LATE BLOOMER | VIEW FILM |
"A wonderful film!"
"H.P. Lovecraft goes to 7th grade Sex Ed class...Cute funny film is a treat to horror fans."
"amazing film"
"awesome short film"
"Thrilling twisted piece of work on imagination...worth an admission price on it's own."
"Imagine Seventh Grade Sex-Ed As Taught by H. P. Lovecraft"
"one of the best films ever screened"
"Immaculately produced"
"Late Bloomer steers Lovecraft in a frighteningly original direction. Craig Macneill's film succeeds on every level"
"There were many great short films, but "Late Bloomer" is the one I would recommend this year!"
"The audience didn't move, except to breathe, laugh and apply bug spray."
ABOUT
Official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, "Late Bloomer" is a compelling and humorous short film about 7th grade sexual education class gone horribly wrong. Loosely based on the dark tales of H.P. Lovecraft.
FESTIVALS
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Lake Placid Film Festival (*Audience Award Best Short Film)
CineVegas International Film Festival
Box[ur]Shorts Film Festival (*Winner for Best Short Film and the Audience Award for Best Short Film)
Florida Film Festival
Calgary International; Film Festival
Atlantic Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
St. Louis International Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
One Reel International Film Festival
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
Saratoga Film Forum
Montreal Comedia Film Festival (*Best of the Fest)
Museum of Modern Art San Diego
Henry Miller/Big Sur Int'l Film screening series
Small Town Film Festival
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
Stay Gold Gallery
Rooftop Films
Brookyn Independent Cinema Series
Space Gallery San Fransisco
HP Lovecraf Film Festival (*Winner for Best Short Film)
The Last Picture Show Film Festival
DEKK Tribeca
Pumpkin Pie Show
Waterfest Grand
Film Freight Salon
NYC Starving Artist Ball
Barbes Brooklyn
Brick Theater Film Festival
DragonCon Film Festival
PRESS
"Brilliant little Gem ... One of the funniest things I have seen in some time...Fine example of short filmmaking."
–Film Threat
–Elvis Mitchell, film critic
–Ain't it cool news
–io9
–Nerve.com
–The Montreal Gazette
–New York Magazine
–Portland Willamette Week
–Rooftop Films
–Unfilmable.com
–Vegas Arts Corner
–Richmond Times Dispatch
CAST & CREW
Directed by
Craig Macneill
Produced by
Thom Little
Executive
Producers: Rick Snider, Paul Wegimont
Written and
Narrated by Clay McLoed Chapman
Director of
Photography: Derek McKane
Music written
and performed by One Ring Zero
Editor: Emily
Williams
Sound Design:
Peter Walsh
Production
Designers: Mak & Claire Falkenberg
Starring: Sam
Borenzweig, Lauren Bond, & Godfrey Pflager