Directed by Tony Gardiner
PREVO is where independent short films premiere. Your first month is free, and DIY is waiting in it Thursday at 8 AM ET.
Free for a month with code DIYWAIT, then $5.99 a month. Cancel any time.
PREVO is where independent short films premiere. Your first month is free, and DIY is 12 minutes of it.
Code DIY applies for you: one free month, then $5.99 a month. Cancel any time. Already a member? Watch it here.
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The turnout
PREVO Proven – one hundred people. Subscribers who joined through this film, plus members who watched it and left a Note. One person counts once, and nothing else counts at all.
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The story
In DIY, Claire Lovering (Play Dirty, Class of ’07) stars as Alex, a grieving young woman who just wants to hang a sentimental picture on her wall.
But when her drill pushes into the plaster, she inadvertently kills Sam, a mob bagman collecting funds from a hidden stash in the wall of the adjoining apartment. When Alex rushes next door, she stumbles into Sam’s corpse and discovers neighbor Jerry (Alexander England – Alien: Covenant, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart) tied and gagged in the bedroom.
But before she can free Jerry or get an explanation, someone calls out from the living room. Gus (Damon Herriman – Mindhunter, Justified) has just arrived. He’s a hitman, he’s late to his first job for a new mafia boss, and he mistakes Alex for Sam.
Now Alex faces a horrifying choice: pretend to be a career criminal and participate in a major felony… or die.
From the film’s press kit
By the numbers
The whole film was shot in a single 12-hour day in Alhambra, Los Angeles.
FrightFest London, Sydney Film Festival, Screamfest, the Austin Film Festival, Flickerfest, St Kilda and the BiG Festivalowski.
Best Short Film at the 2026 AACTA Awards.
The director
Tony Gardiner
Director and cinematographer
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