Jacob Steinfeld
The lead. The contact trusts Jacob with the stash's location, and Jacob carries the mission: reunite the group, find the weapons, end The Director. Played by Connor.
The Story
A world ended.
A group endures.
INFECTION is a post-apocalyptic short film about the people the end of the world couldn't keep apart.
The broken world
The infection spread faster than anyone could run. Cities fell, the dead stopped staying dead, and the living scattered. Jacob Steinfeld survived the way everyone did — by luck, by instinct, and by not stopping. What he could not save was his circle: the friends who were his whole world before the world ended, lost to the chaos one by one.
The tip
Then word reaches Jacob from the one person he still trusts completely. A secret weapons stash exists — hidden, intact, and powerful enough to destroy the zombies in a way ordinary weapons never could. It is vital information, and it comes with a warning: Jacob will not survive the road to it alone.
The reunion
So the mission becomes two missions. Get the group back together — crossing infected ground to find each friend, wherever the apocalypse left them — and then, whole again, go after the stash. Every reunion makes the group stronger. Every reunion also reminds them of exactly what The Director took from them.
The Director
The apocalypse had an author. Behind the infection stands The Director — the person responsible for unleashing it on the world. With the stash weapons in hand, Jacob and his friends can do what no survivor has done: stop surviving, destroy the dead, and kill the man who ended the world.
Who's who
The people of the film
The Trusted Contact
Someone Jacob trusts with his life knows where the stash is hidden — and what it will cost to reach it. Who they are stays under wraps, on screen and off.
The Friend Group
Scattered by the fall, reunited one by one. Each brings something the mission needs — and each is a reason the fight is worth it.
The Director
The villain. Not a zombie and not a force of nature — a person, with a plan, which means he can be found. And he can be killed.