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After a recent breakup, social media obsessed Maria faces her deepest fear - spending the night alone. What will she do to pass the time? Not even she knows. Through facing her ex-boyfriend, celebrating her birthday, and a chance encounter with a delivery driver, she learns a lesson in what it means to choose yourself.


Creator
Payton Burkhammer is an award-winning indie film director based in Akron, Ohio. In 2023 she was selected for the Cleveland Indie Film Incubator, a six-month program for writer/directors with innovative script ideas to participate in workshops, receive production assistance, and fully realize their short films. She is also a founding member of Girl Set Cleveland, a group that provides free workshops to women, trans, and non-binary individuals to gain hands-on training in film production roles. more...

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