My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans | Sci-Fi Short Film | DUST
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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.
Ruby finds her lonesome routines disrupted when she makes an unlikely new friend: a mail-order robot.
“My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans” by Anika Kan Grevstad
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🎥 More About “My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans”:
In an isolated future, Ruby (newly 25 and seriously lacking a social life) finds her carefully constructed routines disrupted by an unlikely new friend: a mail-order robot. As the two form an unexpected bond, Ruby is forced to confront her fear of vulnerability and that anxious voice in the back of your head that wonders why anyone would want to be friends with you. Through this strange but tender friendship, she begins to discover the power of opening up in a world that makes isolation feel inevitable.
🎬 Director’s Statement:
I started developing this film during the height of the pandemic, as I was reflecting on isolation and the importance of human connection. As I watched the rapid advancement of AI, remote work, and “convenient” technologies that make our lives increasingly individualized, I was drawn to imagining a future in which technology helps humans become better humans. What if there was a robot that was designed to bring out the best in us?
🎞️ About the Film:
Writer + Director: Anika Kan Grevstad
Producers: Corrina Leatherwood, Skye Mahaffie, Chris Bauer, Anika Kan Grevstad
Co-Producers: Sasha Faust, Lucy Houlihan, Lila Schmitz
Executive Producer: Susan Wise Bauer
Co-Executive Producers: Alison + Kurt Grevstad, Ryan Loeffler, John + Jane Mahaffie
Associate Producers: Ross Albu, Marilyn + Ben Grevstad, Mike + Karen Mahaffie, Lee Ngo
Director of Photography: Jasmine Karcey
Production Designer: Patricia Witt
Visual Effects Supervisor: Skye Mahaffie
Composer: Edith Mudge
Costume Designer: Claire Mildred
Casting Director: Lucy Houlihan
Assistant Directors: Julia Monahan, Lila Schmitz
Makeup Artists: Lorena Duncan, Alex Pahl-Skinner
Production Sound Mixer: Matthew Larson
Gaffer: Sika Stanton
First AC: Sarah Megyesy
Key Grip: Tristan St Germain
G+E Swing: Jackson Richardson
G+E Swing: Brady Berryhill
DIT + Script Supervisor: Lila Schmitz
Set Dresses: Faith Ivory, Brian Spadafora
Beans Fabricator + Stand In: Ariel Kaplan
Ruby Stand In: Maddie Nguyen
Production Assistant: Adam Pine, Hank Johnson
Character Designer: Lavon O’Bannon
Lead Visual Effects Artist + Character Animator: Skye Mahaffie
Visual Effects Artist: Santino Vitale
Compositing Artist: Chris Friend
Additional Visual Effects: Justin Chandra
Editor: Anika Kan Grevstad
Colorist: Stratton Farrar
Music Supervisor: Maggie Nadeau
Voiceover Consultant: Dee Bradley Baker
Re-recording Mixer + Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew Larson
Dialogue Editor: Chase McElhaney
Foley Artist: Alvaro Aparicio
Foley Editor: Vanessa Chuquire
Cast:
Midori Francis
Alex Song-Xia
Danielle Young
Miyuki Matsunaga
Adam Shapiro
Joaquina Gentil
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