Searchlight Pictures has picked up the Sundance short film Wiggle Room for their Searchlight Shorts program.
From director Julia Baylis and Sam Guest, the short follows Daisy (Deanna Gibson), a teenage paraplegic who is determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession and confronts the shady insurance agent who owes her money.
Gibson, who made her acting debut in the short, won a special jury award for her performance.
Searchlight Shorts have included shorts from directors like Martin McDonough and David Lowry, and are housed on the studio label’s YouTube channel.
Stories centering on disability were among those front-and-center at ...
From director Julia Baylis and Sam Guest, the short follows Daisy (Deanna Gibson), a teenage paraplegic who is determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession and confronts the shady insurance agent who owes her money.
Gibson, who made her acting debut in the short, won a special jury award for her performance.
Searchlight Shorts have included shorts from directors like Martin McDonough and David Lowry, and are housed on the studio label’s YouTube channel.
Stories centering on disability were among those front-and-center at ...
Searchlight Pictures has picked up the Sundance short film Wiggle Room for their Searchlight Shorts program.
From director Julia Baylis and Sam Guest, the short follows Daisy (Deanna Gibson), a teenage paraplegic who is determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession and confronts the shady insurance agent who owes her money.
Gibson, who made her acting debut in the short, won a special jury award for her performance.
Searchlight Shorts have included shorts from directors like Martin McDonough and David Lowry, and are housed on the studio label’s YouTube channel.
Stories centering on disability were among those front-and-center at ...
From director Julia Baylis and Sam Guest, the short follows Daisy (Deanna Gibson), a teenage paraplegic who is determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession and confronts the shady insurance agent who owes her money.
Gibson, who made her acting debut in the short, won a special jury award for her performance.
Searchlight Shorts have included shorts from directors like Martin McDonough and David Lowry, and are housed on the studio label’s YouTube channel.
Stories centering on disability were among those front-and-center at ...
Chicago – The 2021 Sundance Film Festival will be long remembered as the “virtual” version due to the pandemic, but there are always the real films, and the festival announced their competition honorees on February 2nd, in a virtual ceremony hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt.
After six days, 73 feature films and 50 Short Films, the Grand Jury Prizes were awarded to “Coda” (U.S. Dramatic) … Coda is an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults, and highlights the character of Ruby. “Summer of Soul” (U.S. Documentary) … the “Black Woodstock” of Harlem in the same Summer of 1969. “Flee” (World Cinema Documentary) … a child immigrant grows up to be a respected academic, but still harbors a secret. And “Hive” (World Cinema Dramatic) … a woman has a husband missing in action during the Kosovo war – should she continue to support herself or wait?
The list of all award winners are below.
Grand Jury Prize
Coda
Photo credit: Sundance Film Festival
U.
After six days, 73 feature films and 50 Short Films, the Grand Jury Prizes were awarded to “Coda” (U.S. Dramatic) … Coda is an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults, and highlights the character of Ruby. “Summer of Soul” (U.S. Documentary) … the “Black Woodstock” of Harlem in the same Summer of 1969. “Flee” (World Cinema Documentary) … a child immigrant grows up to be a respected academic, but still harbors a secret. And “Hive” (World Cinema Dramatic) … a woman has a husband missing in action during the Kosovo war – should she continue to support herself or wait?
The list of all award winners are below.
Grand Jury Prize
Coda
Photo credit: Sundance Film Festival
U.
- 2/3/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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