The Hidden Shift (2025)
This film noir-inspired work began as a three-act play. Here it becomes juxtaposed with a documentary style "making of" film. It is both a film and a film about the making of that film. This cinematic device is further complicated by the casting of museum staff as the film's actors. What emerges is not just a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process but an intimate portrait of daily museum life. Alongside cast rehearsals and set building, we see staff using the copy machine, greeting visitors, and cracking jokes at a morning meeting. The result is a twisting metanarrative that dissolves the boundaries between art and labor, performance and production. Through its structure and story. The Hidden Shift invites viewers to grapple with complex questions surrounding capitalism, the meaning of work, and the precarity of the so-called 'creative class.
Director:
Alex Abrahams
Writers:
Alex Abrahams, Ting Tong Chang, Yang Cheng Su.
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Anastassios Tzounopoulos as The Anarchist |
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Laura Barnes as The Capitalist |
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Joe Praksti as The Detective |
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Lizzie Ahlborn as The Secretary |
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Kaya Cammerata as The Union Leader |
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Natalie Miczikus as The Factory Worker |
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Taylor Pate as The Factory Worker |
| Directing | Alex Abrahams | Director |
| Production | Benny Shaffer | Producer |
| Directing | Stephen Turselli | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Alex Abrahams | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ting Tong Chang | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yang Cheng Su | Screenplay |
| Camera | Stefano Ceccarelli | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Davis Rohrer | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Pat Francart | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bunny Brand | Costume Designer |
| Art | Ting Tong Chang | Set Designer |
| Art | Natalie Miczikus | Set Designer |
| Art | Taylor Pate | Set Designer |
| Art | Bailey Lundmark | Set Designer |
| Art | Lucas Fauble | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ali Fleeman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Avery Ferrel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hannah Reynolds | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Alyssa Pearson | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Ryan Stewart | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | David Bernabo | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | David Bernabo | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Ryan Stewart | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Ahmed Ragheb | Editor |
| Editing | Lily Ekimian Ragheb | Editor |
| Editing | Kory Pitkavish | Colorist |
| Editing | Dan Duthie | Editor |
