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Radiant Frost

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United States202519 minEnglish
Radiant Frost

A drifter’s life takes a dramatic turn when he discovers a runaway member of a survivalist cult in the back of his truck.

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A drifter’s life takes a dramatic turn when he discovers a runaway member of a survivalist cult in the back of his truck.

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Screening Times

This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Hannah Schierbeek

  • Screenwriter

    Hannah Schierbeek

  • Producer

    Hannah Schierbeek

    Trenton Davis

  • Co-Producers

    Alemberg Ang

  • Director of Photography

    Vincent Prochoroff

  • Editor

    Brandon Bunner

  • Composer

    Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan

  • Costume Designer

    Anika Ladero

  • Assistant Director

    Meghan Shannon

  • Re-Recording Mixer

    Henry Hawks

  • VFX

    Keaton McQuarrie

  • Colorist

    Sam Howells

  • Principal Cast

    Eli Vidis Newman

    Taika Augustaitis

    Heather Evans

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Hannah Schierbeek

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Hannah Schierbeek is a Chicago-based writer-director known for her short films A Black Hole Near Kent County (Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival) and An Alternative Method (BFI Future Film Festival). Utilizing the North American Midwest as her cosmos, Schierbeek’s films explore intimate interpersonal stories backdropped by today’s socioecological dilemmas.

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