HABIT
Written and directed by Kevin W. Koehler
In this tense drama, a nun’s life begins to unravel after she leaves her religious order under mysterious circumstances.
2021 LA Shorts International Film Festival
2021 Filmfestival Kitzbühel
2021 Kerry Film Festival
2021 Liverpool International Film Festival
2021 NewFilmmakers New York
2022 Elba Film Festival
Winner: Best International Short, Kerry Film Festival
Winner: Special Jury Award, Filmfestival Kitzbühel
BLOOD PULLS A GUN
Directed by Ben Briand
Written by Kevin W. Koehler
A teenage girl gets a keyhole look into a dangerous and mysterious world when a tattooed stranger checks into her roadside motel.
2014 SXSW Film Festival
2014 BFI London Film Festival
2014 Melbourne International Film Festival
Winner: MIFF Best Emerging Filmmaker (Ben Briand)
Winner: Gold Australian Cinematography Society Award (Jeremy Rouse)
BATMAN PULLS A GUN
A companion piece to Blood Pulls a Gun. My daughter did not like the ending so she made her own. Do not watch if you have not already watched Blood Pulls a Gun (there are spoilers).
Created for the Flux November 2014 screening series at the Hammer Museum.
SUNDAYS
Directed by Mischa Rozema
Written by Kevin W. Koehler
Set in a strange, futuristic world, a man’s life becomes a waking nightmare after a chance encounter with a woman from his past: an ex-girlfriend whom he believed to be dead.
Described by Short of the Week as “2015’s most influential sci-fi short,” Sundays sparked a studio bidding war before being bought by Warner Bros. for adaptation into a major motion picture.
CONTROL/OPTION/ESCAPE
Directed by Gandja Monteiro
Written by Kevin W. Koehler
In this sci-fi short, a reclusive internet addict is forced to cope with the harsh reality beyond her apartment walls when she discovers the internet has shut down worldwide.
Produced through the AFI Directing Workshop for Women.
2019 Panamanian International Film Festival
Winner: Best Screenplay, Panamanian International Film Festival (Kevin W. Koehler)
Winner: Best Actress, Panamanian International Film Festival (Hannah Bernall)