Short Film

The Phoenix

Director: REGINA PIGSLEY

Screening link available upon request

Winner of 17 awards and official selection at 35 festivals

Inside a working class home in 90’s America, eight year old Charlie wants nothing more than to be a superhero. Her overworked parents are drifting apart, and their arguments just keep getting worse. Charlie’s only escape is her dream of being super. Eventually, the toxicity around the house boils over, and Charlie watches as her mother throws a frying pan at her father. BAM! Charlie freezes time, her arms outstretched in a gesture of protest. She has finally unlocked her super power! Instinctively, Charlie discovers that she can not only stop time, but turn it back. Immediately, Charlie turns back time just before her parents’ most recent fight and tries to avert it through her innocent, eight year old diplomacy.

What unfolds is Charlie’s growth to realizing that her powers may not be the solution to solving the problems of her broken home, but rather the answer to finding that her strength to rise above hardship, lies within herself.

Press

“Visionary Voices” Podcast | Hosted by Diana Means | March 18, 2022

Short Film “The Phoenix” Being Shot in Arnold This Week | July 15, 2021 | The Calaveras Enterprise

“The Phoenix” Hopes to Use the Character’s Super Powers to Take Hollywood by Storm! | July 21, 2021 | The Pine Tree