Written / Directed / Produced by Katherine Connor Duff
Co-Produced by Judyth Daley
Starring Jon Cody Andersen & Katherine Connor Duff
Katherine Connor Duff as Molly Harris in The Slate
Logline: A struggling actress attempts to film a self-tape.
Genre: Psychological Drama / Intimate Character Study
Tone: Claustrophobic. Raw. Darkly Absurd. Quietly devastating.
Runtime: 8 minutes
WHY I MADE IT
I filmed this short as realistically as possible; a tightly contained one-act that unfolds in real time. No cutaways, no flashbacks, just a domestic battleground between two people, where emotional manipulation and performative breakdowns blur together.
A dissection of ego erosion under the pressures of performance, failure, and quiet misogyny. The camera becomes a silent witness to a relationship collapsing.
Evokes the cinema verité aspect of the New Wave French filmmakers and the unpleasant voyeurism of a ‘90s found footage film.
