Family

Family is an upcoming short film to be shown on FOX, MUCH, and CTV. The movie was written by Joel Bjornsson within a month
=== Plot ===
In 1986 the Chernobyl power plant would end up exploding, causing 2 American brothers, Nick and Richard Smith, and their friends to leg it out of town. While their friends parents were too close to the plant to even be alive, Nick and Richard’s parents were away when the plant exploded. The kids travel through the Ukraine to try and find the parents of Nick and Rich, making discovery after discovery along the way
=== Cast ===
TBA
=== Trivia ===
* This is the first, and so far only work of Joel Bjornsson, to feature a non-binary character
* After learning all the facts about Chernobyl, Bjornsson wanted to write a screenplay that wasn’t a documentary
* Bjornsson attempted to write the script back in April 2020, but abandoned the project until February 2021 when he went back and redid the whole thing
* Originally, Bjornsson wanted his friend Owen Pretty to play the role of Nick, but he would in fact decide against it to leave it to be made by professionals