2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Short Film
Screenplay Awards Ceremony · Sun, Dec 6, 2026 · 2:00 PM
Everyone in town knows who drove Bethany to her death. Her mother is the last to find out.
- Writer(s): Lia Martin
Language: English
Country: Not Specified
Bully follows Lilian McDonald, a meticulous single mother desperately trying to preserve the appearance of a stable family after the suicide of her daughter Kacy’s classmate, Bethany. As Lilian struggles to reconnect with Bethany’s grieving mother, navigate an investigation by Child Protective Services, and understand why her family has become increasingly isolated within the community, fragments of memory and subtle behavioral clues gradually expose a devastating reality.