Film Inquiry’s Seed&Spark Campaign Picks Of July 10, 2020
Our featured picks from Seed&Spark for July 10, 2020 feature grand ambition from talented artists. It used to be that indie filmmakers made short films across the board. As technology has become better and cheaper over time, we are seeing careers launch with features and original series earlier than ever before!
SEPARATION
Starring, written, and directed by Black artist Julian Vargas with Joanna Nguyen as the DP, Separation is a horror/thriller on the inherent conflicts in calling the police as a Black person. Vargas was all set to shoot in March when the COVID-19 pandemic started. All prepped with storyboards and locations, Vargas plans to resume his shoot in August with a POC crew and social distancing in mind.
Help fund Separation by contributing to its Seed&Spark campaign.
THE FEAR
The Fear, a short film by writer-director Marcus Farrell, is a surreal thriller about James Kelvin being haunted by agoraphobia, anxiety, and depression. Starring Nicco Pyrce, Jathan Gilbert, and Irene Georgerian (The Last Fitness Instructor), The Fear strives to portray a visceral experience of what having a mental illness is like. Farrell points out that mental illness sufferers often feel alone because others “don’t fully understand what the world is like from their eyes.” The Fear plans on letting viewers have a taste of that experience.
Help fund The Fear by contributing to its Seed&Spark campaign.
AMERICAN MORNING
Starring, written, and directed by Stephen C. Dexter (Billions, Living with Yourself), American Morning is a timely story about the survivor’s guilt a music teacher feels after a gunman murders children and adults in his school. Richard Schiff plays his father Dale (Man of Steel, The West Wing) who is working hard to help his son recover. Now in post-production, American Morning strives to shed life on grief and loss of school shootings as opposed to just the violence.
Help fund American Morning by contributing to its Seed&Spark campaign.
MILDLY DIFFERENT
Mildly Different is an edge dramatic short film from autistic writer-director Anna Czarska (The Tattoo, What?!) inspired by her own experiences. Autism in women is all too often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed because the symptoms are different from those in men. Furthermore, more medical studies on autism are performed on men than women, providing a baseline that’s often mired in false equivalency. Utilizing a unique evolving color palette based on the character’s mood, Mildly Different plans on living up to its namesake.
Help fund Mildly Different by contributing to its Seed&Spark campaign.
PROJECT PURPLE: MISSION SARCOIDOSIS AWARENESS
Executive Producer and Director Andrena Senola Johnson (The Perfect Kid, Late Night with Eli Ramble) brings us the documentary feature Project Purple: Mission Sarcoidosis Awareness. Featuring a crew led by minority and female filmmakers, Project Purple features men and women who live with sarcoidosis. This feature is dedicated to bringing awareness to a disease many know nothing about.
Help fund Project Purple: Mission Sarcoidosis Awareness by contributing to its Seed&Spark campaign.
KITH & KIN
Kith & Kin is a greenlit thriller series for SeekaTV created by a wife duo and shot by a majority female and LGBTQ+ crew. After returning home to their mother, the Dumont sisters make some curious discoveries that lead them down a dark path indeed. Starring Lori Anne Sword (Appropriate Culture, Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural) and Diann Filiatrault, Kith & Kin mix elements of The Haunting of Hill House and The Family Stone.
Help fund Kith & Kin by contributing to its Seed&Spark campaign.
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