The Reckoning
(23:17, 2020)
An otherworldly trio marks the unjust, who must atone for their acts of inhumanity on a journey through the underworld.
Created & Directed by Ellen Hemphill
Film Designer & Editor – Jim Haverkamp
Written by Ellen Hemphill, Nor Hall, Tamara Kissane
With inspiration from Maria Sabina
Director of Photography – Alex Maness
Costume & Mask Design – Jan Chambers
Score – Allison Leyton-Brown, Penka Kouneva, Ama Divers
Singing – Mariana Sadovska, Ellen Hemphill, Allison Leyton-Brown
Cast
Kathryn Hunter Williams, Tamara Kissane, Jaybird O’Berski, John Jimerson, Shelby Hahn, Jessica Hudson, Jeff Alguire, Margot Hasty, Germain Choffart, Dan Partridge, Jane Holding, Mick Foley, Tom Marriott, Jessica Flemming, J Evarts, Ahnna Beruk, Samuel Lopez-Barrantes, Xiao Yu, Paul Deblinger + dog Sierra, Geraud Staton, Drina Dunlap, Jose Fernandez, Eileen Valverde Vindas
Screening history
Carrboro Film Festival Carrboro, NC
Chelsea Theater Selects Chapel Hill, NC
International Sound & Film Music Festival Pula, Croatia
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival Kolkata, India
Outstanding Achievement award
Longleaf Film Festival Raleigh, NC
Mont Blanc International Film Festival Paris, France
Best Short Film award
New York Sound and Vision International Film and Technology Festival New York City
Silver Savvy award – Short Film
Ohio River Valley Short Film Festival Paden City, WV
Best Cinematography award, 3rd Place Science Fiction Award
Tagore International Film Festival Tagore, India
Critics’ Choice award for Short Film
