Swipe Right for Emotional Baggage (2021)
Shelby Smout
(6 min) Lillian and Sam are on a first date where their romance blossoms until they reach the ever-looming topic of the emotional baggage they each carry. They unpack their pasts to see if they have a future together.
About the Director
Shelby Smout is a writer, director, and producer born and tended to in the great, green state of Washington. After receiving her MFA in filmmaking and producing at Seattle Film Institute, she produced the award-winning spooky shorts EMIKO (2017) and A PURPLE VISION (2019), both directed by Justin Robert Vinall, and the drama WAY OUT OF HERE (2018) directed by Alexander Sylvester. Shelby has written and directed shorts like the science fiction piece, PLANET SOMEWHERE (2016), and a lil drama called OLD BLUE EYES AIN’T NOTHIN’ (2018). SWIPE RIGHT FOR EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE (2021) is her most recent directorial adventure.
