation, Benny must confront the sins of his father, the lies of his brother, and the fragile thread between redemption and damnation. Life on Reel is a surreal, metaphysical odyssey where cinema itself decides the fate of souls.
Steve Hunyi’s 18-minute Garbage Rex has a certain surreality to it, as if operating under the influence, that gives it a psychological edge. It is the film’s most inviting quality, followed by the titular character, the garbage collector Rex.
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