Chicago – Writer/Director Michael Glover Smith has established himself as a preeminent filmmaker of unique emotional passages. His latest short film, “Handle With Care,” featuring Mickey O’Sullivan and Alyssa Thordarson, will have its World Premiere on Opening Night at the George Lindsey Film Festival in Alabama. For more info, click Handle.
“Handle with Care” tells the story of a very common scenario … the first date. A man (Mickey O’Sullivan) and a woman (Alyssa Thordarson) meet in a restaurant and start the small talk that the situation usually warrants. When a surprise revelation slips into the conversation, it opens up other possibilities.
Alyssa Thordason & Mickey O’Sullivan in ‘Handle With Care’
Photo credit: Michael Glover Smith
Michael Glover Smith is a filmmaker, academic and influencer. His first feature film, “Cool Apocalypse,” premiered in 2015, the same release year as his first book, “Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry.
“Handle with Care” tells the story of a very common scenario … the first date. A man (Mickey O’Sullivan) and a woman (Alyssa Thordarson) meet in a restaurant and start the small talk that the situation usually warrants. When a surprise revelation slips into the conversation, it opens up other possibilities.
Alyssa Thordason & Mickey O’Sullivan in ‘Handle With Care’
Photo credit: Michael Glover Smith
Michael Glover Smith is a filmmaker, academic and influencer. His first feature film, “Cool Apocalypse,” premiered in 2015, the same release year as his first book, “Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry.
- 2/25/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – The renaissance for women filmmakers has been a boon for the creative voice in cinema, and in Chicago the conduit of that voice is Rebecca Martin Fagerholm, the founder of Cinema Femme, and festival director for the Cinema Femme Short Film Fest.
The 5th Annual festival will be hybrid, combining in-person events with online access from April 28th-May 4th, 2023. This one-of-a-kind festival emphasizes the importance of supporting emerging female and non-binary filmmakers, and by connecting them to seasoned industry members through the Breaking Down Walls Mentorship Program.
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Director Rebecca Martin Fagerholm (inset)
Photo credit: CinemaFemme.com
Rebecca Martin is the Managing Editor of Cinema Femme magazine and the Festival Director of Cinema Femme Short Film Fest. She founded her publication in 2018 because she wanted to create a platform and expand opportunities for female and non-binary voices in that film community.
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The 5th Annual festival will be hybrid, combining in-person events with online access from April 28th-May 4th, 2023. This one-of-a-kind festival emphasizes the importance of supporting emerging female and non-binary filmmakers, and by connecting them to seasoned industry members through the Breaking Down Walls Mentorship Program.
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Director Rebecca Martin Fagerholm (inset)
Photo credit: CinemaFemme.com
Rebecca Martin is the Managing Editor of Cinema Femme magazine and the Festival Director of Cinema Femme Short Film Fest. She founded her publication in 2018 because she wanted to create a platform and expand opportunities for female and non-binary voices in that film community.
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- 4/26/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Another Chicago creator has a World Premiere. Alyssa Thordarson, who makes her director debut with Michael Glover Smith, will present the short “Paper Planes” at the AfterImage Film Fest on April 15, 2023.
In “Paper Planes” a woman (Shaina Schrooten) – who suffers from agoraphobia – and the Airbnb guest across the hall (Thordarson), strike up a correspondence that becomes something more during the Christmas season. The short film was written by Ms. Thordarson and co-directed by Chicago indie film favorite Michael Glover Smith (“Relative”). “Paper Planes” also marks Alyssa’s directorial debut. Click Paper Planes for information and tickets for the World Premiere.
Alyssa Thordarson Makes Her Directorial Debut with ‘Paper Planes’
Photo credit: AlyssaThordarson.com
First-generation Icelandic/American, Alyssa Thordarson grew up in the Midwest, and studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City and at Columbia College Chicago. Her debut screenplay “After (A Love Story...
In “Paper Planes” a woman (Shaina Schrooten) – who suffers from agoraphobia – and the Airbnb guest across the hall (Thordarson), strike up a correspondence that becomes something more during the Christmas season. The short film was written by Ms. Thordarson and co-directed by Chicago indie film favorite Michael Glover Smith (“Relative”). “Paper Planes” also marks Alyssa’s directorial debut. Click Paper Planes for information and tickets for the World Premiere.
Alyssa Thordarson Makes Her Directorial Debut with ‘Paper Planes’
Photo credit: AlyssaThordarson.com
First-generation Icelandic/American, Alyssa Thordarson grew up in the Midwest, and studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City and at Columbia College Chicago. Her debut screenplay “After (A Love Story...
- 4/10/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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