In Sam Benenati’s Emily, the director explores an affair from an unusual perspective. Filmed on a close-up of widow Annie’s (Jenny O’Hara) face for seven minutes, this short reveals one woman’s surprisingly dark secret through a raw first-person narration. With touching honesty, Annie tells her tale of heartbreak during her husband’s last dying years when he fell in love with another woman. Suffering from Parkinson’s Disease, Dan, Annie’s husband, had visions of many different people all over his house. After eventually taking the advice of his wife, Dan begins talking to one of these ‘people’, a woman named Emily, and he becomes deeply fond of her. He tells Annie of their shared interests and hobbies, and after a year, he confesses his love
