A resentful teenager babysits her turtle-obsessed half-brother; meanwhile, he dives into a vivid fantasy world where he is a sea turtle and she is a tortoise.
Director's Bio: Jahmil Eady is a writer-director from Charleston, SC and NYC who is known for her genre-blending filmmaking style. She is an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women+, where she wrote and directed the magical realism short HATCHLINGS.
Eady is a Pomona College alum and holds an MFA in Directing from UCLA. She began her career in unscripted film and television, working as an associate producer on documentary projects for OWN, Viceland, and Discovery..
She is the Princess Grace Foundation’s inaugural Sir Roger Moore Honoree in Filmmaking and her work has been supported by Tribeca & Chanel Through Her Lens, Rideback Rise, SeriesFest, NFMLA NewNarratives, and Indeed’s Rising Voices. Her Gullah Geechee horror short HAINT premiered at Tribeca FF 2025 and is streaming on Hulu.
Virtual Screening Note: available to Arkansas viewers only
A resentful teenager babysits her turtle-obsessed half-brother; meanwhile, he dives into a vivid fantasy world where he is a sea turtle and she is a tortoise.
Director's Bio: Jahmil Eady is a writer-director from Charleston, SC and NYC who is known for her genre-blending filmmaking style. She is an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women+, where she wrote and directed the magical realism short HATCHLINGS.
Eady is a Pomona College alum and holds an MFA in Directing from UCLA. She began her career in unscripted film and television, working as an associate producer on documentary projects for OWN, Viceland, and Discovery..
She is the Princess Grace Foundation’s inaugural Sir Roger Moore Honoree in Filmmaking and her work has been supported by Tribeca & Chanel Through Her Lens, Rideback Rise, SeriesFest, NFMLA NewNarratives, and Indeed’s Rising Voices. Her Gullah Geechee horror short HAINT premiered at Tribeca FF 2025 and is streaming on Hulu.
Virtual Screening Note: available to Arkansas viewers only