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Synopsis
NEVER TOO LATE is a science fiction short film set in the near future. Suffocating from 2036 technology and a worsening climate, Cliff Downs, a Septuagenarian is cut off and alone. He suffers from asthma, a loss of purpose and connection. The poor air requires people to stay inside most of the time. His only comfort is his AI virtual assistant which just broke down. Will finding a human connection give him purpose to go on before it’s too late?
Bio
Colleen is a feature film and multi-award-winning director, writer, producer and actor and a 2022 semi-finalist in the Shondaland/Seriesfest Directing Mentorship.
Upon graduating from Boston University, followed by a Sanford Meisner conservatory, Colleen began working in film and television on the production side, with such directors as Oliver Stone, Sydney Pollack and Brian DePalma, as well as in commercials/MV with M. Knight Shyamalan and Hype Williams, all the while developing her own content.
Her features can be seen on Tubi, Lifetime Movie Network (Bad Nanny) and Passionflix (Seduction & Snacks, 2021 and Wait With Me, 2023)
Honored by SHOOT Magazine at the DGA as a "Director to Watch", in 2020 she was the recipient of they New York Foundation of the Arts Grant "Anonymous Was a Woman" for her work in film and her films have received nominations and wins at over a dozen film festivals.
She has a letter of reference from Richard Crudo, ASC, former Governor of AMPAS, five time President of ASC, current member of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Screening History
Beaufort Int'l Film Festival, Feb 2026
Credits
Actor - Vandit Bhatt
