BEST WISHES FROM MILLWOOD - Press Pack

BEST WISHES FROM MILLWOOD - Press Pack 2015 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER: BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM BEST WISHES FROM MILLWOOD - Produ...
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BEST WISHES FROM MILLWOOD - Press Pack

2015 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER: BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM

BEST WISHES FROM MILLWOOD - Production Details Genre:

Short film; Comedy; Sci-Fi

Country of Origin:

United States

Runtime:

12 min 30 sec

Shoot Format:

2K Arri Raw

NLE System:

Avid

Sound:

Dolby 5.1 & Stereo

B/W Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9

Subtitles:

No

World Premiere:

2015 Austin Film Festival *Audience Award: Best Narrative Short *Jury Selection

Logline:  An unhappy housewife is visited by a bicycle-riding stranger with wish-making cookies.  Synopsis:   Evelyn's morning starts like all her others in the sleepy community of Millwood, when her lumpish husband (Vern) leaves for the day to do handywork around the neighborhood. As soon as he goes a strange bicycle-riding woman knocks on Evelyn's back door. She calls herself Birdsong and is selling wish-granting cookies to qualified customers.   Evelyn buys two.   Her two wishes are: a mink coat and Vern's death.  Immediately there's a THUMP on the front porch, and Evelyn discovers a mailbag outside her house stuffed with a mink coat.  She hurries to her friend Nettie's house. Making the assumption the cookies work, the two women decide to go out and save Vern from any lurking dangers.

BEST WISHES FROM MILLWOOD - Creative Team & Cast Bios

MAX BAKER - Writer / Director Max Baker grew up in London. He moved to Durant, Oklahoma when he was 21 and has lived in Detroit, Portland OR, Chicago, Pullman, WA, Los Angeles and New York City, where he currently resides. His acting credits span theatre, film and television. He has written several full-length plays and is the lyricist for indie NY City rock band eelwax jesus. In 2014 he wrote three short films. He used to play chess.

EMILY TARVER - Actor (Role of EVELYN) / Executive Producer Emily Tarver is an actress/writer/comedian/musician/producer lady. Emily was going to be a psychiatrist, but she took an improv class her senior year at the University of Texas at Austin and it exploded her brain...so she moved to NYC to study improv. Tarver was most recently seen on ABC's Blackish, TruTV's Friends Of The People and Vh1's Best Week Ever. Emily has been studying and performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade NY Theatre since 2004. Emily does stand-up, improv, sketch and musical comedy with her band Summer and Eve. Emily is in a million commercials and stars in the upcoming series DONNY! on USA. Emiliy appears in the new Poehler/Fey movie SISTERS, premiering in December, and is currently filming season 4 of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK! 

NADIA QUINN - Actor (Role of NETTIE) / Executive Producer Nadia Quinn is an actor, singer, writer, producer, and photographer based in New York City. In 2010, she made her Broadway debut in Alex Timber’s BLOODY BLODDY ANDREW JACKSON. More recently, she has been seen on TV in LOUIE, SMASH, YOUNGER, THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, and THE BIG C, as well as in the films TOP FIVE, KITTY, and THE FLOWER SHOP. In 2009, she founded the folk-pop-comedy-quartet Summer & Eve, which has performed at UCB, Joe’s Pub, ArsNova, and last year's viral web hit, SUMMER & EVE EXPLAINS THINGS, a series of digital shorts produced by AboveAverage. 

REBECCA KAASA - Actor (Role of MYRA BIRDSONG) Rebecca Kaasa is an actress and musician living and working in Los Angeles.  Rebecca has starred in many commercials and has recurred on some pretty cool TV shows (Gossip Girl and As the World Turns to name a couple). Rebecca has an MFA from the University of California and also studied improv comedy at the People's Improv Theatre in NYC. She is starring in   Best Wishes From Millwood   which will have it's official debut at the Austin Film Festival 2015. Rebecca can also be seen in the films NY I Love You, Joke Writer and Piece of Mind. Oh, and Rebecca is also in a really cool comedy folk band called Summer and Eve. www.summerandeve.com www.rebeccakaasa.com

MATTHEW McCARTHY - Actor (Role of VERN) Matt McCarthy, born in Providence, Rhode Island, is a comedian, writer, improviser and actor living in Los Angeles. McCarthy is best known for appearances on The Pete Holmes Show and CollegeHumor.com and as host of the We Watch Wrestling Podcast on Feral Audio. He has appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Louie, Bored to Death, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Conan, @midnight and in the Adam McCay/Will Ferrell film, The Other Guys.

JENNIFER BARTELS - Actor (Role of JANET PLASTER) Jen Bartels is an actress and funny lady who resides in LA and NYC. After receiving her B.F.A. in Theater at East Carolina University, she studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, performing on numerous improv and sketch teams. Jen was cast in the FOX Reboot of   IN LIVING COLOR,   MEN IN BLACK 3, and was featured as one of NY Daily News’ Top Five Funniest women. Jen just finished her second round of episodes for truTV’s sketch how,   FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE   where she serves as writer, performer and executive producer.   You can currently catch her in LADY FREAK COMEDY at UCBLA with the talented Grace Parra. She also co-created the series EXES with UCB director Mike Still.

JASON KAMINSKY - Producer Jason began his career in the theatre and worked for three seasons producing new work for Summer Play Festival (SPF) in New York. In 2008, he moved to Los Angeles to attend the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinema. Since receiving his MFA, Jason has worked for Sundance Institute, Mad Chance Productions at Warner Bros., and in live-action feature film development at Walt Disney Studios. He has produced several shorts including the animated film Traffic Cone and the 2013 AFI DWW film, Wild & Precious. He recently worked on the upcoming web series, The Skinny, for Refinery29 and Wifey.tv. He is married to writer, Stephanie Kornick, who makes him laugh every day.

SAM SCHECTMAN - Producer Sam Schectman worked under Sara Colleton, Executive Producer of the Showtime series Dexter. As her Story Editor he embedded himself in the New York City publishing world, tracking new literary material and guiding producers and execs through various stages of creative development. In 2010, he moved to Los Angeles to focus on physical production and developing his own material. He directed the award winning short film, The Agency, and has served as Assistant Director on over fifty productions, including feature films, music videos, and commercials. Sam is currently directing and producing trailers, live-action content, and interactive experiences for Electronic Arts as they launch the highly anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront.

MARTIM VIAN - Director of Photography Martim grew up in Lisbon, Portugal, where he studied cinematography at the National Film School Conservatory, and began his professional career as a camera assistant. He continued his education at FAMU (the Czech National Film School) and AFI, where he completed a Masters in Cinematography.   As a DP, Martim has shot a variety of commercials, music videos, short and feature films. His credits include national and international broadcast commercials for clients like AXE, PURINA, SKITTLES, DISNEY, SONY, ENERGIZER or LEVIS, and music-videos for HAIM, MS MR, BASTILLE, JEREMIH, and WEIRD AL. He is a member of the Portuguese Society of Cinematography - AIP.

MARGAUX RUST - Production Designer Margaux Rust received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, with a focus in sculpture and site specific art. While at MassArt, she received the Helen Blair Crosby award for excellence in sculpture. In 2008, she moved to Portland, Oregon where she opened and curated an art gallery and vintage interior design boutique. That community and venue were a surprise springboard into production design. Margaux has since designed many narrative short films including Luke Wilson’s “Unemployed” (2015); 2014 Project Greenlight Finalist Arturo Perez Jr.’s “Less Than One” (2013), “Dan Miller” (2015); and ComicCon International ‘Judge’s Choice’ and ‘Best Action Film’ recipient “Rope a Dope 2”. Margaux is currently living and working in Los Angeles, CA.

SHERRI CHUNG - Composer Sherri is film composer, singer, songwriter, and classically trained pianist since the age of 5. After graduating with a BM in Music Composition and Theory at Jacksonville University, she transplanted to Los Angeles in 2008, where she attended USC’s graduate course in Scoring for Motion Picture and Television. Her credits include orchestration on numerous television shows and films, including “Haunting in Connecticut”, “Agent Carter”, “Galavant”, “Horrible Bosses”, and “The Princess and the Frog”. Sherri’s composing credits include scores for both short and feature films, documentaries, commercials and television shows. Her music can be heard on CBS, NBC and the Disney channel, and her voice can be heard on ABC’s “Resurrection” (2014), CW’s “Arrow”, and NBC’s new “Blindspot”. For the past 5 years, Sherri has worked with Walter Murphy and orchestrates for his shows “American Dad!” and “Family Guy”. She also currently writes additional music for Blake Neely on the new shows “Blindspot” and “Supergirl”.

CHRISTOPHER WINTER - Sound design and mix Chris has been a post sound professional for over 20 years. He got his training as an audio engineer at The Grove School of Music, and later worked in recording studios as a second engineer while playing L.A. clubs in underground rock bands. When the digital revolution in post production began, he got his opportunity to break into post sound editorial due to his technical expertise with equipment that was previously alien to the cutting room. He immediately became fascinated with the psycho-acoustic illusion that is film sound and he never looked back. He currently freelances out of his home sound design studio in North Hollywood, CA.

MORGAN HALSEY - Editor Morgan is a native Angeleno, and grew up in a Film centric household.  Her fondness of Film and TV sparked at an early age, and that eventually manifested into her interest in Editing.  She is the daughter of Academy Award winning film editor, Richard Halsey and Film Editor Colleen Halsey.  Morgan continues to live and work in Los Angeles. 

ALFONSO CARRION - Editor Alfonso is extremely excited to share Best Wishes From Millwood with everyone. He wants to thank Morgan Halsey for an incredible experience co-editing the film together. He will remember the enjoyment of cutting the montage with Morgan the most and had a great time piecing together everyone's performances. Alfonso is currently working on the latest season of Netflix's House of Cards and has worked on numerous indies under legendary film editors, Richard and Colleen Halsey, ACE.

Production Photos

Link to Trailer https://vimeo.com/144173921 IMDB Page http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4049044/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Contact Info For general inquiries, please email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/BestWishesFromMillwood Twitter: @MillwoodFilm