RED FLAG

When Alli (30) gets out of a complicated relationship, her therapist and friends try to help her sharpen her intuition by introducing her to the concept of "red flags". At first it is a useful tool that helps and guides her through a series of bad dates and warning signs.

Ready to give up, she vows to give it one last chance and meet the charming "hillbilly" (41). But, isolated in the woods, Alli once again faces her fears and begins to wonder if he is really what he seems or... a cold-blooded killer? Can she trust her intuition or have too many red flags made her the monster? 

Malin Barr is a Swedish screenwriter, director and actress who divides her time between Los Angeles and Stockholm, where she graduated from the renowned Alma Löv Script Academy in 2022. Malin's passion is to tell central stories about women, exploring uncomfortable everyday situations of complex human characters through a female gaze, with a sense of humour and a playful exploration of gender. Malin has been a Cine Qua Non Storylines Lab fellow since 2022, where she began developing her feature film, the dance drama "See Me". Her previous works include the award-winning comedy short "Hedda Needs Help" (2017), which screened internationally and was acquired by ShortsTV, and her second short film and directorial debut, the award-winning psychological thriller "Evergreen" (2022), which premiered at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and screened at Hollyshorts, Ravenna Nightmare, Film Maudit, etc.

Cleo Handler is a screenwriter, actress and director in Los Angeles/Brooklyn. She has created and directed several original films, including The Living, Olympian, Routine and #LifeOnAir, and has written several others, including Bye Bye Baby, Out to Lunch, Moon Party and the musical web series Young Like Us. Her work has been screened and recognised by Frightfest, Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Film Shortage and others, and her screenplay Good Girl was a finalist in the 2022 Sundance Institute Development Track/Sloan Commissioning Grant. She has directed and edited numerous music videos for Sun Records, and her musicals From The Fire and Glass Act were featured in Broadway's Future Songbook at Lincoln Center, winners of the Players Theater Off-Broadway Musical Production Program, and semifinalists for the O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference. She has worked in production for SYFY/USA's Chucky and Showtime's Couples Therapy, and recently released an album called gold. She studied at the William Esper Studio and at Yale, where she was an O'Neill Theatre Writing Fellow.