"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
StevenDirector, WriterJess Bennett
Producer, Camera OperatorLucyAidan Grabowski
John Blaes
Danny (Mob Member)Assistant DirectorThomas Hudson
Tyler Lucas
Monty (Mob Member)Bryce Roberts
Camera OperatorThomas Blaes
Ox (Mob Member)John Hurst
GafferRobert Izzo
Unnamed Mob MemberEmmanuel Cruz
Sound MixerDaniel Izzo
Witness KidProduction DesignerCory Stein
Rue Walker
Cristian Wiegers
Assistant Camera OperatorDrug DealerNoah Thomas
Drug BuyerAssistant Camera OperatorChris Benavides
Additional Cast To Be Named!!!
Marcus Gadsden
BTS Photographer