ghost seventy four
Richmond, VA independent film production

Festival strategy can get abstract fast. People talk about “getting into the right festivals,” “building buzz,” and “landing distribution” as if there is one clear path every independent film follows. The reality is much more complicated. A festival run is a combination of programming, audience, timing, relationships, and a little bit of luck. Every film enters that ecosystem differently, with different strengths, different goals, and different challenges. As I move HAPTIC th

This week marks a new chapter for me creatively, professionally and personally. It’s the week I finished my first feature-length film and a story that I’m proud to get out to the world. HAPTIC marks a milestone in charting a path forward in creating films and in the types of stories I want to tell. As a queer person feeling the weight of the shift in opinions toward the greater LGBTQ+ community, I feel that our stories need to continue to be told often, out loud and unapologe