Shuffle (2025)
Director: Benjamin Flaherty Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 2026
“It’s 81 damning minutes of tight filmmaking, great storytelling and riveting investigation.”
– Jacob Oller, AV Club
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
Winner – Grand Jury Award Documentary Feature – 2025 SXSW Film Festival
In the wake of the opioid epidemic, insurance companies are now required to cover addiction and mental health treatment at the same reimbursement rate as other medical conditions, but without any of the regulations.
Shot over the course of three years, Shuffle (2026) follows three individuals trapped by the insurance-fueled cycle of treatment fraud spreading across the country. Their future depend not on getting into treatment, but on getting out alive. A journey of discovery and transformation, these personal stories provide the framework for a more public investigation with the help of an FBI informant, an insurance analyst and the former Executive Director of a Philadelphia-based treatment facility shuttered for fraud.
Shuffle unravels a web of public policy and private interest preying on – and profiting from – more than 40 million Americans with addiction issues.
About the filmmaker:
Benjamin Flaherty is an Austin-based filmmaker with a diverse collection of work, from documentary and art films with Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel to commercial spots for major brands. His short form PSA’s have been awarded at Cannes, D&AD, One Show, and the Clios. His debut feature documentary Shuffle (2026) won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW 2025.
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