He first broke out on the indie film scene with 2011’s Magic Valley — the Tribeca, Rome, Stockholm, Poland’s American Film Festival and Dubai preemed film putting the Idaho born Jaffe Zinne on the map. His sophomore project Children, which was also filmed in his backyard and appears to have been in development around the same time as his debut feature, was shot during at the midway mark in 2012 and all indications point to a close to completed film as it was included as a first look for 2013’s US in Progress Paris. Zinne swerves into a different genre here, but we’re fully expecting his distinct aesthetic approach to remain intact. The extremely busy indie thesp Kate Lyn Sheil toplines. Check out/click on the exclusive image below!
Gist: During a hazy summer filled with the smoke of distant wild fires, Abbie (Samantha Jacober) & Heidi (Kate Lyn Sheil) take a camping trip through the rugged mountains of Southern Idaho. Convinced that they are living in the end times as prophesied in the book of Revelations, Abbie sets about completing a terrible task she believes bestowed upon her in preparation for the coming Rapture.
Production Co./Producers: Jaffe and Stephanie Zinn, Sterling Hoch
Prediction: This will draw plenty of early interest from international film fest programmers and if this doesn’t crack into a January Park City-Rotterdam double dip they’ll have SXSW in March to Cannes in May as early options. If it does sway the Sundance team, the bigger question is where would they fit it: the NEXT section or Park City at Midnight?
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
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