Home run

Poster for Home run, a 2024 Thriller short film, directed by Julián Acosta Vera, on The Short Film Show

Synopsis

During a bad baseball practice a young woman is spied by a stalker and on her way back home she is unknowingly followed by him. Before sending an important homework the power goes out and she calls for a technician trying to restore it, unaware that the harasser is still lurking from outside.

Film details

Year
2024
Runtime
00:09:40
Genre
Thriller
Country
Mexico
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
العربية, English, Español, Français, Português, 中文(简体)

Credits

Director

  • Julián Acosta Vera

Writers

  • María Andrea Ramírez Renero
  • Julián Acosta Vera

Producers

  • María Andrea Ramírez Renero

About the filmmaker

By Julián Acosta Vera

Julián Acosta Vera is a producer, director and writer born and raised in Mexico City. In 2017, when he was 17 years old, started his film education at the INDIe film school, specializing in production. He graduated by producing the short films "Superficies" (2019) and "Vil" (2020) which both were screened at several international festivals. He worked as a Production Supervisor in the Tv Film "Patricia, secretos de una pasión" (2020) and as a line producer on the mexican-american film "Accidental Expat" (Festivals run). He has directed, in addition to writing and producing, the short films “La Balada de un Artista” (2024), “Home Run" (2024), “Ardillas y Sandías” (2024), and "Contra lo Imposible" (2025), which have been presented in multiple international festivals. He wrote and directed his first feature film as a director "Noches Solitarias" which is now in postproduction.

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