Claire Louise Huder

Director's Statement

Through original and collaborative stories and creative techniques, Cinder Pictures is on a mission to harness filmmaking's limitless potential to communicate our deepest thoughts, inner struggles, and the important messages that we find unable to do so through mere language—with a focus on mental health, relationships, and the human experience.

"There is an unquenchable cinder within each human being that has the ability to blossom into passionate fire. It is our own responsibility to nurture the flame."

- Claire Louise Huder

Short Films

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Knock Knock

Haunted by a knocking only he seems to hear, a young man goes on a walk in the woods with his love in order to clear his head and is instead forced to face the harsh reality of what he has done.

An ode to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.

Lumina Reel FEAR Film Festival (2026): Best Breakthrough Filmmaker (Tie)(Dir: Claire Louise Huder)

OIF Reel Challenge Awards (2025): Best Lead Actress (nom: Claire Louise Huder), Best Lead Actor (nom: Brycen Taylor), Best Music (nom: Strayer)

Perception

A young woman comes face-to-face with an eerily familiar intruder in her home whom she is forced to confront.

Claires directorial and screenwriter short film debut!

Rated 17+: Language, Violence

PressPlay Cinema llluminate Film Festival (2024): FESTIVAL WINNER & Best Actor (Claire Louise Huder)

Fear Fame Film Festival (2023): Best Actress (nom: Claire Louise Huder)

OIF Aura Challenge Awards (2023): Best Lead Actress (nom: Claire Louise Huder) & Best Supporting Actress (nom: Heather Fraley)

Shadowman

When a young boy's careless birthday wish for his sister to vanish is granted, it unleashes the Shadowman—a dark entity who seeks to erase all siblings from existence. Now, the boy must confront his own guilt in order to stop the monster that he has created and save his younger sister.

Jacksonville Urban Film & Music Festival (JUFMF)(2026): Best Short Film Under 10 Min

Jax Fuse Festival (2026): Best Costume Design (Claire Louise Huder) & Best Special Effects (Stephen Magee)

Video Call

Spencer Young—a young man trapped in denial—tries to convince his best friend Ciera Williams to confront the harrowing reality of her abusive relationship.

Content Warning: Domestic/Relationship Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Also available on YouTube.

Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival (TBUFF)(2025): Best Microshort (nom)

Fear Fame Film Festival (2025): Best Florida Film (nom) & Best Actress (nom: Claire Louise Huder)

Wyrd

A female pirate condemned to death faces a test of fate by an unseen omniscient force.

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