Astronomical Units
Drama, Short Film, 2023, 20 min.
Written & Directed by Beth Ashby
A retired astronaut, her daughter, and her imaginative granddaughter orbit one another and discover their shared loneliness through the language of their overlapping awe of the universe.
Winner, UFVA Carole Fielding Grant
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Where Monsters Lurk
Psychological Thriller, Short Film, 2021, 13 min.
Written & Directed by Beth Ashby
Produced by Lindy Stokes
Columbia College Chicago
A woman tormented by her depression and the monster in the mirror seeks refuge and finds a rare moment of honesty with herself.
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Winner, The Film Fund
Winner, The Weisman Award
Featured at The Hokin Gallery – Watch Excerpt
Walk
Dark Comedy, Short Film, 2023, 6 min.
Written & Directed by Beth Ashby
Columbia College Chicago
A fashion designer with social anxiety conjures an imaginary dominatrix to force her to face the career-defining day ahead.
Honorable Mention: Merced Queer Film Festival
Shangri-La
Drama, Short Film, 2022, 6 min.
Written & Directed by Beth Ashby, Produced by Kierra Lewis
Columbia College Chicago
An interracial couple meets at a white-only diner in the late 1950s to decide whether to continue their fraught romance or call it quits.
Behind You
Comedy, Short film, 2022, 5 min.
Written & Directed by Beth Ashby
Columbia College Chicago
An awkward woman gets caught in her compulsive habit of staring at people’s butts and has to prove to an indignant stranger that her compulsion gives her valuable insights into the humanity of those around her.
Official Selection: We Like ‘Em Short Film Festival | Los Angeles Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival | St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase | Merced Queer Film Festival
World Hunger
Drama, Short Film, 2014, 26 min.
Written & Directed by Beth Ashby
Premiered at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
Official Selection, Female Eye Film Festival
Featured on HEC-TV: Frames
Award of Merit, The Indiefest Film Awards
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Duet
Musical, Short Film, 2015, 7 minutes
Written by Beth Ashby & Shualee Cook, Directed by Brian Peters
Chicago 48 Hour Film Project
Audience Award, Best Costumes, & Best Sound Design
The Ballad of Ted
Musical Western, Short Film, 2014, 7 min.
Conceived, Directed, and Produced by Beth Ashby and Worner Leland
48 Hour Film Project Audience Award
Official Selection, St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival
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They Came in Silence: Attack of the Killer Mimes
Silent, Short film, 2009, 7 min.
Directed by Beth Ashby
48 Hour Film Project Audience Favorite
Watch Film – They Came in Silence
Finding Familiar
Fantasy/Comedy, Short film, 2011, 7 min.
Written by Beth Ashby and John Foughty
48 Hour Film Project
Morning Star Productions
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