In a burning city at the end of the world, a delivery driver must journey to visit his ailing father before it’s too late.
While working at an agency in downtown LA, I thought my mind cracked. I was overworked - guzzling energy drinks, sleeping at the office, and eventually collapsing one night repeatedly on my head. I had full-blown panic attacks and was secretly convinced that I had Cotard’s delusion. My ultimate horror was that I was stuck living this awful daily cycle of work in an endless loop that I was doomed to repeat forever.
That horror never fully left me.
This short film is an attempt to exorcise that demon.
Festivals
- Fantasia International Film Festival
- Fantasporto International Film Festival
- Nashville Film Festival
- Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival
- FilmQuest
- Seattle Asian American Film Festival
- DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon
- DC Shorts International Film Festival
Press
- The best short films from Fantasia Fest 2025 - La Estatuilla
- Mini Horrors: Graveyard Shorts Shine at the 56th Nashville Film Festival - Zombies in My Blog
- Finding Light in the Madness: Julian Park’s "Shitfly" Breaks the Psyche Wide Open - League of Filmmakers
- Inside Aesthetica: The Bloody, The Boring, and The Brilliant - York Vision
Stills
Cast
Jonnie Park, Andrea Bang, Jennifer Hale
Crew
- Writer, Director - Julian Park
- Producers - Lyandre Pierre, Sarah Hyunji Park, Rickey Larke, Bryan Eliacin
- Executive Producers - Jess Dang, Jonnie Park, Julian Park
- Cinematographer - Justin D. Lee
- Production Designers - Yong Ok Lee, Ying-Te Julie Chen
- Make-up Artist - Moung Hui Park
- Costume Designer - Carima Robinson
- Sound Designer - Diego Perez
- Composer - Jina Hyojin An
- Co-Producer - David Galindo
- Assistant Director - Liz Holland
- Assistant Camera - Mikey Gutentong
- Gaffer - Vincent Valentin
- Key Grip - Aria Brice
- Swing - Salvador Cachu
- Makeup Assistant - Akihiro Sawada
- Prop Master - Joshua Sampson
- Key Scenic - Yen-Ju Lin
- Lead Graphic Designer - Scott Hernandez
- Graphic Designer - Addison Smyth
- Graphic Supervisor - Monica Fedrick
- Illustrator - Reena Kim
- Buyer - Heather Uroff
- Visual Effects Supervisor - Matthew Wauhkonen
- Visual Effects Artist - Greg Joblove
- Production Sound Mixer - Daniel Martinez
- Boom Operator - Rio Pacheco
- Colorist - Andrew Francis
- Editor - Julian Park
- Bug Wrangler - Steven R. Kutcher
- Bug Wrangler Assistant - Lisa Crockatt
- Production Assistants - donSMITH, Jared Selcer, AJ Mathews, Judith Tuft
- Videographer - Tapree Collins
- Photographer - Timothy Suh
- Music Supervisor - Emily Bender
"Too Hot in LA"
Written by William Goss and Jeremy Daly
Performed by Woody and Jeremy
Courtesy of Strange Satisfaction
"Tardigrade"
Written by Joelian Sanchez
Performed by Sekuroz
Courtesy of SoundStruck
Impossible Objects
- Co-Founder & Creative Director - Joe Sill
- Co-Founder & Executive Producer - Jerad Anderson
- Executive Producer - Sarah James
- Producer - Kim A. Bifulco
- VAD & VP Supervisor - Luc Delamare
- VAD Lead - Rodrigo Castro
- LED Wall Operator - Nhan Le
- Studio Coordinator - Esther Romero
Special Thanks - 엄마, 아빠 & Anna, Phillip Kim, Christopher Chang, Briana de la Torre, Effie Yang, Lorelle Lynch, AJ Kneip, Daniel Chung, James Kim, So Young Shelly Yo, Dan Marcus, Charles Goubeaud, Tessa Bartholomew, Victoria Murphy, Kami Asgar and 424 Post, San Fernando Brake & Tire, Inc., Araceli Estrada and Lake LA Dairy, Justin Foronda and HiFi Kitchen
Hott Buttered Soul
Poster art by Nhung T. Kim