Romy Reiner Stars in Holiday Short 'Getting to That Age' — First Look Revealed
Romy Reiner leads the cast of Getting to That Age, a holiday-set short film from writer-director Tristen Tarp, and The Hollywood Reporter has revealed the first teaser and first-look images on 12 August 2026. Reiner plays an anxiety-ridden only child who comes home for Christmas Eve to announce her engagement — only to discover her parents are about to divorce.
Carter Jenkins, Sharon Lawrence, and Matt Walsh star opposite Reiner. Walsh is a two-time Emmy nominee, as noted on the film's Instagram page on 22 July 2026. The IMDb title page for the film (tt37370901) also lists Ever Love Hope among the cast.
Tarp wrote the script and directs from her own material. Her debut short was Bark, starring Monica Potter, Alfonso Caballero, and Jennifer Sherer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She describes Getting to That Age as her upcoming proof-of-concept film — a short designed to demonstrate a feature's potential to investors and studios, shared on Instagram in July 2026.
The entire story unfolds in one suburban home on Christmas Eve, as listed on the film's Instagram page. That compressed setting gives the piece a chamber-drama shape: one house, one evening, one familySecret about to crack open.
Marked Atlas Pictures and Jumpsuit Pictures produced the film alongside Frances Komoda. The executive producer roster includes Tarp herself, Geneva Willis, Beck Bennion, Sami Moughrabie, Charles Mudd, Katherine Mudd, and Hailey Bailey. Madi Walser and Shalyn Delhaes serve as associate producers, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Reiner has been building a public profile beyond acting. She recently threw out the first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers game alongside her brother Jake Reiner, The Hollywood Reporter notes.
For a short film, the credit list runs long — a signal of how today's independent shorts assemble their budgets. Producers, executive producers, and associate producers each represent different tiers of involvement and investment in a project, and a deep bench of names often reflects a grassroots funding model rather than studio backing.
No release date or festival premiere has been announced. What the teaser and first-look images confirm is that the film exists, has a cast, and is moving toward an audience — the essential milestones for any short hoping to become something bigger.
