I’M STILL HERE (SHORT FILM)

TROPFEST FINALIST 2026

To cope with the recent loss of her sister, a young woman starts to impersonate her in an effort to keep her spirit alive, until she becomes lost in the reality of who she truly is.

production company: not from here

written & directed by: catho d'souza

producer: raeanne chami

director of photography: callum duddington

production design: annika kumar

make up & hair designer: savannah tice

editor: catho d'souza

music by: barley passable

sound design: caleb jacobs

colourist: jason rasyid

gaffer: will bush

1st assistant camera: ralph villegas

2nd assistant camera: luke o'donnell

steadicam operator: nick severino

art assistant: bea mcguire

art department graphic designer: alessia pugliese

costume design: vanessa gray

sound recordist: marius marais

sound recordist: jerome reinoso

script supervisor: keira baker

foley, additional music composition and mix: caleb jacobs

graphic design: studio two

online editor: jarad travers

cast

avanya: blessie jemimah

amber: tyra cartledge

evie: catho d'souza

remi: t'chaan wilson-townsend

nate: jacob katafono

sesh extra: lachlan mitrović

avanya's mother: audrey d'souza

avanya's father: selwyn d'souza

music credits 'sell my soul'

written by: kai ollmann, davy brown, oscar sharah

produced by: kai ollmann, davy brown (barley passable)

engineered by: james christowski

mixed by: oscar sharah

mastered by: suture mastering