After Self-Harm, Ava Finds Healing by Sewing a Dress | Stitches Short Film

🎬 SUBMIT YOUR FILM ➔ https://shortverse.com/submit While recovering from an episode of self-harm, Ava decides to sew a dress from scratch. Her sister, Gillian, wishes she would concentrate on getting better. But could it be that putting stitches into something other than her own skin is exactly the kind of healing Ava needs? _Stitches_ Dir. Victoria Frings https://www.victoriafrings.com/ https://www.instagram.com/victoria.frings/ "While Stitches does not attempt to provide a definitive answer, it instead encourages reflection, prompting audiences to consider their own relationship to wellness, productivity, and forms of self-care" - S/W Curator, Rob Munday FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2026/01/19/stitches/ *CREDITS* Starring: Wrenn Schmidt, Katy Wright-Mead Directed by: Victoria Frings Screenplay by: Victoria Frings Based on the play by: Leah Franqui Director of Photography: Sarah Whelden Edited by: Raul Tolédo Producer: Victoria Frings Co-/Line Producer: Sarah Randall Hunt Music Composed by: Dabney Morris Production Designer: Kelly Wilcox Sound Design/Mix: Garrett Peters Colorist: Jenny Montgomery Visual Effects: Dillan Lincoln Assistant Editor: Sam Bongiorno Assistant Director: Danielle McRae Spisso First Assistant Camera: Julia Crytser Second Assistant Camera: Micky Thorne Production Sound: Xiao Hou Gaffer: Dave Wilwayco Grip: Kyle Thor, Justin Henry Jemerson Swing: Lilith Carlon, Justin Henry Jemerson, Kaitlyn Scardino Script Supervisor: Alannah O'Hagan DIT: Nicole Kong Hair & Makeup: Hannah Sherer Wardrobe: Michael Mullen, Wrenn Schmidt, Karen Mann Set Dresser/Director's Assistant: Mallory Shofi Production Assistants: Ian Jonassen, Eli Marley Piccone, Nyasia Mayes Made Possible With: Picture 304 Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.