Tell Me When You Get Home
Fifteen-year-old Honest Cardamom hasn’t seen her mother since she was 4, but at a crowded family party, she begins to feel her presence in ways she can’t explain. When Honest senses the presence of her mother, she finds the courage to ask her uncle about the woman she barely remembers and, in doing so, begins to uncover pieces of herself.
Set in the space between Honest and her Uncle O, Tell Me When You Get Home unfolds as a long conversation between two people who have both lost a loved one. This short animated film is a testament to love and a testament to family.
Screenings
Virtual
Directors Spotlight
Tshay Meade
Director
Tshay is a filmmaker and artist from Amityville, NY. She is a writer, director, producer, shooter, and editor whose work is an expansive case for optimism, play, and interiority. Working in close collaboration with loved ones, Tshay creates films across documentary, fiction and hybrid forms. She is the recipient of awards from Forman Arts Initiative.
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 9 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Director
- Tshay Meade
- Screenwriter
- Tshay Meade
- Producers
- Sydney Alicia Rodriguez, Jackie Payton, Patrice Worthy
- Executive Producers
- Grace-Ann Baker, John L. Jackson, Jr., Deborah A. Thomas
- Cast
- Marisa Razo, Dhane Ross, Dwayne “DJ Beloved” Tennant, T.S. Meade
- Editor
- Tshay Meade
- Animators
- Alexa Lim Haas, Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma, Ana Sofia Navia Lopez, Huanran Mao, Neveah Williams, Beza Solomon, Ting-en Tsai
- Composer
- Kayla Childs
- Sound Design
- Timothy Day
- Premiere
- East Coast