The Perfect Picture | Award-Winning Student Short Film

Melissa, a young artist, longs for the perfect partner. She uses paint as an outlet to express her loneliness and defeat until it one day turns to lust... Jake matches with Melissa on a dating app and she doesn’t look back. Her days of crying into her canvases are long gone as she channels her artistic skills into the love she feels for her "new man". Melissa’s innocent and hopeful intentions can only go so far as her obsessive nature takes over.

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“The Perfect Picture” is a wake up call to those who find themselves falling into a toxic cycle of limerence. Dating apps make this experience far too common, and it’s time to raise our standards and expectations. The hope is that this extremely dramatized and over exaggerated story causes people to dig up and confront issues within themselves.

Festival acceptances:
Hamilton Film Festival
Seattle Worldcon 2025 Film Festival
Rush Youth Film Festival
Toronto Indie Horror Festival
Cinema of the World International Film Festival
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions Volume 1
Nogales International Film Fest
Bite Night Presents...
Horror Shorts Film Fest
La Boheme Cinema
Bestlov Film Festival

Awards & Nominations:
Best Thriller - RUSH Youth Film Festival [WINNER]
Best Student Film - Bestlov Film Festival [WINNER]
Best Student Film - Horror Shorts Film Festival [SEMI FINALIST]

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Written, Directed, Produced, Director of Photography, Art, and Edited by:
Jayde Sobota

Assisted by:
Caleb Crawford

Starring:
Heidi Nickel as Melissa
Julian Sobota as Dead Guy # 1
Caleb Crawford as Dead Guy # 2
Ryland Mullings as Dead Guy # 3

Composed by:
Charles James

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