Winner - Best Narrative Feature
* CLICK HERE for our recorded Q&A with director Mario Furloni, producer Laura Heberton, and lead Krisha Fairchild
Devi has been breeding legendary pot strains for decades, farming by day and getting stoned by night, fully expecting to live out her days on the remote homestead she built herself. But when cannabis is legalized, the fragile balance of her whole idyllic life is thrown into disarray. Forced to confront the rapidly changing realities of the weed industry, she fights to go legal in an increasingly hostile landscape that is threatening her whole livelihood.
Directors' Bio
Kate McLean is a critically-acclaimed filmmaker and documentary producer. Three of her short docs have been in the NYTimes Op-Docs series. She is a producer on BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY and WE ARE AS GODS. Mario Furloni is a Brazilian-born director and cinematographer based in the Bay Area. Aside from the films he has directed with Kate McLean, he is the cinematographer and co-producer of the critically-acclaimed documentary THE RETURN, which won the Audience Award at Tribeca 2016 and was nominated for Emmy and Peabody awards.
- Year2020
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorthwest Premiere
- Rating"PG" equivalent
- DirectorMario Furlon, Kate McLean
- ScreenwriterKate McLea, Mario Furloni
- ProducerLaura Heberton
- Co-ProducerJason Sussberg
- CastKrisha Fairchild, Frank Mosley, Lily Gladstone, John Craven
- CinematographerMario Furloni
- EditorChris Donlon, Sara Newens
- Production DesignAlexander Zan, Lauren Donlon
- Sound DesignPeter Albrechtsen
- MusicWilliam Ryan Fritch
Winner - Best Narrative Feature
* CLICK HERE for our recorded Q&A with director Mario Furloni, producer Laura Heberton, and lead Krisha Fairchild
Devi has been breeding legendary pot strains for decades, farming by day and getting stoned by night, fully expecting to live out her days on the remote homestead she built herself. But when cannabis is legalized, the fragile balance of her whole idyllic life is thrown into disarray. Forced to confront the rapidly changing realities of the weed industry, she fights to go legal in an increasingly hostile landscape that is threatening her whole livelihood.
Directors' Bio
Kate McLean is a critically-acclaimed filmmaker and documentary producer. Three of her short docs have been in the NYTimes Op-Docs series. She is a producer on BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY and WE ARE AS GODS. Mario Furloni is a Brazilian-born director and cinematographer based in the Bay Area. Aside from the films he has directed with Kate McLean, he is the cinematographer and co-producer of the critically-acclaimed documentary THE RETURN, which won the Audience Award at Tribeca 2016 and was nominated for Emmy and Peabody awards.
- Year2020
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorthwest Premiere
- Rating"PG" equivalent
- DirectorMario Furlon, Kate McLean
- ScreenwriterKate McLea, Mario Furloni
- ProducerLaura Heberton
- Co-ProducerJason Sussberg
- CastKrisha Fairchild, Frank Mosley, Lily Gladstone, John Craven
- CinematographerMario Furloni
- EditorChris Donlon, Sara Newens
- Production DesignAlexander Zan, Lauren Donlon
- Sound DesignPeter Albrechtsen
- MusicWilliam Ryan Fritch