Sci-fi short film HAPPY HUNTING reveals a distant future where the quest for internet fame and notoriety has evolved into a pursuit considered more valuable than human life.

Written and directed by filmmaker Jordan McAfee-Hahn, the short follows an internet streamer only known by his handle: @66Shadow (Damien Joseph Quinn).

@66Shadow has traveled to the planet of Proxima Centauri B in order to engage in a streamed hunting expedition to celebrate his 50-millionth subscriber - and to top the score of the most popular streamer known as @SgtSurge.

His prey?

Human colonists infected by a contagion produced by the flora native to the planet.

Accompanied by his sophisticated drone-camera, @66Shadow gleefully anticipates the hunt and celebrates each kill.

With its scathing indictment of modern cultural touchstones such as the rise of the internet-famous and social media “influencers,” our collective desensitization to depictions of violence, and the public’s obsession with reality television, HAPPY HUNTING succeeds in telling a deeply disturbing-yet-compelling sci-fi narrative with social commentary very resonant with the bizarre times we are currently navigating.

Watch HAPPY HUNTING here…

In his quest for fame, an internet streamer finds himself on an alien planet hunting for a new record. Starring: Damian Joseph Quinn Written and Directed by: Jordan McAfee-Hahn Produced by: Jess Wolinsky and Jordan McAfee-Hahn Director of Photography: Bella Finn Parisot Assistant Camera: Ryan Bender, Chris Chrisenbery, Madi Palmer Production Designer/Costume Designer: Arri Caviness Victims: Ryan "Doc" Polk, Maya Knell, Hannah Zipperman, Siena East, Jacob Ruttenberg Hair and MU Department Head: Emily Dixon Hair/MU Artist: Yazmin Vinueza Sound Mixer: Erika Koski, Madi Palmer Set PA: Troyvon Campbell, Olivia Crowell Editor: Jordan McAfee-Hahn Lead VFX Artist: Andrew Siner VFX Artist: Jordan McAfee-Hahn Titling Artist: Cole Daly Additional Titles: Jordan McAfee-Hahn Sound Editor/Post Sound Mixer: Jacob Ruttenberg Composer: Alex Desimine Colorist: Chris Chrisenbery

HAPPY HUNTING is an unsettling and provocative look at a distant future that, frankly, does not seem far-fetched when juxtaposed with our current reality.

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