A Room Full of Nothing

Phyllis (Ivy Meehan), an aspiring fine artist, and Barry (Duncan Coe), an actor in a community theater, are living together in a small house in an Austin suburb.

The next morning, Barry discovers a previously unknown stream behind their house that leads to a grotto and swimming hole.

At home Phyllis wakes to discover Barry is missing and fearing he disappeared too she has a panic attack and nearly asphyxiates in their yard.

While away from their home Barry doubles-down on his questioning of their purpose in life, the nature of art, and the need for human contact while Phyllis is content with living out the rest of their days alone together.

The next day they continue to travel through the woods in order to find their home but the long journey becomes tiresome and Barry's spirit is defeated.

Barry continues to spiral into a depression and confesses that he doesn't like their new reality and he wishes they were no longer stuck in the woods.

He and Phyllis play make-believe in the desert sand and imagine they got that vacation after all and they bask in the breeze of a coastal ocean.

Phyllis' conscience is left lifeless in blackness and she's must live out her days alone, just as she wished the night she manifested all the people out of the world.

Funding for the film was provided in part through its participation in the Seed & Spark Hometown Heroes Rally hosted by the Duplass Brothers in 2017 where it was a finalist and recipient of the first annual Oh Shit Grant.

The film was distributed by Random Media via a label deal with The Orchard Company and released worldwide on April 21, 2020.