Written, Directed & Produced by Maya Albanese
Produced By Valerie Steinberg, Brock Williams
Cinematography By Laura Merians Goncalves
Costume Design By Megan Spatz
Production Design by Eloise Ayala
Film Edit by Julie Kravitz Gannon, Sari Tracht
Trailer Edit by Tony LaRocca
Score by Ariel Marx
Sound by Adam Primack
Nora Zehetner as JOY
Adrian Grenier as ZANE
Chris Parnell as DR. CORNELIUS HOLMES
John Ennis as CREEPY BOSS
Kel Mitchell as BESTIE
Mindy Sterling as MOM
Rick Overton as DAD
Queen Jazzmun as HEAD NURSE
When Joy’s fairytale romance crashes and burns on the eve of her 35th birthday, the TICK-TOCK of her biological clock pushes her to try new things…
WINNER - Best Short - SeriesFest
WINNER - Best Actress - SeriesFest
WINNER - Emerging Filmmaker Award - LA Diversity Film Festival
WINNER - Best Comedy - ImagineThis Brooklyn Women's Film Festival
NOMINEE - Best Director - LA Diversity Film Festival
NOMINEE - Best Actress - LA Diversity Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Fest 2021
Heartland International Film Fest 2021
Maryland Film Festival 2021
SeriesFest 2020
Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase 2020
North Folk TV Festival 2020
British Independent Film Festival 2020
Calgary International Film Festival 2020
Montana Film Festival 2020
+35 other film festivals worldwide.
Film Forward Podcast Interview
Shoutout L.A.: Meet Writer-Director Maya Albanese
Indie Activity - Film Case Study: The Making of FREEZE
Tomorrow Will Be Televised - Radio Interview with Maya Albanese
Hollywood Reporter - HollyShorts Reveals 2020 Lineup
Hamptons Newspaper - North Fork TV Festival
Broadway World - Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival Winners Announced
VARIETY - North Fork TV Fest Announces Gripping Pilots including FREEZE
Quarantine Film Series Interview
Music City Film Podcast with Director Maya Albanese
Red Carpet Report - SeriesFest Best Short Pilot Winner “Freeze”
IGN - “Freeze” Wins Best Short and Best Actress at SeriesFest
