Fever
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Drama, Short Films, 15-Jul-2025
A young man caught underneath the thumb of his crazed parents makes a break for freedom. Isabella Nemcik directs “Fever,” an absurd drama where a case of domestic imprisonment pushes a man to a skin-crawling breaking point. Ziggy’s parents, dolled with monstrous prosthetics, spoon-feed their son at the breakfast table. The young man wants to leave the suburban home but his parents demand he stays. In his bedroom, he calls Orson, a mysterious, long-distance admirer. Orson tells Ziggy that their situation-ship has gotten too strange, and it’s time they finally meet IRL. When Orson stops answering his calls, Ziggy must finally confront his parents. The film climaxes with a body horror crash out, a culminating moment representative of the bizarre and fantastic elements throughout. -JM. Director: Isabella Nemcik. Cast: Mikey Frusci, Erika Stone, Robert Stuart, Quinn Coté. DP: David Luna. Editor: Bryce Hinschberger. Producer: Janicel Diaz. Production Designer: Amal Qureshi. Composer: Zoloman Zelko.
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