Kayla Baby
Director: Clark Comstock
Producer: Claire Foley
Premiere Status: World Premiere
Screenwriter: Clark Comstock
Cinematographer: Vinny Mehan, Clark Comstock
Cast: Kenny Rayborn, Nora Kovasckitz, Ayla Cole, Cyrus Fontenot, George Alexander
Release Year: 2023
Language: English (United States)
Subtitle: English (United States)
Country: United States
Genre: Drama, Experimental
(THIS FILM WAS PART OF OUR 2024 FESTIVAL LINEUP AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON THE SLAMDANCE CHANNEL) Kayla, a mostly silent teenager, and her sister Marta have been forced to relocate to an abandoned housing development by a menacing being. There, they meet an elderly man named Charles, and a troubled yet energetic teenage boy named Davy. Friendships form and connections deepen as the group eventually realize they share a common thread (and common adversary) in their exile to this lonely place. A sudden disappearance disrupts their new-found peace as desperation and secret guilt threaten to take over their tenuous harmony. Who will do the right thing? And who will suffer the consequences?