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.
- Year2020
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- RatingPG
- NoteWon 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
- DirectorMiles Levin
- ScreenwriterMiles Levin
- ProducerMiles Levin, Spencer Howson, Nicole Jordan -Webber, Ceylan Carhoglu
- Executive ProducerGreg Grunberg
- FilmmakerMiles Levin
- CastPearce Joza - Sam , Alyssa Jirrels - Molly , Greg Grunberg - 911 Operator , Jenifer Coté - Mom
- CinematographerSpencer Howson
- EditorSpencer Howson
- Production DesignKendra Goff
- ComposerBob Allaire
- Sound DesignMatt Somogyi
- MusicLowercase Noises
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.
- Year2020
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- RatingPG
- NoteWon 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
- DirectorMiles Levin
- ScreenwriterMiles Levin
- ProducerMiles Levin, Spencer Howson, Nicole Jordan -Webber, Ceylan Carhoglu
- Executive ProducerGreg Grunberg
- FilmmakerMiles Levin
- CastPearce Joza - Sam , Alyssa Jirrels - Molly , Greg Grunberg - 911 Operator , Jenifer Coté - Mom
- CinematographerSpencer Howson
- EditorSpencer Howson
- Production DesignKendra Goff
- ComposerBob Allaire
- Sound DesignMatt Somogyi
- MusicLowercase Noises