Travel Plans screens at Lighthouse International Film Festival on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM / Block 10 / Long Beach Island, New Jersey.

Thrilled to share Zoey's short film …Now You Don’t, co-written with Krista Amigone, has advanced to the semi-finals for the Stowe Story Labs $50,000 Curated Short Film Production Grant.

Zoey Sidwell has been selected as a participant in the Stowe Story Labs 2026 Spring Producers’ Lab, taking place online April 28 through May 1.

Travel Plans screens at the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival on April 9, 2026, at 12:00 PM at the District Theater in Gilroy, California.

Travel Plans screens at the Myrtle Beach Film Festival in California on Wednesday, April 22 as part of the 5:00–7:00 PM shorts block.

Travel Plans, directed by Zoey Sidwell, received the Indie Spirit Award at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema

Proud to share Zoey's Short Film …Now You Don’t, which she co-wrote with Krista Amigone, has been named a Quarterfinalist for the Stowe Story Labs $50,000 Curated Short Film Production Grant (how amazing is that?).

Travel Plans screened at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema on March 5, 2026, at 12:00 PM at The Rustic Theatre and Tahquitz Pines in Idyllwild, California. Zoey Sidwell's short film was nominated in several categories, and went on to win the festival’s Indie Spirit Award.

Travel Plans screens at the Short. Sweet. Film Festival on Saturday, March 7, 2026 / Women in Focus Program / Cleveland, Ohio.

Travel Plans screens at the San Francisco Short Film Festival on October 27, 2025, at 8:15 PM at the 4-Star Theater in San Francisco, California.

Travel Plans screens at ReadingFilmFEST on October 11, 2025, at 12:00 PM at 201 Washington Street in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Filmmaker Zoey Sidwell's short film, Travel Plans, screens at the Mystic Film Festival on October 5, 2025, at 4:30 PM in Mystic, Connecticut..

Travel Plans screens at The Women’s Film Festival on September 21, 2025, at 4:00 PM at 7434 Malvern Ave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Travel Plans screens at the Lake County Film Festival on September 6, 2025, at 2:00 PM and again on September 13, 2025, at 7:15 PM as part of the “OMG! WTF!” Block in Northern Illinois.

Travel Plans screens at FactoryFest on September 5, 2025, at 5:45 PM in Block 4 at the Broadwater Theater Main Stage in Los Angeles, California.

Travel Plans screens at the Studio City International Film Festival on August 29, 2025, at 5:15 PM in Block 2 at Laemmle NoHo 7 in North Hollywood, California.

“Travel Plans, a micro-short that had its premiere at this year’s LA Shorts, may be little but it packs a lot...” — Film Inquiry

Travel Plans screens at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival on August 10, 2025, at 12:00 PM in Block 12, “You Got Me F*ucked Up,” in Atlanta, Georgia.

In a conversation with LRM Online, Zoey Sidwell talks about directing her first short film Travel Plans and what it meant to step behind the camera for the first time...

“It’s rare that a three-minute film can pack in the emotional complexity and narrative misdirection of a feature-length drama, but Travel Plans does exactly that.” — The Hollywood Times

"Sidwell has a voice, a vision, and a fearlessness in approaching the kind of stories many would rather ignore. It’s a quiet triumph, the kind that leaves a lasting impression, not through resolution, but by handing the audience a question and letting them sit with it." — Overly Honest Reviews

Film Factual spoke with director Zoey Sidwell about her short film Travel Plans in connection with its screening at the LA Shorts International Film Festival...

In a conversation with Jesus Figueroa of ThisFunktional.com, filmmaker Zoey Sidwell discusses the themes and humor behind her short film Travel Plans...

Medium recently featured Zoey Sidwell’s short film Travel Plans in a piece by writer Tiffany McCoy, following the film’s premiere at the LA Shorts International Film Festival