In a broken attempt to find a woman who has broken his heart, a Manhattan shoe salesman fearlessly throws himself into the world of guerilla filmmaking, creating a 'modern day message in a bottle' - actually a videotape - hoping that someone seeing it (maybe you?) will know his ex-girlfriend. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his girlfriend left him, this neophyte filmmaker hires a temperamental actress to play his ex and together they reenact scenes from his failed relationship. During the course of filming, Michael's mistakes, blunders and inadequacies as a boyfriend are mercilessly pointed out to him. This Is Not A Film is a romantic comedy about making a mistake and recognizing it in the most painful way possible - by making it all over again.
| Writing | Michael A. Nickles | Writer |
| Production | Michael A. Nickles | Producer |
| Directing | Michael A. Nickles | Director |
| Editing | Bernard Lhert | Editor |
| Production | Julia Wall | Co-Producer |
| Production | Casey Kriley | Line Producer |
| Camera | Michael A. Nickles | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Mark Peterson | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Lisa Todd Givot | Art Direction |
| Art | Timothy Patrick Quill | Art Direction |
| Sound | Bob Schneider | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Paul Bacca | Sound |
| Sound | Julia Wall | Sound |
| Sound | Nick Lindsay | Sound |
| Sound | Shannon Gold | Sound |
| Crew | Nick Pietropoalo | Additional Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julia Wall | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Crew | Gregg Glickman | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | William Levins | Sound Mixer |