2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jim Archer’s Brian & Charles

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After back to back short film projects in about a half a dozen years, Jim Archer hit creative pay dirt with the 2017 short of the same name (selected for SXSW 2018) was expanded into his directorial debut. Brian & Charles was due to shoot in March of 2020 but got delayed until late that year. In Christopher Guest-like template, written by and starring David Earl and Chris Hayward, the film’s themes might ring more true than when it was initially conceived.

Gist: After a particularly harsh winter Brian (David Earl) goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot.

Production Co./Producers: Mr Box’s Rupert Majendie.

Prediction: WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Bankside Films (domestic, 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). 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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