"A mysterious message triggers an intimate exploration of overthinking and wondering what could possibly go wrong."

Nicholas Cadoo builds a team to create the thrilling short film, “Where & When”. The script for the film won Best Short Screenplay USA for the New York Screenwriting Awards, and was an official Finalist for Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival, and a Semi-Finalist in the New York International Sceenplay Awards

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What Is ‘Where & When’?

Where & When is a short, independent film designed as a subjective, internal experience rather than a traditional narrative. The project focuses on atmosphere, pacing, and perspective, using restraint and repetition to immerse the audience in a single point of view.

At its core, the film is an intimate visualization of an anxiety driven mind in motion, a cinematic translation of what overthinking looks and feels like when thoughts begin to spiral. Through sound design, visual rhythm, and imagined possibilities that carry real emotional weight, the film externalizes internal conflict without explaining or diagnosing it.

Where & When is not about spectacle or resolution. It is about recognition. It captures the quiet escalation of thought, the way ordinary moments can feel overwhelming, and the tension that forms when the mind fills silence with meaning. The goal is to create an experience that feels immediate, unsettling, and deeply personal, one that lives in the space between perception and reality.

Welcome Braeden Haines and Jess Bennett to the Where & When team as Steven and Lucy!

Filming Locations

Broad Street Diner

Keyport, NJ

Keyport Waterfront

Keyport, NJ

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Our Team

Cast

Crew

Nicholas Cadoo

Braeden Haines

Steven
Director, Writer

Jess Bennett

Producer, Camera Operator
Lucy

Aidan Grabowski

John Blaes

Danny (Mob Member)
Assistant Director

Thomas Hudson

Tyler Lucas

Monty (Mob Member)

Bryce Roberts

Camera Operator

Thomas Blaes

Ox (Mob Member)

John Hurst

Gaffer

Robert Izzo

 Unnamed Mob Member

Emmanuel Cruz

Sound Mixer

Daniel Izzo

Witness Kid
Production Designer

Cory Stein

Rue Walker

Cristian Wiegers

Assistant Camera Operator
Drug Dealer

Noah Thomas

Drug Buyer
Assistant Camera Operator

Chris Benavides

Additional Cast To Be Named!!!

Marcus Gadsden

BTS Photographer

SEED & SPARK!