11 Blocks To Go
11 Blocks To Go
Directed by Ashley Alexander, Jack Utrata-Claridad
Samantha and Drew are co-dependent best friends with messy lives and one brilliant idea: a 12-step bet to fix themselves. But becoming better people may prove easier than surviving what it does to their friendship.
After the Screening: Following the screening, join the creators for a live Q&A.
Sunday, October 18, 2026
10:30 AM · AMC 19th Street, Theater 3
Creator Statement
Jack and Ashley met in a bar in 2018, took an improv class together, and decided their lives would be forever intertwined. 11 Blocks To Go grew from their shared search for meaning, laughter, and the courage to face life’s ugliest truths with your ride-or-die beside you. Heightened from their own lives, Samantha and Drew celebrate the messy, transformative power of platonic love, and the idea that friendship can be a great love story, too. We hope audiences laugh until they cry, then immediately call their bestie.
Filmmaker Bio
Jack and Ashley are a comedy duo who started working together professionally in 2020. Their pilot script and proof of concept for 11 Blocks won numerous accolades on the film festival circuit, including Best Television Script - Los Angeles Film Awards 2021 and the Audience Award: Best Short Film – SF Queer Film Festival 2025. They are based in New York and Washington State, respectively.
Cast & Crew
Director: Ashley Alexander, Nathaniel P. Claridad
Creator: Ashley Alexander and Jack Utrata-Claridad
Writer: Ashley Alexander and Jack Utrata-Claridad
Producer: Ashley Alexander, Jack Utrata-Claridad, Amanda Siow
Principal Cast: Jack Utrata-Claridad as Drew, Ashley Alexander as Samantha, Gabriel Diego Hernández as Gray, Melanie Johnson as Olivia, Lennox T. Duong as Beach
Production Company: Utrata By Design, Trail Your Bliss, and Reelarc
