2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #11. Jeff Brown – The Beach House

In an unexpected trajectory (along the lines of a Lance Hammer or Markus Schleinzer), with close to two decades of production and locations department gigs that include Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition, Sophie Barthes’ Cold Souls and Julie Delpy’s Two Days in New York, Jeff Brown should be debuting his feature film debut sometime in 2019. His passion sci-fi/horror project The Beach House is an off the radar offering that found a great trio of indie producers in Sophia Lin, Andrew D. Corkin and Tyler Davidson and recently surfaced at the IFP’s No Borders program. No details on the players.

Gist: A romantic beach getaway for two troubled college sweethearts turns into a struggle for survival when unexpected guests – and eventually the entire environment – exhibit signs of a mysterious transformative affliction.

Production Co./Producers: Uncorked Productions’ Andrew Corkin (A Vigilante), Sophia Lin (Z for Zachariah), Low Spark Films’ Tyler Davidson (Galveston).

Prediction: NEXT section or Midnight.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Cinetic Media (domestic). Cinetic Media (international).