A SACHA PICTURES PRODUCTION, IN ASSOCIATION WITH RUNNING MAN CLAIRE IN MOTION WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LISA ROBINSON & ANNIE J. HOWELL 2016 | USA | English | Drama | 80 min | HD 2:35 | Dolby 5.1 Sales Contact: Publicity Contact: Indie-PR / Jim Dobson [email protected] 173 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 USA Office: +1.718.312.8210 Fax: +1.718.362.4865 Email: [email protected] Web: www.visitfilms.com LOGLINE When Claire’s search for her missing husband leads her to an alluring and manipulative graduate student, she uncovers a world of secrets that threaten to shatter their family. SHORT SYNOPSIS Three weeks after Claire’s husband has mysteriously disappeared, the police have ended their investigation and her son is beginning to grieve. The only person who hasn’t given up is Claire. Soon she discovers his troubling secrets, including an alluring yet manipulative graduate student with whom he had formed a close bond. As she digs deeper, Claire begins to lose her grip on how well she truly knew her husband and questions her own identity in the process. Claire in Motion twists the missing person thriller into an emotional take on uncertainty and loss. TECH SPECS Run Time: 80 min Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Shooting Format: HD Sound: Dolby 5.1 Country: USA Language: English WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT With this film, we were interested in telling a story about something that’s been lost — both physically and spiritually. It was intriguing to give Claire a life crisis that leads to a bigger mystery, one that unravels her perception of all she knows to be true. We wanted this experience to be closely-observed and to bring intimacy to every element of the film: the acting, the landscapes, and especially the camerawork. The world of the Appalachian Ohio college town where the story is set, with its lonely streets and manicured homes, imposing rocky cliffs and dark forests, are all filtered through Claire’s slowly destabilizing mind. Her quest to understand her shifting world after a crisis is a metaphor for more universal questions: How do we keep changing throughout our lives? How does our own change and behavior surprise those closest to us, or even ourselves? Can we ever really know anyone? These were the ideas that we explored through the writing and directing of Claire in Motion. - Lisa Robinson & Annie J. Howell LISA ROBINSON AND ANNIE J. HOWELL Co-Writers, Co-Directors, Producers Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell’s debut feature, Small, Beautifully Moving Parts, premiered at SXSW in 2011 and went on to play over thirty festivals. Awards include the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Audience Award at RiverRun Film Festival. Garnering praise from Variety, NPR, as well as the late Roger Ebert, the film opened theatrically in New York and went on to play several other markets. Howell and Robinson have each directed other short work, including Tia and Marco and Hollow respectively for the vanguard ITVS series FutureStates. Robinson’s awards include Martin E. Segal Prize, the Mitsubishi Digital Media Lab Award, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. Howell’s awards include a Screenwriters’ Colony fellowship, an IFP Grand Prize for an original script, and a 2010 San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation grant. Robinson has original screenwriting credits with the renowned Blue Man Group; Howell’s screenplay Little Boxes is premiering this spring. They both live in New York City with their families. CAST BETSY BRANDT (Claire) is currently starring in the CBS comedy series Life in Pieces with Colin Hanks, Dianne Wiest and James Brolin. She is well-known to television audiences for her portrayal of Marie, the sister-in-law of meth-making mastermind Walter White, in the Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe award-winning series Breaking Bad. She also had a leading role in The Michael J. Fox Show along with recurring appearances on Masters of Sex and Parenthood. Brandt’s recent feature film credits include starring roles in Mothers Of The Bride and the independent feature Quest. She appeared in the Steven Soderbergh film Magic Mike, with Channing Tatum. She is well-known to theater audiences throughout the country, having performed in premieres for playwrights Geoffrey Nauffts, Julia Cho and Beth Henley. ANNA MARGARET HOLLYMAN (Allison) attended Sarah Lawrence College and graduated with a concentration in Theater Arts and Art History. She studied with Suzanne Esper at the William Esper Studio in New York. Film credits include: Sleeping With Other People; Mojave; Summer Of Blood; White Reindeer; Social Butterfly; Small, Beautifully Moving Parts; Funny Bunny; Seven Chinese Brothers; Gayby; The Color Wheel; Somebody Up There Likes Me; The Outfit; The Mink Catcher; Woman Of The World; Movement And Location; Adelaide; and Anna. ZEV HAWORTH (Connor) is an Athens, Ohio native, where Claire in Motion was filmed. He now lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his family, where he attends Colfax Middle School. An accomplished dancer and musician, Zev plays several instruments, including cello, flute, and clarinet. This is his feature film debut. CHRIS BEETEM (Paul) studied theater in New York City and is a graduate of the William Esper Studios. Chris’ first role was playing Gena Rowland’s grandson in the film Grace and Glorie, alongside Diane Lane. He then went on to play many parts in film and television, including projects such as Black Hawk Down, Every Day, Mister Popper’s Penguins, J.A.G., and Pan Am. Recently, his credits include Maggie Black and Emelie, which premiered at TriBeCa Film Fest. He is a recurring player on Comedy Central’s Emmy winning Inside Amy Schumer, and can also be seen as lawyer Mark Payne on Netflix’s Orange is the New Black. SAKINA JAFFREY (Maya) recently appeared in the revolutionary hit Off-Broadway play Small Mouth Sounds, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Rachel Chavkin. On television she starred as White House Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez on Netflix’s House of Cards, recurred on the USA hit show Mr. Robot and can currently be seen as Mindy Lahiri’s mother Sonu on Hulu’s The Mindy Project. Sakina is also well known for her standout role as Nilma in Garry Marshall’s Raising Helen. She has numerous other film and television roles, including Sex and the City, Girls, Sleepy Hollow, Heroes, and Madam Secretary. CREW JENNY DELLER // PRODUCER Jenny Deller is a writer-director and producer living in Columbus, Ohio. Her debut feature, Future Weather, stars Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor and Perla Haney-Jardine. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and took home several honors on the festival circuit including Best Feature from the Napa Valley Film Festival. It went on to premiere theatrically in 2013, screening in over fifteen cities. The script for Future Weather received the Showtime Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting. The project also received three production grants from the Sloan Foundation for its unique portrayal of climate science. It can now be seen on Netflix, iTunes, Starz and HBO Europe. Named one of “10 Filmmakers to Watch” by The Independent, Jenny has attended the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony; IFP’s Narrative Lab and Emerging Visions; and Film Independent’s Producers Lab and Fast Track Market. Her most recent work, the short documentary Containing Addiction, was commissioned by the Sloan Foundation and the Science and Entertainment Exchange. YAEL MELAMEDE // EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Yael Melamede is the co-founder of SALTY Features - an independent production company based in NYC whose goal is to create media that is entertaining and enhances the world. Yael’s film Inocente, directed by Sean and Andrea Fine, won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Her last film Desert Runners, directed by Jennifer Steinman, won multiple awards in the US and around the world. Other producing credits include: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (Dir: John Krasinksi), The Inner Life Of Martin Frost (Dir: Paul Auster), and My Architect (Dir: Nathaniel Kahn). Yael recently directed as well as produced (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies - a collaboration with renowned social scientist Dan Ariely. Yael is a recovering architect and lives in NYC. RYAN CUNNINGHAM // CO-PRODUCER Ryan Cunningham is an Emmy & Peabody Award-winning producer whose credits include Inside Amy Schumer and Broad City (Comedy Central); Louie (FX); The Electric Company (Sesame Workshop/PBS Kids); Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter, and Delocated (Adult Swim); Louis C.K.: Oh My God and Amy Schumer: Live at The Apollo (HBO); and the feature films The Drop (Fox Searchlight), and the upcoming 3rd Street Blackout, The Congressman, and Keep The Change. She also co-owns the NYC post-production company Running Man with her husband, Troy Thompson, and has a 4-year-old daughter. She never sleeps. ANDREAS BURGESS // DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY In 2014 and 2015, Andreas Burgess received Emmy Awards for his work on the period murder series A Crime To Remember. Other narrative credits include ABC’s innovative crime series Final Witness, and the Independent Spirit Award-Winning feature Conventioneers, directed by Mora Stephens. Burgess’ documentary credits include Johanna Hamilton’s 1971, Elizabeth James’ ethereal biopic In So Many Words, and Sadia Shepard’s portrait of modern Pakistan The Other Half Of Tomorrow, which was the Opening Night film at the 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival. Other festival screenings include TriBeCa, Full Frame, Sundance and Cannes. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and lives in New York with his wife and daughter. JIM ISLER // EDITOR Jim Isler has been working in film and television in New York since 2001. He won a 2015 Emmy for editing the feature documentary 24|7|365: The Evolution of Emergency Medicine.