A moment from Never Alone

Film · 2026 · Drama

Never Alone

  • Winner, Best Standard Short, Absurd Film Festival 2026
  • Official Selection, Motion Pictures International Film Festival 2026

Written and directed by Peter Koevari

Screening 26 to 29 November 2026, Motion Pictures International Film Festival, Republic of Benin

Winner, Best Standard Short, Assurdo Film Festival 2026. 1 win on IMDb.

A psychologist wakes disoriented, only to find a former patient waiting inside her home with grief, rage, and unfinished business.

Director's statement

This film was an intimate deep dive into the psychology of someone who has lost it all and hit the deepest depths of despair, and how far they are willing to go, but also in someone whose world comes crashed down around them and loses all sense of control. Both women lose it all, but the dynamics, values, and way they see the world… is challenged.

We kept this as mostly shot in one location and to focus heavily on the main story, delivering a high tension story, and a shift in reality for audiences to discover.

From script to screen

Never Alone, the screenplay, page 2: Lila takes the couch; Betty drags a dining chair over, notebook in hand
Screenplay, page 2
Never Alone, the finished shot
On screen, TC 00:04:08:05

Festival run

  1. 2026
    • Assurdo Film FestivalWinner, Best Standard Short

Credits

Cast

  • Kylie RiddleLila Roberts
  • Suzanne WebckeDr. Betty Benway

Crew

Director
Peter Koevari
1st assistant director
Maja Salamon
Writer
Peter Koevari
Producer
Nigel Jones, Peter Koevari, Maja Salamon
Composer
Nigel Jones
Director of photography
Nigel Jones
Production designer
Richard Evans
Key makeup artist
Shannon Harrip
Sound recordist
Gareth James
Sound designer
Nigel Jones
Grip
Richard Evans
1st assistant camera
Kiara Geers
2nd assistant camera
Shannon Harrip

Contact

For writing, directing and production enquiries.

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