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SJSFF 2025

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2025 15 mins USA

Directed by Alexander Thompson

Set in the countryside of depression-plagued 1930s America, our tale unfolds in an alternate past where adolescent girls are expected to fulfill a longstanding rite in which they hunt and slay a mythical beast of their mother’s choosing, and will not be accepted by society as a “proper woman” until they have fulfilled this sacred rite-of-passage hunt. Starring HEREDITARY's Milly Shapiro and WALKING DEAD's Pollyanna McIntosh.

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About Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting is a 15-minute sci-fi short film from the USA directed by Alexander Thompson. It screened at the 2025 San Jose International Short Film Festival in the program “The Alternative Universe”.

Director
Alexander Thompson
Program
The Alternative Universe
Country
USA
Run time
15 mins
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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