• Important Police Shit

    Directed by Andrew T. Betzer
    USA | 12 minutes |

A group of police cadets are mercilessly hazed as they suffer through the worst day of their training, their hell day.

In competition for Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under

film synopsis

film details

Director: Andrew T. Betzer
Producers: Lynda Meier, Daniel Cowen
Screenwriter: Andrew T. Betzer
Cinematographers: Daniel Cowen
Editor: Andrew T. Betzer
Cast: Eleanore Pienta, Armando Horsey, Scott Swope, Derrick Ward
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2020
Running Time: 12 minutes
Contact Email: betzerhere@gmail.com
Website: https://vimeo.com/betzerhere

director biography

Andrew’s films have played in numerous festivals including Cannes, London Film Festival, Rotterdam, AFI, Tribeca, SXSW, Slamdance and The New York Film Festival. In 2008, his short film “Small Apartment” won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short Film at SXSW. Also, in 2009 his short film "John Wayne Hated Horses" was an official selection of the 2009 Cannes Directors' Fortnight and he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces Of Independent Film". In 2014, Andrew made his first feature film "Young Bodies Heal Quickly" which was executive produced by Christine Vachon of Killer Films and premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. It was distributed by Factory 25 and named one of New Yorker critic Richard Brody's 30 best films of 2015. In 2016, he made the short film "I Turn To Jello" that premiered at the 54th New York Film Festival and was awarded 2017 Runner Up Best Experimental Film by Short of the Week.

meet the filmmaker

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