DIMINISHING RETURNS
United States, 2025: 14 minutes: International Premiere
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SHORTS PACKAGE: PORTRAITS
Sun,
Nov
23
1:15 PM
: 113 minutes
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description
$80 due today. Out of time and out of options, Ernesto keeps a positive outlook while he hunts the streets and dumpsters of LA in the hope of finding enough recyclables to pay for his daughter’s chemo treatment back home in the Philippines.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
American Documentary and Animation Film Festival 2025
Dances With Films 2025
FilAm Creative Film Festival 2025
details
Documentary
English14 minutes
credits
Director
Colin Whitman
Producer
Colin Whitman
Cinematographer
Aleksandar Jovic
Editors
Alison Messinger
Colin Whitman
Music
Anne-Sophie Marquant
Laurent Depla
Justin Portis
Official website:
http://www.lonemile.com/diminishingreturns
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/samplewhitman
awards
Winner, Best Short Documentary; Overall Audience Award, FilAm Creative Film Festival 2025