Sci-Fi Short Film: 'A Week With Rebecca' | DUST

A robotics company executive pushes for the development of an android companionship model and unexpectedly spends a week with her.

"A Week With Rebecca" by Marcus Shenn

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"A Week With Rebecca" Credits:
Directed by - Marcus Shenn

Written by - Matthew Marder and
Marcus Shenn

Produced by - Matthew Marder

Director of Photography - Kai K. Krause

Production Designer - Tyler Peters

Editors - Jeff Seibenick
Steve Watkins

Costume Design - Tabatha Ray

Visual Effects Supervisor - Marcus Alexander

Unit Production Manager - Matt Marder

1st Assistant Director - Adam Chase Cohen

Script Supervisor - Chloe Williams

Ryan Lansing - Phil Kruse
Rebecca - Nika Burnett
Doctor Benton - B.Z Cullins
Ryan’s sister - Michelle Agresti
Katie - Anthia Gillick

Board Chairman - Brock Morse
Board Member 1 - Judy Clement
Board Member 2 - Nadja Hoyer Booth
Board Member 3 - John Atkins
Other Board Members - Rodney Garza
Dan Holm
Glend McDougal
Claire Montgomery
Larry Parish
Jacinta Roberts
Craig Russell
Jonée Shady

Lab Assistants - Tatjana Bluchel
Matt Krakaur

Shane Bannon - Art Director
Michi Oyama - Set Dresser
Prop Designer - David Chamberlain

Rob Snyder - 1st Assistant Camera
Mateo Arturo - 2nd Assistant Camera
Gaffer - Thomas Smith
Key Grip - Samuel Diaz
Grips - Lenny McLeod
Yoann Cifuentes
Mike Long

Mixer - Blake Christian
Boom Operators - Christopher Cole
Graham Farrell
Scott Marshall

Makeup & Hair - Tatjana Bluchel

Production Assistants - Sydney Kasahara
Aja Morris-Smiley

Truck Assistant - Jason Urbanski

Post Production

Motion Graphics and Visual Effects - Alan Chamberlain
Color Grading - Kai K. Krause

Sound Engineering and Design - Filippo Fabbri
Final Sound Mixing - Xavier Dreyfuss

Poster Design - Adèle Burgés
Casting courtesy of - Breakdown Express

Music

Music Composition - Filippo Fabbri

Music Licensing - Julian Drucker

Special Thanks to

Mr and Mrs. Shen
Célia Clement
Jessica Solse
Anne Carmack
Popsicle LA
Chris Esclapez

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[marcus_a]

Hello Everybody, thank you watching the movie. And thanks very much to everyone at Watch Dust for showing my film! Please let me know if anyone has any questions about the film or the making of it. Thanks!

[briane]

Most Hollywood movies don't come close to this quality. I don't think I've seen a better romance in years ( and I'm 73!). Congradulations to everone involved. Please, enter it in next years Oscars!

[aseetsrivastava]

'Yeah, a robot who's more human than most people in my life.' The entire story revolves around this line. Loved it ❤️

[faismasterx]

A robot that can make a corporate sales f-boy fall in love. That's some high level R&D.

[LukeLane]

I think we all secretly fell in love with Rebecca.

[djrichroman]

That was so good! The actress that played Rebecca was outstanding.

[PolarticaStorm]

I would love to see a sequel. We all wish to feel the love in this movie.

[sumarianprince]

This is just too tragic.
Never knew that the tale of a moribund robot can be so melancholy. Kudos to the actors.

[kkmardigrce]

Being a person that can "fall in love" with just about anything, I can very much relate to this movie. My heart aches when I throw away old slippers I wore for two years, but if "an object" would be so human like with an AI taught to love me, a piece of me would probably die, too. We just have to start asking ourselves serious questions as this future is not that far away.

[michaeltaylor]

Forget AI, the creators of this short made a character you can't not fall in love with. Rebecca is like opium - universally addictive.

[michaelobuhoroimohimi]

I keep coming back to watch this ... she's just perfect . The story, the actors, Rebecca.... just perfect.

[scottc]

I honestly can't believe I watch such crap on Netflix when you guys are killing it every week.

[alphapt]

Easiest upvote of my life.
This falls on the category of "people that did this should have millions upon millions of dollars of budget to make more movies, as they are far better than anything Hollywood has pumped out in many many years".
And no. I wasnt happy at first it was a 30m video and it wasnt short, but was I less happy in the end as it felt too short and I wanted it to go on. Amazing job.

[lbplbp]

What makes this film so unique and special is the (inevitable) closure to it's story line. Yet, still with some clever reveals. So first, this actress was brilliant. I think we all fell in love a little bit with Rebecca. Where a lot of sci-fi shorts love to leave open ended and very ambiguous endings, this film did close it's story line in a satisfactory manner, and although a tragic ending, also left with a ray of hope. I appreciated that. And even though yes technically a sci-fi film, this film was far more about love. Just such a beautiful film, I could gush on and on about how great it was, but suffice to say I truly enjoyed it, and this story will stick with me for a long time. Well done.

[oppositeistrue]

The acting in Dust is as good as any other, the stories are short but sweet, personally I find watching is better than many big budget productions.
No matter how hard, it is better to have loved and lost, it's the happy time that make them live on in our soul, and it's the sadness that loses them forever, happy times.
Thank you everyone involved with Dust.

[ovrmya]

it’s actually pretty scary to think about how AI/robots is advancing so quickly that this could become a possibility in the future. what a great film, i forgot i was watching a short film on youtube! 😭

[kimchiman]

Watched it twice. Fell head over heels for Rebecca both times and wept at the end both times. Was so sad for both of them.. A powerful and moving portrayal!

[wendelljoelpeters]

Never was into romance films, but this actually brought tears into my eyes.Hope it have a part 2 to this.

[acjr]

Generally this is not the type of plot I prefer (romantic). But on the other hand, I love the sci-fi genre.
This romantic-scientific film is simply sensational. Well taken care of in the details of production and direction, and captivating actors. I'm 54 years old and I've never been more touched by a story than I was watching this gem.
Are there plans for a feature film or a sequel? Even a series would be welcome...
Thanks and greetings from Brazil.

[lewisedward]

Nika Burnett totally had me in love with the Rebecca character!