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
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Artistic Direction - Corti di Mare Festival
Best Actress - Cindependent Film Festival
Best Actress - PressPlay Film Festival
Best Actress - Revolution Me Film Festival
Best Actress - Victory International Film Festival
Best Director Short Film - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Long Short - Berlin Flash Film Festival
Best Screenplay - KWC Film Fest
Best Short - One Race Human Race National Film Festival
Best Short - Red Rose Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress - Sandy Dennis Film Festival
People's Choice Award - Compassion Film Festival
Special Jury Award - Threadbare Mitten Film Festival
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Best Actress - Prince of Prestige Academy Awards
Best Actress - Queen Palm International Film Festival
Best Actress - Redline International Film Festival
Best Actress - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Cinematographer - Borondino Film Festival
Best Cinematography - Global Impact Film Festival
Best Cinematography - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Director - Victory International Film Festival
Best Drama - Revolution Me Film Festival
Best Editor - Borondino Film Festival
Best Editor - Global Impact Film Festival
Best International Short - Västerås Film Festival
Best Music - Redline International Film Festival
Best Screenplay - Festival of the Moving Image
Best Short - Heart of Gold International Film Festival
Best Short - Queen Palm International Film Festival
Best Short - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Short Drama - Hyperwave Film Awards
Best Statement Film - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Story - Revolution Me Film Festival
Best US Short - Prince of Prestige Academy Awards
Best Writer - Queen Palm International Film Festival
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Adirondack Film Festival
AFIN International Film Festival
Art Is Alive Film Festival
Astoria Film Festival
Athens Marathon International Film Festival
AVIFF Cannes
Baltimore Next Media Web Fest
Berlin Flash Film Festival
Borondino Film Festival
Buffalo International Film Festival
Cindependent Film Festival
Compassion Film Festival
Corti di Mare Festival
Crested Butte Film Festival
Crossing The Screen
Dalmatia Film Festival
Diversions International Short Film Festival
Dumbo Film Festival
Durham Film Festival
Forwardian Film Festival
El Paso Film Festival
FEAR NO FILM festival
First Friday Film Festival Kansas City
Footcandle Film Festival
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Four Corners Film Festival
Global Impact Film Festival
Heart of Gold International Film Festival
Hyperwave Film Awards
International Shorts
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Karnavati International Film Festival
KWC Film Fest
Labeled Fest
Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival
MayDay Film Festival
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes
Newark International Film Festival
Newtown Independent Film Night
One Race Human Race National Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
PressPlay Film Festival
Prince of Prestige Academy Award
Queen Palm International Film Festival
Rainier Film Festival
Red Rose Film Festival
Redline International Film Festival
Rendezvous Film Festival
Revolution Me Film Festival
Romford Film Festival
Sandy Dennis Film Festival
Short Focus Film Festival
Snake Alley Festival of Film
SUBURBINALE
The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
The Bureau of Creative Works
Threadbare Mitten Film Festival
Victory International Film Festival
Vox Popular Media Arts Festival
Västerås Film Festival
Woodstock Museum Film Festival
YES Film Festival
TECHNICAL information &
Credits
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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 BARKSCAST
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