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 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.

Travel Plans screens at the LA Shorts International Film Festival on July 18, 2025, at 10:00 PM in Program 11 in Los Angeles, California.

Travel Plans screens at the Atlanta Micro Short Film Festival on May 10, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Travel Plans screens at the Nyack International Film Festival on March 31, 2025, and April 3, 2025, in New York.

Travel Plans marked Zoey Sidwell’s first short film as a director, and it ended up being exactly the kind of project she was hoping to make. Something contained, a little off-center, and built around a turn. The shoot took place during a heat wave, mostly inside a car, which in hindsight was a choice...

On the day of her retirement party, a woman becomes invisible to those around her—and must learn to navigate life in a new way.

As a filmmaker, Zoey is drawn to the unexpected—in human behavior, in circumstance, and in tone. She delights in life's surprises and the myriad ways people respond to them. That sensibility shows up in everything she makes.