FRAMED

2024, 8 mins, Dark Comedy/Satire

The story of a man with nothing left to live for, and way too many photos in his office.



“Beautifully produced dark satire…Total crowd pleaser at FilmQuest ‘24”

-Rene Rivas, Letterboxd

Official Selections:

FilmQuest (2024)

International Sound and Film Music Festival (2024)

Framed is a totally independent, self-funded passion project that I had been dying to make for years. The idea first came to me at a film festival, during a block of short films that ran the entire genre gamut. We watched everything from the bleakest tragedies to the lightest comedies, and whenever a new film started, you didn’t know what it was going to be. I started to imagine the exact kind of short that I would love to see at a festival — a hyper-serious drama that slowly reveals itself to be a ridiculous comedy, designed specifically to play for a live audience.

Cast/Crew:

Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited by Sam Schlenker

Starring Craig Watkinson

with Courtney Watkinson, Samantha Watkinson, Ryan Stiffelman, and Olivia Castanho

Directors of Photography: DeAngelo Harding, Wojciech Kielar

Production Designer: Noah Dains

Music by Robert Mai

Visual Effects by James Robertson

Sound Design and Mixing by Grant Meurers

Assistant Directors: Steven Wetrich, MacKenzie Marlowe

First Assistant Camera: McKone Corkery

2nd Assisstant Camera: Zachary Milnamow

Gaffer: Eric Thompson

Key Grip: Peter Koocheradis

Production Sound Mixer: Jason Flaster

Hair and Makeup: Morgan Silva

Colorist/Addtl Photography: Steven Wetrich

Assistant Camera (Attl Photography): Sadie Goff, Luis Herrera

Addtl VFX/Design: Asher Pink, Sam Schlenker, Ed Baker