ITTY BITTY BETTY
Canada, 2025: 12 minutes: Alberta Premiere
Part of:
SHORTS PACKAGE - HOW TO SUCCEED IN LOVE WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
description
Betty must choose; a safe isolated life with miniature figurines or an authentic, vulnerable experience in the outside world.
Betty's fear of rejection has her living isolated at home in a reality constructed with miniature figurines, one with whom she has developed a relationship. After meeting a woman who she can’t get off her mind, Betty is thrust into making a difficult decision: continue her small private life at home with her miniature figurine boyfriend or face the big world outside and risk rejection in the pursuit of an authentic and vulnerable relationship with a stranger.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Fantasia Film Festival 2025
Image+Nation Film Festival 2025
Courts d'un Soir 2025
Mardi Gras Film Festival 2026
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2026
details
Women Director / Fantasy / Narrative / Dark Comedy / Romance / Comedy
English12 minutes
special guest
Director, screenwriter, cast Laura Buchanan in attendance
credits
Director
Laura Buchanan
Screenwriter
Laura Buchanan
Producer
Mariel Sharp
Cinematographer
Stephanie Weber Biron
Music
Kid Koala
Cast
Laura Buchanan
Victoria Hall
Matt Keyes
awards
Winner, 3rd place MELS Award Best Short Film, Fantasia Film Festival 2025
Winner, Emerging Voices Award and Short Film Audience Award, Image+Nation Film Festival 2025