Goodnight, AUGUST

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Years after a mysterious church fire claims dozens of lives, August begins experiencing dreams that blur the line between memory and reality. Haunted by a nameless figure known only as the “Shadow Man”, he is pulled into the depths of his own subconscious in search of the truth: Who set the church ablaze, and why has the past refused to let him go?

As every revelation uncovers another hidden layer of the past, he must confront not only the mystery of the fire, but the condition of his own soul. Goodnight, August is a surreal, Southern Gothic murder mystery about faith, redemption, and the unseen battle between light and darkness. As the subconscious gives shape to fear, pride, and longing, every path leads deeper into a mystery that cannot be escaped by waking.

a WESTERN gothic

I resonate deeply with the timeless beauty of classic Westerns, and I’m madly in love with the haunting imagery of surrealist black and white cinema. Goodnight, August grew from a desire to bring those influences together, and to create a world where Southern mythology, dream logic, and spiritual themes exist side by side.

As an expressionistic filmmaker, I'm less interested in recreating reality than revealing the emotional and spiritual truths beneath it. I love building immersive worlds that feel both familiar and otherworldly, where memory, symbolism, and the subconscious become as tangible as the physical world we live in. Goodnight, August will always be the world that unexpectedly grew from my own heart and imagination, and I’ll love it forever.

- Emily

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AWARDS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

  • Gold Remi Award — WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

  • Best Cinematography — Sky Arts Film Festival

  • Best Local Film — Nooga Underground Film Fest

  • Official Selection — Nashville Film Festival

  • Official Selection — Franklin Film Festival

  • Best Female Director Nominee — Toronto International Women Film Festival

What began as a short film has always been part of a much larger vision. Goodnight, August is currently being developed as a limited series, allowing the story's characters, mysteries, and symbolic world to unfold as they were originally imagined. The series will continue to explore the subconscious, spiritual warfare, and the hope of redemption through a richly surreal Southern Gothic landscape.