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A hesitant 15-year-old considers the sacrifice he needs to make for the approval of his older brother’s friends.

Giles Perkins is a Brooklyn-based writer and director from Baltimore, MD. He holds a B.F.A. in Film & Television Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and his work often explores interpersonal conflict shaped by misguided American ideals. His recent films include Expiration Date, which screened at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival, and Apollo, which premiered at the 2024 Woodstock Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Short Film.

In 2023, Giles directed short documentaries on Brooklyn-based fashion designer KidSuper and each of his Paris Fashion Week shows, including the AW23 season he designed for Louis Vuitton. A 2025 Sundance Ignite Fellow, Giles is currently in post-production on a new narrative short and preparing to shoot his next film—another short that doubles as a proof of concept for his debut feature.

Awarded

2025 NBR Student Grant

 

Type of Project

Narrative

Length

14:30

Program

New York University

Producers

Roya Alidjani, Tiana Cantu

Writer

Giles Perkins

Editor

Curtis Thurber

Cinematographer

Amaal Mustafa

Contact

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