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Before follows a group of not-yet-humans as they bide their time in a perpetual waiting room. Like an eternal DMV visit, every visitor in this room has waited for thousands of years for their number to be called to be assigned a life. Some are anxious, some are hopeful, and others are defeated by impatience before their earthly lives have even begun. But for the first time ever, as these visitors watch and worry and wonder, one number is called out over and over, as every visitor rejects this life. Until one.

  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Note
    Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Short Film
  • Director
    Julia Monahan
  • Screenwriter
    Josh Bressler
  • Producer
    Susan Wise Bauer, Chris Bauer, Lauren Lukow
  • Cast
    Emi Ellis, Lauren Tothero, Sierra Tothero, Toni Maddocks, Pim De Boer, Maya Nalli, Daniel Tetley, Terrance Carty, Danraj Rajasansi, Ernest Keith Walker, Max Raines,
  • Cinematographer
    Richie Yau
  • Editor
    Lindsay Armstrong