suncatcher

For months Kira has been living out of her car in Venice, California. Today that changes.

Facing a constant struggle to keep her head above water, Kira’s world collapses when she returns home from work one evening to find her car stolen. Vulnerable and alone, Kira must navigate the harrowing uncertainty of a night on the streets. Featuring the world famous poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi, as translated by Coleman Barks in its first cinematic adaptation, Suncatcher is a piercing exploration of mindfulness in the face of crisis. A haunting meditation that captures both the stunning beauty, and perilous isolation, of life on the fringes of Los Angeles’s coastal westside.

Awards & Recognitions

    1. Artistic Direction - Corti di Mare Festival

    2. Best Actress - Cindependent Film Festival

    3. Best Actress - PressPlay Film Festival

    4. Best Actress - Revolution Me Film Festival

    5. Best Actress - Victory International Film Festival

    6. Best Director Short Film - Rendezvous Film Festival

    7. Best Long Short - Berlin Flash Film Festival

    8. Best Screenplay - KWC Film Fest

    9. Best Short - One Race Human Race National Film Festival

    10. Best Short - Red Rose Film Festival

    11. Best Supporting Actress - Sandy Dennis Film Festival

    12. People's Choice Award - Compassion Film Festival

    13. Special Jury Award - Threadbare Mitten Film Festival

    1. Best Actress - Prince of Prestige Academy Awards

    2. Best Actress - Queen Palm International Film Festival

    3. Best Actress - Redline International Film Festival

    4. Best Actress - Rendezvous Film Festival

    5. Best Cinematographer - Borondino Film Festival

    6. Best Cinematography - Global Impact Film Festival

    7. Best Cinematography - Rendezvous Film Festival

    8. Best Director - Victory International Film Festival

    9. Best Drama - Revolution Me Film Festival

    10. Best Editor - Borondino Film Festival

    11. Best Editor - Global Impact Film Festival

    12. Best International Short - Västerås Film Festival

    13. Best Music - Redline International Film Festival

    14. Best Screenplay - Festival of the Moving Image

    15. Best Short - Heart of Gold International Film Festival

    16. Best Short - Queen Palm International Film Festival

    17. Best Short - Rendezvous Film Festival

    18. Best Short Drama - Hyperwave Film Awards

    19. Best Statement Film - Rendezvous Film Festival

    20. Best Story - Revolution Me Film Festival

    21. Best US Short - Prince of Prestige Academy Awards

    22. Best Writer - Queen Palm International Film Festival

    1. Adirondack Film Festival

    2. AFIN International Film Festival

    3. Art Is Alive Film Festival

    4. Astoria Film Festival

    5. Athens Marathon International Film Festival

    6. AVIFF Cannes

    7. Baltimore Next Media Web Fest

    8. Berlin Flash Film Festival

    9. Borondino Film Festival

    10. Buffalo International Film Festival

    11. Cindependent Film Festival

    12. Compassion Film Festival

    13. Corti di Mare Festival

    14. Crested Butte Film Festival

    15. Crossing The Screen

    16. Dalmatia Film Festival

    17. Diversions International Short Film Festival

    18. Dumbo Film Festival

    19. Durham Film Festival

    20. Forwardian Film Festival

    21. El Paso Film Festival

    22. FEAR NO FILM festival

    23. First Friday Film Festival Kansas City

    24. Footcandle Film Festival

    25. Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

    26. Four Corners Film Festival

    27. Global Impact Film Festival

    28. Heart of Gold International Film Festival

    29. Hyperwave Film Awards

    30. International Shorts

    31. Julien Dubuque International Film Festival

    32. Karnavati International Film Festival

    33. KWC Film Fest

    34. Labeled Fest

    35. Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival

    36. MayDay Film Festival

    37. Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes

    38. Newark International Film Festival

    39. Newtown Independent Film Night

    40. One Race Human Race National Film Festival

    41. Phoenix Film Festival

    42. PressPlay Film Festival

    43. Prince of Prestige Academy Award

    44. Queen Palm International Film Festival

    45. Rainier Film Festival

    46. Red Rose Film Festival

    47. Redline International Film Festival

    48. Rendezvous Film Festival

    49. Revolution Me Film Festival

    50. Romford Film Festival

    51. Sandy Dennis Film Festival

    52. Short Focus Film Festival

    53. Snake Alley Festival of Film

    54. SUBURBINALE

    55. The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image

    56. The Bureau of Creative Works

    57. Threadbare Mitten Film Festival

    58. Victory International Film Festival

    59. Vox Popular Media Arts Festival

    60. Västerås Film Festival

    61. Woodstock Museum Film Festival

    62. YES Film Festival

TECHNICAL information &
Credits

  • EXHIBITION FORMATS   I   DCP , ProRes 4444XQ, ProRes 422HQ, H.264
    ASPECT RATIO   I   2.39:1
    SOUND   I STEREO
    FRAME RATE   I  24 FPS
    RUNNING TIME   I  12 MIN
    COLOR   I  COLOR
    COUNTRY OF ORIGIN  I  U.S.A.
    LANGUAGE  I  ENGLISH
    YEAR  I  2019
    WORLD PREMIERE  I  PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL

  • A PAPER HORSE PICTURES PRODUCTION

    IN ASSOCIATION WITH DOCLAW FILMS

    DIRECTED BY PARKER CROFT
    SCREENPLAY BY AARON GOLDEN, PARKER CROFT, ELISA CROFT
    PRODUCERS ELISA CROFT, PARKER CROFT, AARON GOLDEN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LAWRENCE GENEN
    POEM  "THE GUEST HOUSE" BY JALAL AL-DIN RUMI TRANSLATION BY COLEMAN BARKS

    CAST
    Kira   I   ELISA CROFT
    Holly   I   SHIOBANN AMISIAL
    Clay   I   CHRIS BLIM
    Officer Vazquez   I   CORY SAMANIEGO
    Zach   I   MATTHEW-LEE ERLBACH
    Heather   I   ASHLEY ALBRIZIO
    Driver   I   JUSTIN SANDS
    Philippe I  JEROME CHARVET
    Terri   I   GRANDPA
    Good Shepard Operator (voice)   I   GAIL GOLDEN
    Police Station Operator (voice)   I   AARON GOLDEN
    Indigo Client (voice)   I   DAN GOLDEN
    Mike (voice)  I   PARKER CROFT

    COMPOSER SANDERS BOHLKE
    DP PARKER CROFT
    1ST AC SAM NEAGLEY
    BOOM OPERATOR AARON GOLDEN
    SOUND MIXER AARON GOLDEN
    EDITOR PARKER CROFT
    ASSISTANT EDITOR ROB CAVEDO
    SOUND DESIGNER MICHAEL CAPUANO
    RE-RECORDING MIXER EVAN MENAK, MICHAEL CAPUANO
    DIALOGUE EDITOR EVAN MENAK
    COLORIST JOSH BOHOSKEY
    COLOR PRODUCER EVAN BAUER
    COLOR COORDINATOR BLAKE RICE

    “WING”
    Written by PATTI SMITH
    Performed by ELISA CROFT
    Courtesy of Druse Music Inc.

    SPECIAL THANKS JULIET MCVICKER, PARKER CROFT JR., SETH KUPERSMITH, THEODORE ROSE, COFFEE COFFEE

    © PAPER HORSE PICTURES, LLC 2019