HELP BRING OUR SURREAL WESTERN COMEDY TO LIFE

Go Rest Young Man is a darkly comic, surreal short film about dying myths, inherited failure, and the cost of chasing freedom — all set in a decaying gas station called “Cowboy’s.”

James, a lonely clerk clinging to cowboy fantasies, is stuck between his father’s gambling addiction and the slow, fluorescent death of their family business. As his Wild West daydreams crumble into trash-strewn nightmares, he meets a sinister Man in Black — a tempter who offers him a way out. No more rules. Just take what’s yours, and ride free.

But freedom, it turns out, comes at a price. And the outlaw James wants to be might look a lot like the man he's trying not to become.

This is a student short — bold, strange, and deeply personal. Think Once Upon a Time in the West meets Clerks with a surreal, dreamlike twist. We’re raising funds to cover essential costs like gear, locations, costumes, set dressing, and feeding our hard-working cast and crew.

If you’ve ever loved a flawed dreamer, questioned the American dream, or just want to support fresh, ambitious student filmmaking, we’d be incredibly grateful for your help.

Support independent film. Help us saddle up. Let’s make something unforgettable.