Award of Merit – “Chaser” (USA)

Title: Chaser
Runtime: 10 min
Country: USA
Director: Tyler Kennedy
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: December, 2017

Synopsis: In small towns across Iowa and the Midwest, an epidemic is shaping and Meth Labs are on the rise… For the deviant youth of rural America… “Being bored has never been so dangerous”. At least for Chase, a bright but deviant honor roll student, who has found a dangerous calling as a master of make-shift meth labs. One last sit down with Ms. Ford, his Rehabilitation counselor, stands between him and freedom. His Mother can not await his return any longer. Unfortunately, neither can his band of drug abusers.