THE NEXUS
Sci-Fi/Horror
13:12 Digital 1.78:1 Stereo 4K
In the suburbs of Bridgeport, four middle schoolers’ lives are disturbed when a member of their group goes missing. Together, they search to find him, but along the way, they discover there may be more to his disappearance than meets the eye...
CAST:
Caleb Reese Paul as Tyler
John Mahanna as Zev
Lily Buchanan as Skylar
Griffin Wallace Henkel as Chase
Austin Turner as Chief John Cavett
CREW:
Caleb Reese Paul | Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Max Garstak | Director of Photography
Alexandra Brown | Gaffer
Charlie Diserens | Key Grip
Olga Nechaeva | 1st Assistant Camera
Andrina Wolff | 2nd Assistant Camera
Dakota Cohen | 2nd Assistant Camera
Cian Fitzgerald | Production Sound Mixer
AWARDS
WINNER
Best Young Filmmaker | Independent Shorts Awards
Best Young Filmmaker | IndieX Film Fest
Best 1st Time Director, Best Cinematography | Vegas Movie Awards
Best Sci-Fi Film | Sugar Loaf Film Festival
Best Indie Film, Best Ensemble Cast | Horrors4You - “This young cast deliver all they've got. Just brilliant."
SELECTIONS
Big Apple Film Festival (Live Drive-In Event Section)
New York Short Film Festival
Long Story Shorts International Film Festival
Lift-Off New Year Extravaganza
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
making of
This was my first professional short film. I was 11 (actually, I turned 12 while filming) when I directed, wrote, and produced it - we shot in the summer of 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic. After running a $4,000 Indiegogo campaign, we shot for 4 days in my house and across my hometown, and I hired a small crew and some actor friends of mine.
After editing the film, I sent it off on the festival circuit and it had its world premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival later that year. Out of over 250 films selected, they chose 6 to screen at an in-person event. The Nexus was one of them. It’s now available to screen on Apple TV, iTunes, Google Play, and YouTube.