The award-winning short film “Open 24 Hours” will screen May 1 at local landmark The Delta King during the Sacramento International Film Festival. 

“Open 24 Hours” will screen in the Court Métrage (Short Film Corner) at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France this May shortly after its debut in Sacramento.

“Open 24 Hours” – In the dead of night, Russell stops to purchase gas and a pair of suspicious tools. He meets his match in Dixie, an overzealous checkout clerk who misinterprets Russell’s dark motives at every turn — or does she? Russell is forced to play into Dixie’s eccentric whims, or risk drawing attention to the eerie rumble that pours from the trunk of his car. Starring Dale Raoul (“True Blood”), Chad Todhunter (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), and Brad Leland (“Friday Night Lights“).

Directed by Henry Chaisson. Written by Mike Makowsky & Henry Chaisson. Produced by Mike Makowsky. Edited by Henry Chaisson. Cinematography by Guy Pooles. Composed by Cody Fitzgerald and Henry Chaisson. Sound editing by Reece Miller.