Director
Abigail Honor

Producer
Annabel Honor
Hatton Littman

Cast
Charlie Broderick
Josh Lederman

Director of Photography
Yan Vizinberg
OPTIC
This stylized sci-fi short thriller tells the story of Bat, a blind film projectionist, whose quest for sight comes at a high price.
Bat (Charlie Broderick) sees a movie for the first time in his life
Bat lives in the world of his own imagination, dreaming of seeing the movies he projects. When a dubious opportunity to regain his sight arrives, Bat finds it too tempting to miss. A submission that could prove fatal.
The Scientist (John ...) takes Bat (Charlie Broderick) into his secret lab

”Optic” was produced with the generous support of Panavision and Kodak. Within its Young Filmmaker Program, Panavision awarded the film with a 16mm camera package that was shipped to the set in Massachusetts from California. Kodak made a significant donation of film stock.

Directed by Persona’s Abigail Honor, with cinematography by Yan Vizinberg, the film screened at various festivals including the IX International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE 2001 in Lodz, Poland, and became a regional finalist in the Student Academy Awards.