In just eight minutes, director and writer Charlie McWade, along with cinematographer Brendan H. Banks, take viewers along for a dark ride as a woman awakens in the silent woods to repeatedly hear a call that awakens her from her warm and safe bed and brings her out into the night.

Weee Wooo is McWade’s first short, as he’s usually in front of the camera. And just when things get wild, the film stops. So here’s to more of his work in this vein, as this atmospheric little film got under my skin and excited to see more.

Want to see it for yourself? It’s now playing as part of the Chattanooga Film Fest. Virtual tickets are available at www.chattfilmfest.org/