Return to Childhood

For much of my career, I chased success the way many filmmakers do, always looking toward the next project, the next festival, and the next opportunity. Somewhere along the way, I realized I wasn't simply building a career. I was trying to reconnect with the child who first fell in love with storytelling. Odds and Ends began as my short film Midnight Snack, inspired by a broken freezer, but as I expanded it into a feature, it became something far more personal. It became a return to the stories that shaped my childhood; stories filled with wonder, kindness, adventure, and the quiet belief that even after loss, hope can still find us. Writing this screenplay reminded me why I became a filmmaker in the first place. More than anything, I wanted to create the kind of film that would have inspired the younger version of myself, and one that leaves audiences with the same feeling I carry with me today: that even after goodbye, everything really can be okay.