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Shorts 2: Artistic Visions – Methuselah
August 31, 2024 @ 4:56 pm – 5:00 pm EDT
Rooted in a childhood memory, METHUSELAH examines the exploitation of trees and their haunting dual role, as silent witnesses and unwitting participants, in humanity’s long history of violence.
Director/Writer: Nathan Sellers
Producer: Nathan Sellers, Jamal Hodge, David Kennedy
Starring: Jordan Mullins
2024 | 4 mins | US | B&W, Color | 🏆 🌍 | Horror, Experimental, Art
Screening in Theater #2
About the Filmmaker
Nathan “Nate” Sellers is a visual artist and independent filmmaker, becoming known for his versatile work behind the camera. His short film THE WATCHER (2022) received notable recognition, winning “Best Horror Short” at GenreBlast Film Festival in 2023, as well as “Best Short Film” at Flatland Film Festival in 2022. In addition to directing, Nate has contributed as a producer on various projects, including the folk-horror film THE THAW (2023), directed by Sarah Wisner and Sean Temple, and starring Toby Poser and Emily Bennett.
Nate grew up in Westford, Massachusetts, and later moved to Pennsylvania where he established himself as a documentary film editor and graphic artist. In 2017, he teamed up with close friend, Bekah Jordan, and began developing experimental projects back home in New England (YOU CAN CALL ME LIGHT). Since then, Nate has won multiple screenwriting awards for his scripts (DEVOTION, MY OWN SHADOW) and founded the no-budget film collective, Lone Horse Films. METHUSELAH is his latest film.
Director’s Statement
This spring I quietly worked on my latest project, METHUSELAH. It wasn’t the film I was planning on releasing this year, nor was it a project that was in the works. I approached it more like a painting, where each day I arrived to create, adding to the film only when struck by an idea or moments of inspiration. It’s my most personal film to date, documenting a haunting childhood memory, which ultimately propelled me to examine our abrasive, sometimes cruel and violent, human nature from a different perspective – that of trees.