“PET NAMES follows two doddering young exes escaping the confines of their hometown to go camping for a few days together. Leigh is taking a break from playing nurse for her sick mother, Cam is in between jobs and life goals, and ends up tagging along with his decrepit pug companion, Goose. On the […]
SxSW 2018
SxSW 2018 Interview: TIME TRIAL director Finlay Pretsell
“I find it super hard to pitch the film after it has been made but this description is the best I’ve heard! A lone man, shrouded in darkness, declares an intention to rise again. Meanwhile, we, the audience, are hurtled off a hillside, details blurring like watercolors. This is expressive filmmaking of the highest order […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team from the Canadian Short WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP!
“What if you created a band with your best friends, fell in love with the lead guitarist, led the band to superstardom, and then you wrote a memoir explaining why you had to break up with them?” Producer Nicole Hilliard-Forde on WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP which screens at SxSW Film 2018. Also joining Nicole […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Narcissister Organ Player director Narcissister
“Narcissister Organ Player is a hybrid performance/documentary film that explores how ancestral data is stored in our bodies, impacting the lives we lead. On the personal level, the film investigates how my complex family history compelled me to create the masked, erotic performance character Narcissister.” How did this project come together for you? I got […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: THE RIDER director Chloé Zhao
“It’s about a young rodeo rider coping with a near-fatal head injury. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.” Director Chloé Zhao on THE RIDER which screens […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET director Jeremy Workman
“THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET is a documentary that I’ve been making for over 3 years about Matt Green, who has been walking every single street of New York City, which amounts to over 8000 miles. The film tells the story of this peculiar personal quest, but it’s also about the journey of discovery, humanity, […]