Self-Tape

Self-Tape

NR 2025 · 15 min · Thriller, Comedy, Drama

A struggling actor running a makeshift self-tape studio in his San Fernando Valley apartment grows increasingly disillusioned as a wide range of actors flow in and out, and lazy contemporaries continue to get opportunities that elude him.

Directed by Josh Baker · Written by Nick Samson

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