Year
2026
Length
1h31m
Language
English
Québec premiere
IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Twelve-year-old Lil Ant transforms his working-class neighborhood beneath the LAX flight path into a living mythology, where family members become gods and the sky is crowded with endless departures. As he searches for connection with his god-like yet conflicted father, he finds support in his close-knit community that helps him reconcile myth and reality.
Director
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Screenwriter
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Director of photography
Michael Fernandez
Composer
Malcolm Parson
Production
Josh Peters, Saba Zerehi, Ben Stillman
Cast
J. Alphonse Nicholson, Danielle Brooks, Bodhi Dell, Myles Bullock
Genre
Drama
Country
United States
Type
Feature film
Category
Fiction
Subtitle
English
Awards
Bentonville Film Festival 2026 - Best Narrative Feature (United States)
Brooklyn Film Festival 2026 - Best Cinematography (United States)
Sundance Film Festival 2026 - Jury Price (United States)
Sidewalk Film Festival 2026 - Best Narrative Feature (United-States)
19 August 16:00 to 17:31
Théâtre de Lac-Brome
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Walter Thompson-Hernández is a Los Angeles–based writer-director and Sundance Institute lab alum. His Sundance Film Festival award-winning short, If I Go Will They Miss Me, launched his feature adaptation. He directed Netflix’s Untold: Shooting Guards and debuted his first narrative feature, Kites, at the Tribeca Film Festival, earning a special jury prize for its bold storytelling acclaim.