A woman kills her sexist husband and transforms his corpse into a puppet of her perfect man.
WRITTEN BY: DEANA TAHERI
LILITH: DEANA TAHERI
BILL: YIANNI SINES
WAITER: ZAC BRANCIFORTE
DIRECTOR: EMILY DHUE
PRODUCED BY: DEANA TAHERI, EMILY DHUE
DOP: SAMUEL PERRY-FALVEY
AD: SAM ASHER MISAN
1ST AC: CHARLOTTE NIND
2ND AC: HAMISH GUNN-WILSON
GAFFER: JACOB BACON
SOUND: HEATHER HUGHES
HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGNER: ISABEL WHILE
MUA ASSISTANTS: GRACE O'TOOLE + ANNA RANDALL
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: ZAC BRANCIFORTE
EDITOR: YIANNI SINES
COMPOSER: BENJAMIN SQUIRES
POST SOUND: JON COLES
POST COLOUR: PICTURE SHOP
Press.
Bill, written, produced, and starring Deana Taheri, premiered at Academy Award Qualifying film festival HollyShorts in August 2024, and took home the award for Best Horror. It also won awards at Austin After Dark Film Festival, was an award finalist at Oregon Screams Film Festival, and was selected to screen at HorrOrigins in Arizona, the inaugural Oscar and BAFTA qualifying HollyShorts London, and Dances With Films.
A Boy Like Me
Ben discovers he is a clone of his father, Tom, and has inherited his father's memories.
North American premiere Jan 2026 at Dances With Films NY.
Ben/Tom: Yianni Sines
Body double/Assailant: George Le
Blond James
Director: Deana Taheri
Writer: Yianni Sines
Producers: Deana Taheri + Yianni Sines
Cinematographer: Samuel Perry-Falvey
1st AC: Bradley Stearn
Gaffer: Jacob Bacon
Spark: Charlotte Nind
Production designer: Jonah Perry-Falvey
Hair and makeup artist: Stephania Mistri-Yiannouka
1st AD: Maria Yiannouka
2nd AD: Duncan Wilson
Script supervisor: Elliot Whitehead
Editor: Zac Branciforte
Colourist: Mary Perrino
Composer: Jake Weston
Sound recordist: Jing Wen
Sound designer: Jon Coles
Re-recording mixer: Dom Storrs
In collaboration with Space Fish Productions and Dolly Films 🐑
