This April 2026, something truly special is happening. Our short film Enjoy Your Visit will have its World Premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival — and I am so pleased and proud.
Being selected as an Official Selection at a festival of this caliber is not something any filmmaker takes for granted. For a short film to land a world premiere at a respected international film festival is a milestone that many productions never reach. But what makes this moment even more extraordinary is what it represents beyond the premiere itself: a door left open.
The Cleveland International Film Festival is one of the qualifying festivals on the road to Academy Award consideration. If Enjoy Your Visit performs well here, we remain in contention for an Oscar nomination. That is not a guarantee — it is an opportunity. And in filmmaking, opportunity is everything.
So wish us luck.
The Story
Enjoy Your Visit is a darkly comic drama that is equal parts funny, unsettling, and deeply human.
Kara, an actress, gets a last-minute call to work at a living history museum — the home of President George Washington — where she is cast as Caroline Branham, an enslaved housemaid. Learning the role as she goes, Kara tries her best to stay in character while navigating visitors who are far too comfortable with the past. Her colleague Pearl, playing Martha Washington, is committed to preserving the illusion at all costs.
Then, on the grounds, Kara encounters a mysterious woman spray-painting the name “Lucy” on the property. The woman asks simply: “Do you know who Lucy is?” — and disappears. When Kara finally uncovers Lucy’s true identity, she is faced with an impossible choice: stay in character, or break it once and for all.
It is a story about history, identity, complicity, and the courage it takes to tell the truth — even when you are paid not to.
The Journey
The road to get here has been long, early, and humbling. Making a film — even a short one — demands an enormous amount of trust, collaboration, and patience. I have learned more through this process than I ever anticipated, and I am grateful for every lesson.
I have the deepest appreciation for our brilliant Writer / Director Erin Cramer, and for the incredible work of Danae, Lauren, and my fellow Executive Director Steve Hammond. Being part of this was such a wonderful experience.
I serve as an Executive Producer on this film, and I can honestly say that the experience of helping shepherd this story from idea to screen has been one of the very meaningful and the story so relevant for these times.
Being Arthur 