The latest feature I cut Save Yourselves! is headed to Sundance 2020 as part of the narrative feature competition!
It’s an incredible honor to be included in the festival and I can’t wait for the world to see this hilarious film!
ABOUT THE FILM
Jack (John Reynolds) and Su (Sunita Mani) are a hip Brooklyn couple who, like many of their friends, find themselves dependent on technology and unable to put down their phones. Fearing their mindless scrolling may impact their connection with each other, they seize the chance to head to an isolated cabin in the woods, vowing to unplug from the outside world for a week. Sheltered from texts and push notifications, they are blissfully unaware when aliens attack the earth. As strange events unfold, the couple must figure out a way back to civilization—or what’s left of it.
Writer-directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer (Snowy Bing Bongs) have crafted a zany sci-fi comedy as hilarious as it is thrilling, taking a millennial worst-case scenario and lighting it on fire. Reynolds’s and Mani’s engaging performances bring to life razor-sharp writing that affectionately satirizes modern life and love. Ultimately, Save Yourselves! is an ode to an internet-savvy generation that has never known connection without autocorrection.
ABOUT OUR POST PROCESS
Dailies Software: Blackmagic Davinci Resolve
NLE: Adobe Premiere Pro
VFX: Adobe After Effects
Color Software/Hardware: Blackmagic Davinci Resolve
Fun fact: I designed a DIY live edit set up to stream our edit sessions from NYC (where I live) to LA (where the directors live) using just our laptops. We’d often spend hours editing together in real time, right from our own living rooms, with virtually no noticeable latency. It was integral to our process!
Check out the full Sundance listing, including our screening schedule. Our premiere is January 25th, 9pm, at the Library Center Theater.
I’ll be speaking with some of my favorite post personalities while I’m in Park City and will be sure to post those interviews as they’re released.
Let me know below if you’re headed to Sundance too!
