{"id":53677,"date":"2026-06-28T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=53677"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T04:03:08","slug":"pittsburg-short-film-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/28\/pittsburg-short-film-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburg (short film) (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A young girl is dropped off at the airport by her father to travel as an unaccompanied minor. When the flight is delayed overnight, she ends up in the care of a flight attendant.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Written and directed by\u00a0Ali Marsh, Pittsburg is\u00a0a\u00a0very\u00a0specific\u00a0slice of life that takes the viewer back to a decade long past for something that is still seen but has massively\u00a0evolved (we hope). A young child stuck between mom and dad\u00a0post-divorce\/separation who\u00a0has to\u00a0fly back and forth between home and home, or between both parents, whether she wants to or not.\u00a0The film, if taken at first\u00a0level,\u00a0is\u00a0pretty simple, kid in transit from one parent to another ends up having to spend the night with a stranger. But then you add something\u00a0extra,\u00a0and it becomes\u00a0clearer\u00a0what the film\u00a0is about. Without spoiling things here, this film is\u00a0about connection and finding care and love.\u00a0It shows that while some folks do not care, some care enough for two.\u00a0The writing here is on point, giving the lead something to say without saying it directly, showing emotions, while assuming that the audience is intelligent enough to catch the more\u00a0subtle bits of the script and story.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The cast here is limited to four\u00a0people,\u00a0and the story does not need more than this. The lead is Delaney Quinn as Mints, a precautious girl who has had no choice but to grow up just a little bit faster and learn to be more independent than most\u00a0her age. Quinn shows that she can output the right emotions and do so with subtle nuances through the film while also handling some of the more mature sequences quite well.\u00a0She connects with the audience and makes the film what it is. This is her\u00a0film;\u00a0her performance is solid, and she\u00a0seems to know\u00a0it. Good\u00a0for\u00a0her. Joining her as the flighty flight attendant is\u00a0Nadia Quinn who does so well in the\u00a0part;\u00a0she might just annoy you early on. Playing Mints’ father is Michael Esper who gives the dad that feeling of “oh, right, that guy” which many other television and film\u00a0fathers have, something Esper plays with and makes the most out of. He is not a character one will like, but\u00a0that’s\u00a0how\u00a0it’s\u00a0meant to be. Rounding out the cast is Annie Golden as Gogo, a grandma type that Mints comes across in her travel and the reminder that kindness is free and kids should be cared for. Golden steals a few scenes\u00a0in\u00a0this short film.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The film’s art design and set dressing is on point here; it\u00a0brings up\u00a0memories of the 1980s and looks to also\u00a0fit in\u00a0the late 1970s. The colors, the tones, the lighting, the wardrobe, the hair, all of it is\u00a0just\u00a0right,\u00a0and it all works great together here. The cinematography by\u00a0Jared Levy makes\u00a0great use\u00a0of it all, showing just the right angles, bringing the set and\u00a0everything\u00a0into the story.\u00a0The images are well\u00a0framed\u00a0and shot to give the characters the space to evolve while also helping the feeling of the era come through.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, Pittsburg is one of those shorts that transports you to a time and place that most may not have lived in. It also creates the right mood to understand how one girl may be feeling as she gets shipped back and forth between her parents. It\u00a0well\u00a0written, directed, acted, shot, art directed, etc.\u00a0It’s\u00a0a solid short film that gives the viewer just the right amount of time to connect\u00a0with the lead and feel something.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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