2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Aaron Katz’s Gemini

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In his quiet ascension from micro indie filmmaker (2005’s All the Stage Is a World, 2006’s Dance Party, USA, 2007’s Quiet City, 2010’s Cold Weather) to 2015 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award winning Land Ho!, it is with Gemini where Aaron Katz gets to work with a bigger canvas and a better toolbox. Now at the sixth feature film mark in just a little bit over a decade, the Los Angeles set project that lensed this past June had players Lola Kirke, Zoe Kravitz and John Cho embark on a tale that might belong to the catalogue of modern Los Angeles crime sprawl a la Mulholland Drives and Nightcrawlers. Musical cues are provided by the uber of score-providers in Keegan DeWitt, and the look of by longtime creative collaborator Andrew Reed.

Gist: A shocking discovery tests the co-dependent relationship between Jill (Lola Kirke), a tenacious personal assistant, and Heather (Kravitz), her Hollywood starlet boss. As Jill struggles to solve the mystery, she confronts the deep dimensions of crime, truth, and celebrity.

Production Co./Producers: Mynette Louie (Land Ho!), Sara Murphy (Hunter Gatherer), Adele Romanski (Moonlight).

Prediction: Premieres section. Could bypass SXSW and Tribeca for a major film festival unveiling.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. ICM Partners (domestic). TBD (international)

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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).

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