And Through The Portal We Go

Katie, Craig, and Mikey are the final three members of a cult that has prepared for years to achieve transcendence by stepping through a portal. After completing their final duties, the trio enter the portal... only to find themselves back at the start of the previous day. In an attempt to complete their transcendence, the trio must figure out why they are unable to get through the portal as their fellow cult members did. Will adhering closely to the cult’s teachings help them finally achieve perfection, or will they need to learn more about themselves – and each other?

Award Winner: Best Actor - Taylor Dalton Curtis (Gig Harbor Film Festival)
Award Nominee: Best Narrative Feature (Gig Harbor Film Festival)
Award Nominee: Best Director - Mike Hayhurst (Gig Harbor Film Festival)
Award Winner: Best Ensemble Acting (Black Bear Film Festival)
Award Winner: Best Fantasy Feature (Another Hole in the Head Film Festival)
Award Winner: Best Feature (Broad St. Film Festival)
Award Nominee: Best Director - Mike Hayhurst (Broad St. Film Festival)
Award Nominee: Best Cinematography - Angelica Jacinto (Broad St. Film Festival)
Award Winner: Best Narrative Feature (Fisheye Film Festival)
Award Nominee: Best Narrative Feature (Queens World Film Festival)
Award Winner: Best in Queens (Queens World Film Festival)

Directed by Mike Hayhurst
Written by Mike Hayhurst and Sarah Goeke & Joseph Lymous & Taylor Dalton Curtis
Produced by Allison Moy Hayhurst

Starring Sarah Goeke, Joseph Lymous, Taylor Dalton Curtis, and Thomas Cambridge

What Critics Are Saying

“And Through The Portal We Go rests comfortably alongside my favorites of the fest. Watching such seething annoyances filtered through the lens of death was a pure delight.”

- Bill Arceneaux, MovieGoing with Bill

“This is a really comforting film that also makes you think, and also makes you reflect, thanks to the performances of all three of these characters"

- Mark "The Movieman"

“Easing from a comedy of errors into one of reflection, [the film] questions what keeps us from being our best selves. Each reveal exposes as much about the viewer as the three characters, and the film’s refusal to offer easy answers is part of its quiet, unsettling fun.”

- Blaine Duncan, The Alabama Take

“This film is what independent filmmaking is all about. Telling a different kind of story, a unique perspective on something so mundanely bizarre or bizarrely mundane.”