Apologize

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Psychological Drama of Betrayal and Guilt

APOLOGIZE — Full Vertical Movie (9:16)

A hypnotic short drama feature shot entirely in vertical cinema, APOLOGIZE invites viewers into a fractured Los Angeles dreamscape — where love, betrayal, and guilt unfold like a fevered confession.

Carl, a struggling artist, wants only a family. Angela, his muse and tormentor, desires something else entirely — his best friend, Jim, a billionaire with a conscience. When Jim decides that the only way forward is to remove Carl from the picture, desire turns deadly, and remorse becomes a weapon.

Torn between love and loyalty, Jim makes a choice that spirals into consequence. A single act of compassion—or cowardice—changes everything.

Stylized, intimate, and unapologetically emotional, APOLOGIZE reimagines the soap opera as high art, a vertical descent into the psychology of passion, deception, and the human need to make things right.

Welcome to the world of APOLOGIZE.

Apologize
Directed by Jamie Grefe
Starring: Tessa Raine, Ava Westcott, Chris Spinelli, and Jamie Grefe
Produced by Gregory Hatanaka for Cinema Epoch
Director of Photography: Caleb Tou
Shot in Los Angeles, CA