the Ref

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! A referee struggles to maintain control over a 2nd grade basketball game.

Starring Ian Edlund, Frank Boyd, Emily Chisholm, Kevin Kelly, Keaton Whittaker, Christopher Goodson, Ian Lerch

Read more about the film:
https://www.rogerebert.com/features/short-films-in-focus-the-ref
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2022/08/04/the-ref/
https://www.thestranger.com/film/2022/08/04/77248208/how-hard-could-it-be-to-ref-a-second-grade-basketball-game

Directed by Peter Edlund
Story by Ian Edlund
Screenplay by Peter & Ian Edlund
Produced by Megan Leonard
Co-Producers: Séverine Tibi, Anaïs Calmels
Executive Producers: Douglas Choi, Brian LaMacchia, David Chen
Director of Photography: Ty Migota
Editors: Megan Leonard & Peter Edlund
Sound Design/Re-Recording Mixer: Jason Alberts
Score: Erik Blood
Music: Title Fight
Art Director: Darcy Drysdale
Production Designer: Finch Izatt
Wardrobe Stylist: Darcy Drysdale
Hair & Make-up Stylist: Tonya Carlson-Jolly
Production Sound: Taylor Delph

A Visual Pollution production, in co-production with Sevana Films, in association with Sons of Rigor and Farcaster Films, co-sponsored by the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
2021 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Tokyo, World Premiere)
2021 Palm Springs International ShortFest (North American Premiere)
2021 Bend Film Festival
2021 Indie Memphis Film Festival
2021 Festival du cinéma Rouyn-Noranda en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Quebec, Canadian)
2022 Seattle International Film Festival
2022 Brussels Short Film Festival (Best Actor Award – International Competition)
2022 Walla Walla Film Crush
2022 Topanga Film Festival
2022 FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
2022 Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival (Gympie, Australia)