2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kat Candler’s Hellion

Date:

I don’t think Drake Doremus will be at Sundance this year. Here’s hoping that Kat Candler makes a “repeat” into a three-peat. Director of highly praised Sundance shorts Hellion (2012) (see pic above) and Black Metal (2013), Candler might belong to an exclusive club of folks. The same year that the short got invited to Park City, her producer Kelly Williams become an invited 2012 Sundance creative producing lab fellow with the feature length project of the same title (see trailer to get an idea of what it might turn out like). Flash forward to 2014, and Hellion might be that feature length Sundance preemed film that has roots as a Sundance accepted short film. In late August the trades spit out the news that Aaron Paul and Juliette Lewis climbed on board the drama – so it’ll be tight to get this before the deadline. Short Term 12 cinematographer Brett Pawlak shot the film.

Gist: Based on the short film, this is set in small-town Texas, when thirteen-year old Jacob’s delinquent behavior gets his brother taken away, he’ll go to extreme, destructive lengths to bring him home. Jonny Mars, who appeared in the short, also co-stars along with Josh Wiggins and Deke Garner.

Production Co./Producers: Kelly Williams and Jonathan Duffy (Pit Stop). Janice Beard, Tanner Beard, Suzanne Weinert, Jeff Nichols and Sarah Green are exec producers.

Prediction: Birth in the U.S. Dramatic Competition is a sensible bet with SXSW next in line. 2015 might be the long-term option.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
[related]2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions[/related]

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

Share post:

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

Popular

More like this
Related

La cocina | Review

Soap Kitchen: Ruizpalacios Underwhelms & Over Bakes Food Drama Making...

Bonjour Tristesse | Review

Lifestyles of the Rich, Conflicted & Coddled: Dull Vacation...

Most People Die on Sundays | Review

A Month of Sundays: Said Squeezes Magic Out of...