13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025 Globe Cinema

23rd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 16-26, 2026 Globe Cinema

DIMINISHING RETURNS

United States, 2025: 14 minutes: International Premiere
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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

English
14 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