Jack and Jo Don’t Want to Die

Short Film Award

Jack, a man disillusioned with life, works the night shift at a freezing facility where people choose to halt their lives. His life takes a turn on the night he chooses to freeze his own life when he meets Jo, a terminally ill girl being unfrozen early due to lack of funds.

Kantú Lentz is a Peruvian filmmaker who creates films that take place in alternate realities with elements of magical realism. She is an AFI DWW alumnus and part of this year's NBC Female Forward program as well as Paul Feig's Powderkeg Fuse Program.