Cruise

  • Director

    Sam Rudykoff

  • Country, Year, Length

    Canada, 2021, 6 minutes 44 seconds

  • Category

    Narrative Short

  • Format

    ARRI Alexa Mini

  • Festival Year

    2022

Film Screening & Ticket Information

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH • 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Synopsis

We’ve all received scam phone calls, but what about the person making the calls? Cruise is a dark workplace satire about a hapless telemarketer trying mightily to give away a free cruise. And if he fails, there will be dire consequences.

Credits

  • Sam Rudykoff, Director
  • Sam Rudykoff, Writer
  • Mark Delottinville, Producer
  • Sam Rudykoff, Producer
  • Simon Pond, Key Cast, “Mark”
  • Ray James, Key Cast, “Executioner “
  • Chad Andrews, Key Cast, “Jake “
  • Robert Hedge, Key Cast, “Janitor #1”
  • Alfred Renaud, Key Cast, “Janitor #2”
  • Peter John Schnobb, Director of Photography
  • Shane Pikelin, Assistant Camera
  • Jesse Rocheleau, Gaffer
  • Dan Luizinho, Key Grip
  • Michael Falco, Sound Operator
  • Rebecca Petro, Production Designer
  • Luke William Ellis, Set Dresser
  • Luis Correa, Set Dresser
  • Jaizen Torres, Special Effects Key
  • Melissa Legrow, Special Effects 2nd
  • Ashley Hallihan, Casting Director
  • Shanon Sidhu, Wardrobe Stylist
  • Alyssa Stellato, Wardrobe Assistant
  • Shantelle Canzanese, Makeup Artist
  • Kimberley Brown, Production Assistant
  • Mark Delottinville, Editor
  • Mark Rozeluk, Sound Mixer
  • Matthew Barnett, Motion Designer
  • Marcel Ramagnano, Composer
  • Matt Ryan Tobin, Poster Designer

Director Statement

Cruise was inspired by the way workplaces put immense pressure on employees, even at thankless jobs in which they’re constantly set up to fail. It’s a film about the feeling of needing a job that you hate, and the way many of us have come to accept that feeling as an inevitable fact of life. But it’s funny.

Director Biography

Sam Rudykoff grew up in New York City and began working on film sets as a teenager. He currently lives in Toronto, where he works as a copywriter, and has contributed to multiple award-winning creative campaigns. In 2018 he directed the comedy web series Newly Single Gamer.