Video

About this submission

Ta-Da! is the film I've always wanted to make. It's a story about love, redemption, and hope. My goal was to make people laugh, and bring everyone who watched this film together; the goal was never to break the mold - but rather to bring levity and love to a world that so desperately needs it right now. Beneath the love story, it's also very personal to me as it revolves around two social outcasts suffering from some form of anxiety and/or depression; both are ailments that I've struggled with my entire life.

Austin Duplantis

Creator

Austin Duplantis is from Keller Texas. He got his creative start in theater, and improvisational comedy. During the last leg of his high school career- he found his pension for filmmaking, and hasn't looked back since. During high school he made two short films: Tormented (2020), and Thoughts in Motion (2021). After high school he moved to Nashville in order to attend Belmont University, pursuing a BFA in Motion Pictures. Since then he has made four more films outside of school: Fishbowl (2022), P.S., I Stalk You (2022), The Dentist! (2023), and Of Monsters and Marshmallows (2024). Austin has produced two shorts in his time at Belmont: Dummies (2023), and Ta-Da! (2025)... Upon graduating, Austin has all these films, six feature length screenplays, three music videos, and two pilots under his belt. He is currently editing an independent pilot entitled: Rite to Exorcise. more...