Birthday candles meet floodwaters in this haunting 9-minute gut punch.
A young girl from New Orleans dreams of celebrating her birthday during the weekend of Hurricane Katrina.
Direction
Ruby Kline weaponizes the short format—every frame drowns deliberately.
Cinematography
Water-damaged texture isn't aesthetic—it's archival haunting.
Director
Ruby Kline
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Katrina's 20th anniversary looms in 2025; this premiered at Sundance 2026 as deliberate memorial.
The title references lost home videos from the flood—Kline recovered corrupted files to build the visual language.
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