THE BAG

A 7-MINUTE SHORT FILM

THE STORY:

The Bag takes place the day of the funeral of the father of two brothers. The brothers catch up with each other on a bench after being estranged for a few years. This film focuses on the father's legacy and what was left behind.

THE GOAL:

The goal of this campaign is to raise $2000. In the film industry, creating a film is an expensive process (even for short films). From software to talent to festival submissions, everything is an expense which makes it difficult to manage without the proper backing. To help tell our story and keep the overall budget extremely low, our cast and crew have agreed to work for very little pay.

Your generous contributions will go towards software, catering, music licenses, lenses, audio equipment, props, as well as small fees for cast and crew.

We've been in production for several months now and are very excited to finish shooting and start post-production. Thank you so much for your support as we begin our journey to making that rain hit the sidewalks of NYC.

THE SHOOT:

-TWO DAY SHOOT IN MID 2017.

-FILMING IN NYC AREA.

THE CAST:

Calvin Gladen as KINKO 

Cal Gladen has been acting and producing in New York for the past twenty years. He portrayed Michael Dunlop in the film TITLE VII which recently premiered at the 2017 Hollywood Black Film Festival and will be screening at the New York City Museum of the Moving Image the Summer of 2017.  Cal trained with Suzanne Esper at the William Esper Studio as well as Robert Neff Williams of the Juilliard School. Favorite acting roles include Polk Mississip in Suzanne Bradbeer’s The Sleeping Girl at Playwright’s Horizons, Jeb Tate in Laura Sweeney’s webseries The Mothership, The Narrator in Peter and the Wolf at the 92nd Street Y, Todd in Ben Bettenbender’s Emil at New Jersey Repertory Company and Kyle in Charles Rogers’ short film Naked Easter. As a producer, Cal worked for five years as the Managing Director of Inertia Productions, producing plays off-Broadway on Theater Row, highlights include Keith Reddin’s Life During Wartime and Don Nigro’s Scarecrow and Lurker. He has recently been the Producing Director at Fresh Cup Productions, working on the webseries The Mothership as well as the short film The Neck. 

KYLE DONNELLY as BUZZ

Kyle Donnelly is a working SAG-AFTRA actor, as well as a producer/director, based in NYC. He studied at the prestigious Stella Adler Studio, and more recently, trained under Terry Schreiber at the T. Schreiber Studio in Chelsea. Kyle has been featured in numerous television shows such as Boardwalk Empire, Royal Pains, Nurse Jackie, The Big C, and All My Children. In the past few years, he has produced and directed a comedy cooking show, Kook in the Kitchen, a singing competition titled Pub Singers, and Stool Pigeons, a bar comedy starring the comedian Gallagher. Kyle is currently writing on his latest script and recently worked with Steven Spielberg on The Paper.

THE CREW:

Kevin Anton Writer/Director (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1731638/)

Gina Anton Producer

Pierre Baptiste Cinematographer