SYNOPSIS
Meet 9-year-old Ted Henley-budding motel manager, and roadkill entrepreneur. Ted lives with his father in their run down motel on a desolate stretch of road. He earns his tiny allowance by collecting the roadkill that litters the highway. But when the motel cash register starts to run dry, Ted decides to turn his attention to collecting bigger game.
BACKSTORY
Craig Macneill is awarded a Jerome Foundation grant for production on the short film "Henley." "Henley" is based on the chapter "The Henley Road Motel" from author Clay McLeod Chapman's acclaimed novel "Miss Corpus" and marks the second collaboration between Chapman and writer/director Craig Macneill. Their previous film, "Late Bloomer," was an an award winning short film that screened at festivals and exhibitions worldwide.
CAST
Hale Lytle, Susan Misner, James Vidos, and James Mathew Ryan.
CREW
Craig Macneill, director, screenwriter, co-producer
Noah Greenberg, director of photography, co-producer
Almitra Corey, producer, art director
Clay McLeod Chapman, writer, screenwriter
Zeltia Montes, music composer
Samuel Miille, sound editor
Joaquin Cuco De La Pena, first assistant director
Borja Campillo, digital camera technician
Misha Zubarev, first assistant director
Shane Tilston, associate producer
David Casas Reisco, second assistant director
Margaret Hobart, 2nd second assistant director
Steve Krashin, sound mixer
Gary Nason, boom operator
Eric Rooney, gaffer
Chris Smith, grip
Katie Nemec, hair, makeup
Lester Spellman, continuity
Francesca Braly, production assistant
Elizabeth Nall, production assistant
Paul Hugins, camera production assistant
HENLEY
2012, Short Film, 11 min.
FESTIVALS
2013 Stanley Film Festival.
2012 Sundance Film Festival
2012 Guanajuato International Film Festival
2012 Anchorage International Film Festival
2013 Glasgow Film Festival
2012 New Hampshire Film Festival
2012 Cucalorus Film Festival
2012 Short Shorts & Asia
2012 Short Shorts & Asia tour: Malaysia
2012 Short Shorts & Asia tour: Short Shorts Int'l Mexico Film Festival
2012 James River Film Festival
2011 New Orleans Film Festival
2011 Hamptons International Film Festival
2011 Carmel Film and Arts Festival. *Winner of Grand Jury Prize for BEST SHORT FILM
2011 San Diego Film Festival
2011 Gen Art Film Festival. *Winner of Grand Jury Prize for BEST SHORT FILM
2011 BAM CinemaFEST
2011 Rooftop Films Summer Series
2011 Woods Hole Film Festival
2011 New York's Museum of Moving Images / Rural Route Film Festival