HOT SEAT
Debut short film
Asher realizes a chair they threw out is worth thousands.
awards & acknowledgements
NewFest Grand Jury Special Mention, 2024
AMC+ Future of Film, 2025
Craft & Release People's Choice Award, 2025
press
screener available
2024
- director
- Sohrob Nayebaziz
- writers
- Sohrob Nayebaziz
- Celeste Scott
- producers
- Liat Z. Rubin
- Kylie Billings
- starring
- Sureni Weerasekera
- Daniel Liu
- Sohrob Nayebaziz
- Shelby Grebbin
- Han Na Shin
- Gwen Thomas
- Solange Neema Azor
- assistant director
- Akshita Jaswal
- production sound mixer
- Mariya Chulichkova
- editor
- Nick Okrepkie
- additional editing
- Sohrob Nayebaziz
- sound mixer
- Robert Don
- composer
- Justin Enoch
- foley artist
- Robert Don
- costume designer
- Celeste Scott
- technical designer
- Sahand Nayebaziz
- art assistant
- Karis Bongiorno
- poster art consult
- Ned Hardy
- titles & credits
- Sohrob Nayebaziz
- 1st assistant camera
- Kristina Allen
- Jennifer Desrosiers
- gaffer
- Moe LaRena
- key grip
- Joshua Reed
- Joseph Gilberg
- music supervisor
- Pilar Fitzgerald
- color studio
- RCO Color & Finishing
- colorist
- Natasha Wong
- color producer
- Sheina Dao
- production assistants
- Ayanna Rivera
- Paola Huchard
- unit still photographer
- Sahand Nayebaziz