a motion picture by Kailee McGee
Synopsis:
Filmmaker Kailee McGee’s world turns sideways with a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis. She’s in the middle of treatment but just beginning to reevaluate reality, love, and identity while being sick. Kailee loses track of where her cancer journey ends and her life begins. As the voice inside her head toggles between existential crisis and self-actualization, Kailee resorts to the only way she knows how to heal: figure out a way to watch a version of her journey unfold on a screen.
Can made its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival in March 2024 and won the SXSW Audience Award for Best Narrative Short Film.
Honors:
SXSW
Raindance Film Festival
SIFF
Palm Springs Shortfest
Indy Shorts
Holly Shorts Film Festival
LA Shorts
Tucson Film Festival
Short of the Week
Vimeo Staff Pick
NoBudge
Filmmaker Kailee McGee’s world turns sideways with a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis. She’s in the middle of treatment but just beginning to reevaluate reality, love, and identity while being sick. Kailee loses track of where her cancer journey ends and her life begins. As the voice inside her head toggles between existential crisis and self-actualization, Kailee resorts to the only way she knows how to heal: figure out a way to watch a version of her journey unfold on a screen.
Can made its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival in March 2024 and won the SXSW Audience Award for Best Narrative Short Film.
Honors:
SXSW
Raindance Film Festival
SIFF
Palm Springs Shortfest
Indy Shorts
Holly Shorts Film Festival
LA Shorts
Tucson Film Festival
Short of the Week
Vimeo Staff Pick
NoBudge