Stick up wins audience award

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (June 22, 2021) - “Stick Up” has won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the 2021 deadCenter Film Festival. 

“Stick Up” is produced by Garrett Davis, Tori Hartley, and Chris Oz McIntosh in association with Freestyle Creative. McIntosh directs the screenplay written by Davis and Hartley. The film follows a young woman (played by Hartley) who stops at a gas station to score some quick cash before hitting the road to freedom. However, her simple plan becomes complicated when she runs into an old friend (played by Davis). 

“For a filmmaker who started attending the festival eight years ago as only a film student, this is a really surreal and special moment,” McIntosh said. “I’m so thrilled the audiences at deadCenter enjoyed our little tale of cops and robbers. It wouldn’t be possible without my amazing co-producers and writers Garrett Davis and Tori Hartley and all the wonderful people who rallied behind us.”

The festival announced its two audience awards on June 21. The festival recorded a record-breaking 175 films this year, including 30 made by Oklahomans.