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The Girl at the Motor Hotel

Sherri, a recent high school graduate living and working at a rundown motel, struggles to cope physically and emotionally after an abortion. Day by day, she strives for a brighter future, all while navigating the isolation of her environment and the influences of the men that surround her.
 

  • Official Selection - Directors Notes

  • Official Selection - SCAD Savannah Film Festival

  • Official Selection - Eastern Oregon Film Festival (Best Narrative Short Film Winner)

  • Official Selection - Tallgrass Film Festival (Best Performance Winner for Tatiana Harman)

  • Official Selection - Macon Film Festival

  • Official Selection - Davey Fest
     

Starring: Tatiana Harman, David Perez, and Sully Brown
 

Writer/Director: Garrett Detrixhe

Producers: David Swinburne & Inés Michelena
Director of Photography: Stephen Grum
Production Designer: Michelle Fogle
Editor: Inés Michelena
Music: Jared Hopkins
Camera Operator: Chris Larson
First AC: Patrick Kral
Second AC: Brittany Cardoza
Gaffer: Kevin Eagleson
Electrician: Nic Dillon
Makeup Department Head: Erin Chaney
Production Sound Mixer: Demetrius Martin
Supervising Sound Editor: Harper W. Harris
Production Assistant: Erwin Groot
Visual Effects: Kyla Trull Williams
Colorist: Arianna Shining Star

Set in a tired and, for all intents and purposes, bleak motel Garrett Detrixhe’s The Girl at the Motor Hotel follows a young woman dealing with what appears to be the biggest decision of her life. Yet under the surface, the other choice she has made pierces her everyday life with painful realities and hot flash reminders of what she has been through. It’s a desperately precarious existence which is only amplified by the selfish acts of those who surround her. Choice lies at the very heart of Detrixhe’s short which he was always inspired to delve into from an individual rather than political level, something which particularly resonates following the deeply disturbing overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US. The Girl at the Motor Hotel shines a pinpointed light on the gravity and privilege inherent in such a ruling.

- Sarah Smith, Director's Notes

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