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The story

Days before deployment to Afghanistan, Joey returns to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas with big dreams of running away to Canada with her beautiful lover. But Joey learns that things don’t always end up as planned. This short film was expanded into a feature film of the same title, it premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, and it was released in 2017.

Cast & crew

KD

Kayla Dempsey

Joey

Breeda Wool

Rayna

RO

Ruthie O'Dell

Joey's Mom Ruthie

Darrell Larson

Joey's Stepdad Pete

RB

Roy Brown

Roy

NG

Nevayah Gonda

Nevayah

HD

Hannah Dillon

Hannah

JS

Jon Sordoni

Joey's Family

WC

Whitney Chrzanowski

Joey's Family

GC

Garrit Chrzanowski

Joey's Family

JW

Jen Walton

Joey's Family

Deb Shoval

Director, Producer

Jessica Bennett

Cinematography

KR

Kelli Rudick

Music

JC

Jessica Caldwell

Producer