A Seedfield Studios Short Film

Support Knock Knock

Help bring a women-led psychological thriller to the screen.

Knock Knock is an independent short film being produced in Atlanta. Your contribution helps create paid opportunities for Black creatives and film professionals in Atlanta and Los Angeles while supporting the work needed to bring this story to audiences.

Notable cast attached. We look forward to announcing them soon.

Candlelit dinner table from the short film Knock Knock
Knock KnockShe invited her best friend to meet her new boyfriend.

Our Team's Work

From HBO to Netflix to Tubi.

The people making Knock Knock have written, produced, and directed work seen on HBO, HBO Max, Netflix, BET, and Tubi, with festival nominations at Cannes and HollyShorts.

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The Film

A dinner party. A new boyfriend. A clown.

Telisha has been dating Isaac for six months and is ready for her best friend Brin to meet him. When Isaac arrives with flowers and a wide white smile, Brin is stunned. He is, by every available measure, a clown. Telisha can't see it, and the deeper she falls, the more she becomes him.

We're making this film for every woman who has performed happiness in a relationship she knew was wrong. Black women are at the center of it, and it's headed for the festival circuit.

"One dinner reveals that not everyone at the table is seeing the same relationship."

Genre
Psychological Thriller
Runtime
15 minutes
Written by
Yani Simone
Directed by
Monica Moore-Suriyage
Rating
R
Filming
Atlanta · Jan 2027

What Donations Support

Where your gift goes

Contributions help cover cast and crew, locations and sets, equipment, visual effects, post-production, and other approved project expenses.

Cast & crew

Paying the actors and crew who bring the story to the screen.

Locations & equipment

Locations, sets, and camera and lighting gear.

Visual effects

The effects work the story's transformation depends on.

Post-production

Editing, color, sound, score, and other approved project expenses.

Production

When we shoot

  1. Now

    Development

    Script locked, team assembled, funding campaign active.

  2. Nov – Dec 2026

    Pre-production

    Casting, crew, locations, and logistics.

  3. January 2027

    Production

    Principal photography.

  4. After the shoot

    Post-production

    Edit, color, sound, score, and DCP delivery.

  5. 2027

    Festivals

    Submissions to festivals including Sundance, TIFF, SXSW, and the NAACP Image Awards.

The Filmmakers

Meet the team

Cast will be announced soon.

Monica Moore-Suriyage
Monica Moore-SuriyageDirector

Academy Gold Fellow and Ryan Murphy mentee. La Ciguapa Siempre is now on Netflix.

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Yani Simone
Yani SimoneWriter & Executive Producer

Actress and writer. Being Mary Jane, The Quad, Life of the Party.

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Ben Cory Jones
Ben Cory JonesExecutive Producer

Writer and producer on HBO's Insecure. Co-creator of BET's Boomerang.

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Michelle A. Daniel
Michelle A. DanielExecutive Producer

Award-winning EP and screenwriter with 17+ years and 250+ credits.

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Erick McGee
Erick McGeeExecutive Producer

Filmmaker known for Only You. Brand work with Samsung and Toyota.

George Cartwright
George CartwrightExecutive Producer

Award-nominated filmmaker known for I Am Not Charlotte.

Deni Johnson
Deni JohnsonPost Production Supervisor

Founder of The Room Post. Festival-ready post and DCP delivery.

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