2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sean Baker’s The Florida Project

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Not unlike how we feel about the road trip formula, there is no shortage of or love lost for: kids drifting off into ruined worlds and vividly living life in exploratory mode (see George Washington to Beasts of the Southern Wild for brilliant examples). A true creative force, and one of our American indie filmmaker heroes, 2015’s Tangerine (nominated and winner for a slew of Gothams and Indie Spirits) undoubtably became the defining moment for the name of Sean Baker to introduce himself to a larger base of cinephiles. Apart from the landing the likes of Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones, Macon Blair and inserting a non-professional set into the mix, the shot on 35mm The Florida Project includes the creative involvement of cinematographer Post Tenebras Lux‘s Alexis Zabe.

Gist: Co-written Chris Bergoch, this tells the story of a precocious six year old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility, and a sense of adventure, while their parents and the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Production Co./Producers: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy (Tangerine), Andrew Duncan (Fun Mom Dinner), Alex Saks (Wildlife), Francesca Silvestri (Starlet), Shih-Ching Tsou (Tangerine).

Prediction: U.S. Dramatic would be the only place to showcase this item, but the team could bypass Park City for a spot on the Croisette or Lido.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. TBD (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). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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