Layaway

(NYU Grad Film Short, 2023)

Writer/Director/Producer/Editor

Left by their mother to fend for themselves,
two siblings in Iowa learn to live by their own code,
until a choice becomes a secret that tests their trust in each other.

Press
“5 Questions with Layaway director Kaitlyn T. Busbee” - Bitpix TV Interview (HollyShorts)
”HollyShorts LIVE: Back home in Iowa with Kaitlyn T. Busbee, Bridget Frances Harris and Kai Swanson” - Cinematography for Actors Podcast

Featuring

Bridget Frances Harris | Simon Val | Aaron Smith | Frances Paterik

Crew

Producers - Kaitlyn T. Busbee, Hanna Gray Organschi, Kai Swanson | Director of Photography & Colorist -
Benjamin Handler | Locations Manager - John Busbee | Casting Director - Kimberly Busbee | 1st Assistant Director -
Tempest Montgomery | Script Supervisor - Anndi Jinelle Liggett | Location Sound Recordist/Mixer - John Hennessey Baker | 1st AC/Swing - Bruce James Bales | 2nd AC/Swing - David Kramer | Key Grip/Swing - Spencer Michael Smith Art Department - Buffalo Bonker | Art PA - Nick Ford | Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer - Sterling “Sterlz” Lev | Music Composer - Alex Kachingwe

Special Thanks

Brennan Ayres | Kimberly & John Busbee | The Dana Family | The Barrent Family | Michelle & Chris Doran | Justine Ayres | Maria Vorhis | Julie Tchoumkeu | Elizabeth Ewing | Victoria Lioznyansky | Storagemart | Eternity Church | The Bike Collective | Detective Maurio Coleman | Clive Police Department | Morissey’s Fine Jewelry | Kristian Day | Joe Tucker | Elizabeth Elsass | Matthew Ahl | Lauren Fritz | Evan Karg | Sharon Rowland | Elizabeth Rao | Daniel Timmons | Louis Reyes McWilliams | DEFT Productions | Liz Gilman | Julie Solomonoff | Barbara Schock | John Tintori | Jenn Ruff | Andrew MacLean | Michael Burke | Anthony Jannelli | Tatjana Krstevski | Felipe Vara De Rey | Carol Dysinger | Gail Segal | Mia Cioffi Henry | Alexandre Rockwell | Sameh Zoabi | Todd Solondz | Ken Friedman | Mick Casale | Hasan Hadi | David Hinojosa | Tom Mangan | Annie J. Howell | Laura Terruso | NYU Screen Scoring | Chris Hajian | Steven Raphael | Noëlle Gentile | Claudia Weill |
Spike Lee | NYU Grad Film

ARRI | AbelCine | Produce Iowa

This film was made possible through the assistance of a grant from the Black Family Film Prize
and produced at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television.

HollyShorts Film Festival (2023) - World Premiere, Oscar-Qualifying Film Festival

Chelsea Film Festival (2023) - NYC Premiere
Winner of US SHORTS AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD