The Audition 2026

Directed by Brigid Maher

The short film follows Kim Johnson, a 50-year-old Army major, and her 13-year-old autistic, non-binary child, Ace, on a high-stakes journey to a prestigious music audition in Washington, D.C. What begins with a nervous pickup from school spirals into a frantic search through the music academy when miscommunications leave them scrambling to find the right audition room.