FilmQuest to Premiere Scarlet Moreno’s Musical Horror “MONEY’S TIGHT”

The new short film by Scarlet Moreno set for a World Premiere at FilmQuest Nominated for The Minerva Award Screening: October 24th, 2026 @ 2PM Venue: Velour Live Music Gallery 135 N University Ave, Provo, UT 84601, United States In the presence of Scarlet Moreno (writer, director, actress) and Tatum Langton (supporting actor). Actor/Director Scarlet Moreno takes a stab at musical horror with her short film in the vein of Jawbreaker & The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Trailer CREDITS: Written & Directed by Scarlet Moreno DOP by Justin Moore Original Music by Kellan Meador & Marnie Price With Marnie Priceas Carly MONEY’S TIGHT On the verge of losing her cheerleading scholarship, Carly, captain of the squad, commits a heinous crime and enlists the help of her big sister Ginger, impoverished and on the verge herself, to cover it up before losing it all. When her college financial advisor tells cheer captain Carly that she’s on the verge of losing her scholarship to a fellow cheerleader, Carly decides to stay in school the only way she knows how: by killing the competition. Meanwhile, her older sister Ginger learns that the trailer left to her by her late husband is four payments behind, and she has no idea how she’ll come up with the money before it’s repossessed. As Ginger watches the parents of a missing girl offer a cash reward on the local news, Carly bursts in, begging for help covering up her heinous mistake. Together, the sisters hatch a plan to “discover” the body, collect the reward, and turn Carly’s crime into the answer to both their problems. SCARLET MORENO (Writer, Director, Actress) Scarlet Moreno is a director, writer, and actor based in Los Angeles whose work centers the feminine experience in unexpected and exciting ways. A bilingual artist raised in Laredo, Texas, on the border of Mexico, she earned her BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She has written and directed award-winning narrative shorts as well as her debut feature film, “Phaedra”, and was one of five first-time feature filmmakers selected by director Robert Rodriguez for “Rebel Without a Crew: The Series.”