Title

What I Was Trying To Say

Overview

NIOVISION's second short film, a horror short, is triple in the size of the budget, locations, crew, and cast numbers since its first short film, The Multi.

Logline

A lonely, young, deaf teenager unconsciously summons a haunting figure who aggressively tries to send a message.

Currently submitting for film festivals starting 2026.

Credits

Director

Natasha Ofili

Cinematographer

Cooper Ulrich

Producer

Katia Washington

Producer

Natasha Ofili

Editor

Shelly Rose

Executive Producer

Christy Hall

Executive Producer

Renae Williams Niles

Composer

Damien Quintard

A Black girl (Mila Davis-Kent as Sarafina) looking in horror.

One dark-skinned black woman (Natasha Ofili as Victoria) and one black girl (Mila Davis-Kent as Sarafina) in a dimly lit room. Victoria is seated on a bed wearing a satin headscarf and robe, and Sarafina is blurred in the foreground.

A close-up of a hand with black pastel smears, slightly splayed, extending towards the light.

Damien Quintard in Miraval Studios’s modern recording studio with a large control desk, speakers, and a monitor displaying audio software. A projector screen shows text: A Natasha Ofili Film (TV static noise).

A dark-skinned Black woman, Victoria (Natasha Ofili) with curly, dark hair, looking over her shoulder with concern.

A cluttered, dusty, run-down room with shelves filled with objects and papers on the floor, with Cooper Ulrich, Director of Photography, operating a camera in the foreground, and Natasha Ofili directing the actor in the background.

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