With a trio of shorts under her belt in Bea, Seriously (2021), Merci, Poppy (2024) and F*ck That Guy (2024) tri-state area now NYC based filmmaker Hanna Gray Organschi continues working with themes surrounding stubborn female protagonists with a feature film debut — a rare project that was invited to three major Sundance Institute labs. Here is everything we know so far (American Indie Edition) for … Hanna Gray Organschi’s Rubber Hut.
2024 was a massive lift-off moment for the project with early development support from Sundance participating at the Screenwriters, Directors and Producers Labs, with additional aid from Gotham Week and being selected for The Gotham/Rotterdam Producing Lab. Casting began this past March, and production began in May with the backdrop of Cranston, Rhode Island.
Set in 1992 Rhode Island, the film follows an entrepreneurial former Pan Am flight attendant named Emanuella who opens a drive-through condom kiosk in her conservative Italian Catholic hometown, becoming an unlikely lightning rod for cultural change.
Grace Van Patten was the first to be cast in the lead, and the film has been populated by Emmy Rossum, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ariana Greenblatt, Chris Bauer, Fina Strazza, Fisher Stevens, Michael Imperioli, Ricky Staffieri, and Will Harrison.
Willa’s Elizabeth Woodward and Stone Fruit Productions’ Tara Sheffer are producing. The cinematographer here is Robert Leitzell.
With production having taken place this past May and June, the production team will be eyeing a Sundance debut.
