2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #45. Jennifer Reeder – Knives and Skin

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An artist and film fest circuit habitual, filmmaker Jennifer Reeder‘s looks to be moving out of the short film sphere (the Sundance selected 2014 short A Million Miles Away is just one in a long resume) and comfortably into Knives and Skin. Recently selected as one of the four US in Progress projects in Wroclaw, Reeder has been “hacking” away at this moody ensemble piece for a while now. A major film fest showing is in the cards.

Rooftop Films 2019

Gist: This is a mystical teen noir that follows a young girl’s disappearance in the rural Midwest and its effect on teens and parents.

Production Co./Producers: Brian and Jan Hieggelke

Prediction: Midnight section with a showing at Rotterdam or Berlin.

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

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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