

Three minutes. Two women. One body. No time to waste.
Acting
Carstensen and Carlson: entire relationship in micro-expressions.
Editing
Ruthless compression — no frame wasted.
Direction
McAllister's deadpan staging of domestic horror.
Director
Kamal McAllister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Micro-short crime films exploded post-2020 as calling cards for emerging filmmakers — this one weaponizes runtime as genre.
McAllister reportedly shot this in a single afternoon with available light, using a real body bag from a contact in funeral services.