How a 10-Minute Short Film Landed Luke Barnett a Role in ‘Dark Winds,’ a Feature in Development and More: ‘It’s Had a Far Greater Impact Than Anything Else I’ve Done’

Barnett was behind 2024's viral short "The Crossing Over Express"

By Alex Ritman

Alex Ritman

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“I don’t know that I will ever make something else that has had that effect on people,” says Luke Barnett of his short film “The Crossing Over Express.”

“I still get messages once a week, three paragraph-deep messages from somebody who has lost someone close to them who saw it and had a cathartic experience. It’s been heavy, but it’s what we all dream of as artists. You can’t ask for more than that.”

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