What begins as an innocent flirtation between two teenagers turns darker when a trip home reveals a chaotic, adult world that seeks to subvert their friendship.
Ian Olds is a director of both narrative and documentary work. Most recently, he directed the feature documentary "Occupation: Dreamland," an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraqi city of Falluja. "Occupation: Dreamland" was short-listed for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won a 2006 Independent Spirit Award for emerging documentary directors.
Olds is also the director of the narrative short "Two Men," which premiered at the 2005 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival as one of only five American films in International Competition and went on to win Best Student Short at the Woodstock Film Festival. Ian won a 2005 Princess Grace Award and received his MFA from Columbia University s film division in 2006. Olds was recently awarded a 2006 National Video Resources fellowship sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation to pursue a new documentary in Afghanistan.
MAIN CREDITS:
Cast/Featuring:
Melissa Leo, John Magaro, Naomi Aborn, Andrew Dolan, Michelle Maxson, Katherine Wallach, Michael McMonagle, James Dawson, Harrison Roberts, Zane Raven
Producer(s): Suzi Yoonessi, Phil Johnston, Nadia Benamara
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