Almost Girlfriends
Making a relationship offcial....can be monstrous.
Greenlight Almost Girlfriends Short Film
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Almost Girlfriends is raising funds to cover part of it's pre-production and production costs.
Back in 2024 Michael-Michelle and a team of producers embarked on a journey to bring her passion project to life. Just when everyone was ready to shout "lights, camera, action!" The project's final funds were pulled right out from under them.
BUT the team was assembled and giving up was not an option!! The production team is back again with help from Horror in Color! We'll need some support to fully secure funding and make this production go off without a hitch.
BUT the team was assembled and giving up was not an option!! The production team is back again with help from Horror in Color! We'll need some support to fully secure funding and make this production go off without a hitch.
We're raising $25,000 from individuals to complete our $60,000 budget.
While on a romantic weekend at an isolated cabin, two young lesbians, JESSI and KAMI, are on the verge of defininsg their relationship, but neither wants to be the first to pull the trigger and have the what are we? conversation.
What begins as an intimate getaway quickly spirals into a psychological and physical nightmare as their unspoken fears take shape… and their exes morph into a monstrous being that haunts them with the weight of their past.
To survive, they must fight, not just the literal monster attacking them, but the terror of being emotionally seen.
Almost Girlfriends is a queer horror film that blends psychological tension and creature terror to explore the emotional cost of silence and the power of choosing vulnerability, even when it hurts.
JESSI is quiet, observant, and avoids confrontation at all costs. She’d rather be glamping than camping and definitely isn’t ready to define the relationship. But when her past takes monstrous
form, she’s forced to finally face it.
KAMI is bubbly, extroverted, and excited for the weekend getaway. She craves clarity but often pushes too hard. To truly connect with Jessi, she’ll have to let go of control.
THE MONSTER is a fused embodiment of Jessi’s exes: grotesque, relentless, and hungry for reckoning. It’s the living, breathing consequence of emotional avoidance.
Through the lens of psychological and creature horror, Almost Girlfriends dives into the complicated emotions of young queer love: the longing, the fear, the silence, the desire to be seen. As a lesbian filmmaker, I want to bring specificity to queer relationships that often go underrepresented in genre storytelling. This isn’t just a horror film for the jump scares. It’s about how terrifying it can be to risk closeness, and how repression can take on a monstrous life of its own. - Michael-Michelle, and I’m the writer/director of Almost Girlfriends.
Michael-Michelle Pratt is a writer and director specializing in cultural criticism centered on Blackness, Black womanhood, film, television, beauty, spirituality, and mental health. She has been featured in publications such as Vogue, Teen Vogue, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, and NYLON.
Executive Producers
Pepito Cadena, Horror In Color
Ivan Daniel Luna, Horror In Color
Producers
Aisha Jordan, Village Park Productions (known for work with Lifetime, A&E, HBO)
Rafael Jordan, Village Park Productions (Known for work with Law & Order, Godfather of Harlem)
Camera
Kalyn Jacobs, Director of Photography (worked with Issa Rae and the late Jesse Jackson)
Art Dept
Executive Producers
Pepito Cadena, Horror In Color
Ivan Daniel Luna, Horror In Color
Producers
Aisha Jordan, Village Park Productions (known for work with Lifetime, A&E, HBO)
Rafael Jordan, Village Park Productions (Known for work with Law & Order, Godfather of Harlem)
Camera
Kalyn Jacobs, Director of Photography (worked with Issa Rae and the late Jesse Jackson)
Art Dept
Veniesa Lee Dillon, Creature and Special Effects
Kamil Oshundara, Concept Artist / Art Director (known for work with Monkeypaw Prod.)
Bria Josephs, Production Designer (known for work with Disney+, Amazon Video, and BET+.)
Carla Thomas, Costume Design (known for work with Carrie musical, Soho Rep, and Lincoln center)
Carla Thomas, Costume Design (known for work with Carrie musical, Soho Rep, and Lincoln center)
We’re raising $25,000 to bring Almost Girlfriends to life. This budget ensures we can pay our crew fairly, create visceral practical effects, secure our locations, and tell this story with the care and craft it deserves.
Our full budget is $60,000
Our fundraising goals =
$25,000 from individuals
$25,000 from grants
$10,000 matching gifts
Funds pay for...
Cast & Crew fair wages
Locations
Set pieces and props
Practical makeup and monster creation
Set accommodations
Costumes
Camera and lighting equipment
Our full budget is $60,000
Our fundraising goals =
$25,000 from individuals
$25,000 from grants
$10,000 matching gifts
Funds pay for...
Cast & Crew fair wages
Locations
Set pieces and props
Practical makeup and monster creation
Set accommodations
Costumes
Camera and lighting equipment
We’re deep in the development phase now, with a talented team and terrifyingly good vision.
- Nov 2026 - March 2027 Fundraising
- March 2027: Fully funded
- April - May 2027: pre-production
- June 4–8, 2027: Production – filming
- June - Sept 2027: Post-production
- Oct 2027: Trailer premiere party ilm festival submissions
- Oct 2027 - 2028: Film festival submissions and attendance
With Almost Girlfriends, we aim to show the world that queer horror deserves the same resources, reverence, and reach as any other story. This film is our love letter to the queer stories too often pushed to the margins: stories that are messy, tender, terrifying, and true.
Our project offers:
- Queer Representation Without Apology | Queer horror, especially lesbian horror, exists in abundance, but rarely gets the spotlight or support it deserves. We’re building a Black queer and allied cast and crew to tell this story with authenticity, complexity, and care. It’s time to open the door wider for Black queer horror and the unique emotional terrain it brings to the genre.
- Emotion Meets Blood and Bone | This isn’t horror for horror’s sake. We’re fusing creature-feature scares with raw emotional intimacy. If Bodies Bodies Bodies met Slither and got emotionally wrecked by a what are we? conversation, you’d get Almost Girlfriends.
- A Love Story Wrapped in Terror | At its core, this film is about how terrifying it can be to be emotionally seen. It’s a story about choosing honesty with someone you love, even when you're afraid of what they'll say back, and how that kind of vulnerability can be just as monstrous as anything that lurks in the dark.
Back Almost Girlfriends today and help us unleash a bold, unapologetically Black Queer horror story — told the way we want to tell it.
Donate. Share. Scream. Love.
All perks will be delivered digitally after filming wraps in October 2025. Be sure to include a valid email to receive them.
All perks will be delivered digitally after filming wraps in October 2025. Be sure to include a valid email to receive them.
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Rewards
Holding Hands
Donate $100.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
It’s getting serious (and cute).
Receive signed digital headshots from lead actors, a digital behind-the-scenes photo album, and a thank-you video from the set.
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Interested
Donate $10.00 or more
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You’re checking us out.
Receive a digital thank-you on a JPEG of the film’s concept art.
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Texting
Donate $25.00 or more
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You like our vibe.
Get a digital image from the film set signed by the director.
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First Date
Donate $50.00 or more
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It’s official: you’re into us.
Receive a signed digital poster from the cast and crew, plus a thank-you video from the set.
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Talking
Donate $150.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
You’re invested.
Enjoy first access to the film trailer, private BTS footage and interviews, a signed digital still from cast and crew, and a personal thank-you video from a team member.
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Almost Girlfriends
Donate $200.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
It’s not official, but it’s real.
Receive a private early access link to the finished film, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, and a signed digital still by all cast and crew.
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Committed
Donate $500.00 or more
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We’re exclusive now.
Your name in the credits. Early access to the film, invitation to a private screening, BTS interviews and footage, signed headshots from lead actors, signed digital still from cast and crew, and a personal thank-you video.
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U-Haul: Moving in together
Donate $1,000.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
You’ve got a drawer at our place.
Everything from the Committed tier plus an exclusive digital zine featuring production art, behind-the-scenes moments and storyboards. An invite to a virtual Q&A with the director and producers.
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