Short film
The Contestant
2025 · 14 min
A gentle, nostalgic dip into old home-video memories, warm and a little wistful, like flipping through a friend's cherished scrapbook.
- Directed by
- Patrick Bresnan
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- In 1996, a 19-year-old Patrick Bresnan enters a local television contest for the chance to visit the set of Baywatch, then the world's most popular TV show. Nearly three decades later, he revisits the home-video footage of his unlikely adventure, offering a personal glimpse into 1990s television and fan culture.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Media, celebrity, memory, identity
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Patrick Bresnan
- Genres
- Documentary