Portland Film Festival 2020

Being There: A Voices of Ability Short Films Block

Expired November 21, 2020 7:45 AM
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Feeling Through - Audience Award, Best Narrative Short: PDXFF 2020

Sam is a boy with epilepsy so desperate to feel like a regular kid, he goes to prom knowing that the lights will make him have a seizure. By filmmaker with epilepsy Miles Levin, Under the Lights serves to be of the few authentic, empathetic representations of epilepsy in cinema, an effort to fight the brutal stigma a community of 1 in 26 faces every day.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Rating
    PG
  • Note
    Won a Special Jury Prize at the Oscar Qualifying Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival . Is an effort to fight the brutal stigma faced by the 1 in 26 people who have epilepsy and are almost never represented on screen. I'd like people to know that we are developing the feature film and more info can be found at underthelightsfilm.com
  • Director
    Miles Levin
  • Screenwriter
    Miles Levin
  • Producer
    Miles Levin, Spencer Howson, Nicole Jordan -Webber, Ceylan Carhoglu
  • Executive Producer
    Greg Grunberg
  • Filmmaker
    Miles Levin
  • Cast
    Pearce Joza - Sam , Alyssa Jirrels - Molly , Greg Grunberg - 911 Operator , Jenifer Coté - Mom
  • Cinematographer
    Spencer Howson
  • Editor
    Spencer Howson
  • Production Design
    Kendra Goff
  • Composer
    Bob Allaire
  • Sound Design
    Matt Somogyi
  • Music
    Lowercase Noises