2024
Feature Narrative(World Premiere)

Dreams in Nightmares

OC
Open captions in-person

Three Black queer femmes in their mid 30s take a road trip across the Midwestern United States in search of their friend who has seemingly disappeared off the grid.

Directors Spotlight

Shatara Michelle Ford

Director

Shatara Michelle Ford (they/she/them) is an African American filmmaker born in Arkansas, raised in Missouri, and based in Philadelphia. Their debut feature TEST PATTERN, premiered at Blackstar and was released by Kino Lorber to critical acclaim. It received three Gotham Award nominations including Best Feature, four Spirit Award nominations including Best First Feature. Mx. Ford was awarded the prestigious New Generation prize by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and is a 2021 Pew Fellow.

Runtime
120 minutes
Country
United States, Taiwan, United Kingdom
Language
English
Director
Shatara Michelle Ford
Cast
Denée Benton, Mars Storm Rucker, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compere, Charlie Barnett, Molly Bernard, Alfie Fuller, Malek Mouzon, Joss Barton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Regina Taylor, Robert Wisdom 
Cinematographer
Ludovica Isidori
Composer
Lia Ouyang Rusli
Editor
Cyndi Trissel
Executive Producer
Yu-Hao Su, Lia Bunman, Tim Headington, Jacqueline W. Liu, Annie Yang, Liska Ostojic, Emilie Georges
Music
Alison Rosenfeld, Kayla Monetta
Producer
Pin-Chun Liu, Shatara Michelle Ford, Naïma Abed, Adam Wyatt Tate, Josh Peters, Robina Riccitiello, Ben Stillman, Ana Leocha, Tyler Bagley, Chris Quintos Cathcart
Production Design
Eloise Ayala
Screenwriter
Shatara Michelle Ford
Sound Design
Thomas Ouziel
Premiere
World

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