(l to r) Yonatan Gebeyehu, Frankie Placidi, Sarina Freda, Sharina Martin, Ethan Dubin
All Photo Credits: Marcus Middleton
Jonathan Journals Spontaneously Combusted
by Max Mooney
Clubbed Thumb: Winterworks 2026
What’s harder: Grief or acceptance of loss?
When Jonathan Journals spontaneously combusts, a small town becomes a feeding ground for Greg, a documentarian born of the tragedy. Greg circles Jonathan's parents and fixates on his mother's withheld grief. Will Greg get the interview that will make her documentary a meal?
Cast:
Ethan Dubin, Sarina Freda, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Mike Iveson, Sharina Martin, Kelly McAndrew, and Frankie Placidi
Developed with Isaiah Frank, Sydney Greenhill, Peyton Mader, Niraj Nair, Sophie Rossman, Mallika Tatavarti, Luke Wisniewski, and Talia Hankin
Design:
Chen-Wei Liao
(l to r) Sarina Freda, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Ethan Dubin, Sharina Martin, and Frankie Placidi
(l to r) Sharina Martin, Ethan Dubin, Frankie Placidi, Sarina Freda, and Yonatan Gebeyehu
(l to r) Sharina Martin, Ethan Dubin, Kelly McAndrew, Mike Iveson, Sarina Freda, Yonatan Gebeyehu
Mike Iveson and Kelly McAndrew
Kelly McAndrew and Mike Iveson
Frankie Placidi
Mike Iveson and Kelly McAndrew
(l to r) Frankie Placidi, Kelly McAndrew, Mike Iveson
(l to r) Frankie Placidi, Mike Iveson, Sharina Martin, Ethan Dubin, Sarina Freda, Yonatan Gebeyehu
(l to r) Ethan Dubin, Sharina Marin, Sarina Freda, Frankie Placidi, and Yonatan Gebeyehu
Mike Iveson and Kelly McAndrew
Ethan Dubin and Kelly McAndrew
Sarina Freda and Kelly McAndrew
(l to r) Mike Iveson and Yonatan Gebeyehu
Mike Iveson and Yonatan Gebeyehu
Kelly McAndrew and Frankie Placidi
(l to r) Ethan Dubin, Sharina Martin, Sarina Freda
(l to r) Mike Iveson, Kelly McAndrew, Frankie Placidi
(l to r) Frankie Placidi, Sarina Freda, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Sharina Martin, Ethan Dubin
Kelly McAndrew
(c) Frankie Placidi, (l to r) Sarina Freda, Ethan Dubin, Sharina Martin, Yonatan Gebeyehu