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Official Selection Beverly Hills International Film Festival (2025)
Award Winner Stockholm Film Festival - Best Director (2025)
Award Winner Stockholm Film Festival - Best 1st Short (2025)
In a small farm town, a free-spirited teenage girl and a dangerously irresistible bad boy ignite a rebellious spark that shakes up the rural landscape.
A coming-of-age story inspired by the magic of 80’s and 90’s feel-good cinema classics with a "life stuck inside a tractor commercial" twist.
Directed and Written by: David Kobzantsev
Starring: Shayla Stensby, Noah Fearnley, Travis Joe Dixon, and Emma Nasfell
Film Reviews:
Take 2 Indie Review: https://take2indiereview.net/2025/08/gold-hearts-of-hot-rod-county/
Indie Shorts Mag: https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2025/08/gold-hearts-of-hot-rod-county-coming-of-age-in-souped-up-cars/
UK Film Review: https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/gold-hearts-of-hot-rod-county
Film Threat: https://filmthreat.com/reviews/gold-hearts-of-hot-rod-county-review/
Short Films Matter ('Handpicked' Selection): https://shortfilmsmatter.com/16269/gold-hearts-of-hot-rod-county/
The Independent Critic: https://theindependentcritic.com/gold_hearts_of_hot_rod_county
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