2012 Sundance Predictions: Todd Looby’s Be Good

#06. Be Good – Todd Looby

Writer-director Todd Looby has been to Park City before – presenting his 2011 documentary short, Son of None at Sundance’s competing festival, Slamdance. With Amy Seimetz – the hardest working film person in the biz cast with the inclusion of a bit part for Joe Swanberg, Be Good – a low budget DIY dramedy certainly looks, in this era of Go the F**k to Sleep parenting, like comedic material we’d find in Sundance’s NEXT section. Currently in post (see production update vid here and indiegogo updates here) if not included in the January fest, this example of micro-filmmaking (includes Looby’s infant child as one of the actors) could definitely find a spot in SXSW.

Gist: Paul (Thomas Madden) is 35 year-old independent filmmaker who has achieved moderate success – enough to convince a New York Times Bestselling author to adapt his latest book, but not enough to earn income from his craft. Paul married a fellow idealist in Mary (Amy Seimetz), who has just ended her 6-month maternity leave and returns to work leaving Paul alone with their “spirited” baby, Pearl (Tessa Day Looby).

Producer: Todd Looby
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