I Really Wanted to Love Today (2024)
A parent and child’s camping trip to an uninhabited, seagull-ridden island turns into a tense, metaphysical journey. As the relationship deteriorates, both are forced to examine the animalistic impulses within themselves.
Starring Aidan Dick and August Sheaffer
Director Biography - Russell Sheaffer
RUSSELL SHEAFFER
Russell Sheaffer is a documentary and experimental filmmaker who received a Master’s Degree from NYU’s Department of Cinema Studies and a PhD from Indiana University's Department of Communication and Culture. In addition to his own experimental work, he has worked as a producer for documentary and fiction films, including Josephine Decker’s "Thou Wast Mild and Lovely," which premiered at Berlinale (2014) and Daniel Laabs' "Jules of Light and Dark" (2018), which won the grand jury awards at both Newfest and Outfest.