Marni is doing her best—she’s sober, she’s scrappy, and she would do anything for her baby daughter Mila. So when a surprise daycare bill hits and every door slams shut, she finds her solution in the most unexpected Craigslist ad she’s ever seen. Armed with a frozen milk stash, a ride-or-die best friend, and the street smarts she picked up in a past life, Marni pulls off a hustle that’s equal parts absurd, resourceful, and deeply human.
Director's Bio: Nicole Higgins is a writer, director, and actor whose work is raw, darkly funny, and unapologetically female-forward. Her debut pilot CVNT, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, is premiering in 2026 at Tribeca Festival.
Before stepping into her own creative work, Nicole spent years on major studio sets as a Best Boy Grip on projects such as Megalopolis, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Captain America: Brave New World, and The Walking Dead. This experience gives her a rare, inside-out understanding of how stories are built from the ground up.
Her voice draws from personal experience, contradiction, and survival. She is currently developing the pilot Basecamp and the psychological thriller feature Warped.
Virtual Screening Note: available to Arkansas viewers only
Marni is doing her best—she’s sober, she’s scrappy, and she would do anything for her baby daughter Mila. So when a surprise daycare bill hits and every door slams shut, she finds her solution in the most unexpected Craigslist ad she’s ever seen. Armed with a frozen milk stash, a ride-or-die best friend, and the street smarts she picked up in a past life, Marni pulls off a hustle that’s equal parts absurd, resourceful, and deeply human.
Director's Bio: Nicole Higgins is a writer, director, and actor whose work is raw, darkly funny, and unapologetically female-forward. Her debut pilot CVNT, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, is premiering in 2026 at Tribeca Festival.
Before stepping into her own creative work, Nicole spent years on major studio sets as a Best Boy Grip on projects such as Megalopolis, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Captain America: Brave New World, and The Walking Dead. This experience gives her a rare, inside-out understanding of how stories are built from the ground up.
Her voice draws from personal experience, contradiction, and survival. She is currently developing the pilot Basecamp and the psychological thriller feature Warped.
Virtual Screening Note: available to Arkansas viewers only