Two lonely strangers. One apartment complex. And a hole in the ceiling
that brings them together.
THE HOLE
Accolades/Info
Official Selection/Awards:
2025 LA UNDER THE STARS, BEST DIRECTOR & AUDIENCE AWARD
ASPEN Shorts Fest, 2026
Mendocino Film Festival, 2026
Lower East Side Film Festival, 2026
Sonoma Int. FILM FESTIVAL, 2026
Cinequest Film Festival, 2026
LA Int. Shorts Film Festival, 2025
NEW NEXT FILM FESTIVAL 2025
Cast
DAVID BROWN
NICHOLE SAKURA
Meet the Team
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
COURTNEY KARWAL is a filmmaker located in Los Angeles. Her pilot Doug & Devi won the pitch competition at the Just for Laughs Festival. She was named a Comic to Watch at the Riot LA Comedy Festival and her short film, LIPSTICK CITY, won Best Comedy Short at the New York Shorts Film Fest and Best Director at the Portland Comedy Film Festival. The Hole, aka this project won Best Director & the Audience Award at LA Under the Stars Film Festival.
PRODUCER
MADDIE THOMAS
WRITER
RACHEL FORMAN is a writer and comedian working in film, TV, animation and live comedy. She co-wrote and will E.P. an UNTITLED MUSICAL ROM-COM (EP Bill Burr). She co-wrote the short BAD ASSISTANT, which stars Jason Schwartzman and has earned film fest prizes for Best Writing and Best Dark Comedy. She has performed standup, improv & sketch at The UCB Theatre and The Comedy Store, developed animated series for Gaumont, and written on shows for Disney, Nickelodeon and Spinmaster.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
BETHANY MICHALSKI
EDITOR, ACE
KATHERYN RUPERT
