Red Summer
Directed by: Vanessa McMeekin (18m, United Kingdom, USA)
Horror/sci-fi short
Synopsis
12-year-old Daniel watches as neighbors pack up their possessions and flee their homes. Cable television
loses its signal and the internet goes offline. His father is missing, while his mother pretends that
everything is fine. Red Summer follows the story of a boy kept in the dark as the end of the world
approaches. As his neighborhood crumbles around him, Daniel witnesses the last shreds of humanity
disappear and is left with difficult questions and choices.