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.

 
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13 Awards

Best Short - One Race Human Race National Film Festival
Best Screenplay - KWC Film Fest
Best Long Short - Berlin Flash Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress - Sandy Dennis Film Festival
People's Choice Award - Compassion Film Festival
Best Actress - Cindependent Film Festival
Best Actress - Victory International Film Festival
Best Director Short Film - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Actress - Revolution Me Film Festival
Artistic Direction - Corti di Mare Festival
Special Jury Award - Threadbare Mitten Film Festival
Best Actress - PressPlay Film Festival
Best Short - Red Rose Film Festival

35 Nominations

Best Short - One Race Human Race National Film Festival
Best Screenplay - KWC Film Fest
Best Long Short - Berlin Flash Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress - Sandy Dennis Film Festival
People's Choice Award - Compassion Film Festival
Best Actress - Cindependent Film Festival
Best Actress - Victory International Film Festival
Best Director Short Film - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Actress - Revolution Me Film Festival
Artistic Direction - Corti di Mare Festival
Special Jury Award - Threadbare Mitten Film Festival
Best Actress - PressPlay Film Festival

Best Short - Red Rose Film Festival
Best Actress - Redline International Film Festival
Best Music - Redline International Film Festival
Best Writer - Queen Palm International Film Festival
Best Actress - Queen Palm International Film Festival
Best Short - Queen Palm International Film Festival
Best Short Drama - Hyperwave Film Awards
Best Director - Victory International Film Festival
Best Short - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Statement Film - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Actress - Rendezvous Film Festival
Best Cinematography - Rendezvous Film Festival

Best International Short - Västerås Film Festival
Best Short - Heart of Gold International Film Festival
Best Editor - Borondino Film Festival
Best Cinematographer - Borondino Film Festival
Best Story - Revolution Me Film Festival
Best Drama - Revolution Me Film Festival
Best US Short - Prince of Prestige Academy Awards
Best Actress - Prince of Prestige Academy Awards
Best Screenplay - Festival of the Moving Image
Best Editor - Global Impact Film Festival
Best Cinematography - Global Impact Film Festival

62 Official Selections

Redline International Film Festival
One Race Human Race National Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
First Friday Film Festival Kansas City
KWC Film Fest
Newtown Independent Film Night
Dumbo Film Festival
Queen Palm International Film Festival
Berlin Flash Film Festival
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Sandy Dennis Film Festival
Labeled Fest
Hyperwave Film Awards
MayDay Film Festival
Rainier
Astoria Film Festival

AVIFF Cannes
Romford Film Festival
Diversions International Short Film Festival
FEAR NO FILM festival
Snake Alley Festival of Film
Art Is Alive Film Festival
Compassion Film Festival
Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival
Borondino Film Festival
Global Impact Film Festival
Cindependent Film Festival
Corti di Mare Festival
Karnavati International Film Festival
Woodstock Museum Film Festival
Newark IFF
Threadbare Mitten Film Festival

Four Corners Film Festival
Vox Popular Media Arts Festival
SUBURBINALE
Victory International Film Festival
Short Focus Film Festival
Crossing The Screen
Crested Butte Film Festival
Rendezvous Film Festival
Footcandle Film Festival
Revolution Me Film Festival
Dalmatia Film Festival
Västerås Film Festival
Heart of Gold International Film Festival
AFIN International Film Festival
Buffalo International Film Festival
Prince of Prestige Academy Award

The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Adirondack Film Festival
PressPlay Film Festival
El Paso Film Festival
YES Film Festival
Baltimore Next Media Web Fest
Red Rose Film Festival
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
International Shorts
Athens Marathon International Film Festival
The Bureau of Creative Works
Durham Film Festival
Forwardian Film Festival
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes

CREDITS

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