Synopsis
A cheeky dismantling of spy tropes and a love letter to Cambodia, THE SENTRY follows a suave Western agent who thinks he's about to make another routine kill. But some stories refuse to be footnotes - and this particular guard isn't finished talking. A genre-bending tale about the extraordinary lives we're trained to overlook.
The Sentry (2025) is a 18 min short film by Jake Wachtel. A cheeky dismantling of spy tropes and a love letter to Cambodia, THE SENTRY follows a suave Western agent who thinks... Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2025).
Key facts
First release
March 8, 2025
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Festival History
- FANT Bilbao Fantasy Film Festival 2026 - Panorama FANTástico en corto
- GFFF - Galician Freaky Film Festival 2026
- HollyShorts Comedy 2026
- HorrorFest International 2026 generic - Short Films
- Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films 2025 generic
- Bolton International Film Festival 2025
- Brooklyn Film Festival 2025 generic
- HollyShorts Film Festival 2025 generic
- Raindance Film Festival 2025
- Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2025 - My Kind
- SXSW Film Festival 2025 generic
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025 generic
- TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest 2025
Identifiers & sources
| IMDb | tt35304488 |
| TMDB | 1446760 |
