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2012 Sundance Predictions: Devyn Waitt’s Not Waving But Drowning

Among the hundreds of hopefuls vying for one of the limited few spots in U.S Dramatic Comp/NEXT sections we’ve got a slice of life double portrait in Devyn Waitt’s Not Waving But Drowning. Recently added among the eleven projects headed over to the Gotham in Progress showcase, here’s a sampling of what this coming-of-age has to offer.

Eric Lavallée

Published on November 11, 2011

#44. Not Waving But Drowning – Devyn Waitt

Among the hundreds of hopefuls vying for one of the limited few spots in U.S Dramatic Comp/NEXT sections we’ve got a slice of life double portrait in Devyn Waitt’s Not Waving But Drowning. Recently added among the eleven projects headed over to the Gotham in Progress showcase, here’s a sampling of what this coming-of-age has to offer.

Gist: This examines a time of great chaos and change in a pair of best friends lives. In the heat of their “Revolution Summer” they shed old skins and come into their new selves, together.

Producer: Nicole Emanuele
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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).