Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five-year-old girl and her mother have claimed the abandoned tunnels as their home. After a sudden police-mandated eviction, the pair are forced to flee aboveground into a brutal winter night.
Zhaila Farmer, Celine Held, Jared Abrahamson, & Fatlip
Celine Held & Logan George are a co-writer / director duo based in Brooklyn, New York. Their feature film debut Topside premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, Critics’ Week Competition.
Their short film work has been nominated for the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2018, and has premiered in competition at Sundance, Telluride, and at SXSW.