Canary
United States, 13m, Digital
When a couple from out of town stops at her gas station, Midge's world is plunged into chaos.
Director: Marie Schlingmann
Writer(s): Marie Schlingmann, Samantha Buck
Producer(s): Samantha Buck
Director of Photography: Carlos Valdes-Lora
Editor(s): Marie Schlingmann
Production Design: Jonathan Rudak, Alexandra Kaucher
Composer(s): Aled Roberts
Cast: Catherine Curtin, Patrick Murney, Izzie Steele
Contact: Marie Schlingmann, marie.schlingmann@gmail.com
About the Writer/Director
MARIE SCHLINGMANN is a New York City-based director and screenwriter and is currently pursuing her M.F.A. in Film at Columbia University. She is the recipient of the David Jones Memorial Award for Best Director (2013). Before coming to New York, Marie worked at Razor Film in Berlin and graduated from Humboldt University with a degree in Gender and Cultural Studies.
About the Producer
SAMANTHA BUCK is a director, screenwriter and actress. She directed the Peabody Award winning documentary Best Kept Secret. It was a New York Times Critics’ Pick and the closing film on PBS’s series POV. Her first feature, 21 Below, premiered at Hot Docs and was broadcast on Channel 4. She is a recipient of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Fund and the Adrienne Shelley Foundation Finishing Funds grant for female filmmakers.
