A queer environmental journalist and her gun-toting grandma lock horns on their drive out to Sweetwater, Texas, where their cousins host the world's largest rattlesnake roundup.

Cast

Kid
Isabel Pask
Nanny
Kymberly Nielsen
Roadrage
Brian Villalobos
Narrator
Nick Nielsen
Medic
Victor L. McCowan
Sweetwater, Texas - Poster 1

Sweetwater, Texas

Kaytie Nielsen, Nick Nielsen

  • Short film
Production Country / Year
United States 2025
Language
engl. OF ohne UT
Format
DCP, Color, 22min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1

Director & Crew

Kaytie Nielsen 1

Kaytie Nielsen

Born in 1994 in Texas/USA, sixth-generation Texan. Studied History and English Literature at Birkbeck, University of London and Histories of Conflict and Resolution at the Fulbright Summer Institute of Queen’s University in Belfast/Ireland. Co-founded The USB Project on London’s underground music scene and worked as a community arts facilitator for cultural programming at numerous festivals. Worked in New Delhi/India as a cinematographer and editor. Active as a director, writer and historian

Filmography

2016 Crude by rail Kurzdokumentarfilm
2017 Help Delhi breathe Dokumentarfilmserie
Mariannes noires Dokumentarfilm
2018 Quiero Web-Serie
Deafness in Ethiopia Dokumentarfilmserie
2025 Sweetwater, Texas Kurzfilm
Co-Regie
2025
Nick Nielsen 1

Nick Nielsen

Born in 1997 Texas, USA. Works as technical writer and co-founder of a non-profit organization. Works as first-time director, together with his sister Kaytie Nielsen.

Filmography

2025 Sweetwater, Texas Kurzfilm
Co-Regie
2025
Writer
Kaytie Nielsen
Nick Nielsen
Director of Photography
Marco Schott
Editor
Jose Flores
Sound
Robyn DeBalko
Producer
Joe Hill
Emmy Briggs
Iris Beaumier
Jon Michael Simpson