Kiersten Houser

A filmmaker captures her wife’s journey of high-risk pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood in this short documentary. Consequently, she discovers her own fear and insecurity surrounding the adventures of parenthood — all while completing the adoption process for her non-biological son, as required by heteronormative North Carolina state law.

A zombie woman is cast out of her hunting group when she's caught stealing more than her share of food. When she comes upon an abandoned human baby (in a world where food is incredibly scarce), she fights her urges and seizes the opportunity to offer the 8-month old to her former zombie pack as proof of her willingness to share. But her surprising bond with the child risks her plan-- and her appetite.