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Jeff

Canadian Premiere

A phone sex operator gets into it with a caller who makes a disturbing confession.

Director
Cast

Nicole Elliot, Brian Villalobos, Rebekah McLamb, Christine Cochrane

Credits
Country of Origin

USA

Year

2025

Language

English

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18+
25 min
Action & Suspense Award Winners Drama Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Shorts Talent to Watch Women Directors

Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Brody Carmichael, Amado De Hoyos, Sean Muldrow, Ken Muldrow, Karen Muldrow, Cody Sims

Producer

Julia Hebner, Madison King, Michael Zumaya

Screenwriter

Julia Hebner

Cinematography

Emily Basma

Editor

Julia Hebner

Original Music

Googiemonkey

Art Director

Lara Cattlin

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Julia Hebner

Julia Hebner has been a filmmaker for over 10 years. Originally from New York, she graduated New York Film Academy’s conservatory program in 2012, and has taught film in New York, Mumbai, Beijing, and Paris. She has worked in the camera department on many film, commercial, and documentary sets, and spent time as a camera and lens technician. Her short film, Bad Lobster (2018), won Best Comedy Short at the LA Underground Film Forum, Best Actor at the Denver Underground Film Festival, and took second place at Short Shorts in Brooklyn.

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