Bemused Entertainment

Bemused Entertainment formed in 2011 in the basements of Midwesterners Hunter Huddleston and TJ Jaeger. It began as long nights in high school, writing scripts to movies that would never be made. In 2015, when we were both attending Indiana University, we began to take ourselves seriously. That year, we completed our first few short films, “This Will Be Cake,” “In a Beautiful World,” and “Dave and Goliath.” At the end of the year, our film “The Mystery” won Best Picture and Best Screenplay at Bloomington’s Crimson Film Festival. Shortly after that, “What’s Up Mr. Whiskers?” won A Red Carpet Affair film festival at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater. In the spring of 2016, as part of Campus MovieFest, we made “Lost Dog,” which won a Jury Award, Best Cinematography and Audience Pick award. That summer, we took the film to Atlanta to compete in Campus MovieFest’s finale, Terminus, where we were nominated for Best Cinematography, making it one of the top 5 student films for cinematography in the country. In August of 2016, we hosted our first short film showcase in Bloomington, highlighting both local and national filmmakers, along with our own work. In Spring of 2017, we attended the 70th annual Cannes International Film Festival with our film "Lost Dog" screening in the Short Film Corner. In August 2017, we moved from the Midwest to Los Angeles to further pursue our passion. We always have multiple projects in the works. We specialize in narrative films, though we’ve done music videos and documentaries as well. We just want to make as many cool movies as we can before we die.