EE UU / Ficción / 88´ / 2012
Durante un invierno que alcanza el récord de frío, un apagón de proporciones apocalípticas deja atrapados a un grupo de habitantes de Brooklyn en una apartada casa de campo. Al principio, todo es una fiesta: drogas, sexo y yoga. Pero, a medida que pasan los días y disminuye el suministro de comida, se vuelven unos contra otros y se ven obligados a enfrentarse a su propia mortalidad.
Dirección y guión: Benjamin Dickinson
Producción: Mark De Pace, Zachary Mortensen, Benjamin Dickinson, Lindsay Burdge
Fotografía: Adam Newport-Berra
Intérpretes: Paul Manza, Jennifer Kim, Samantha Jacober, Lindsay Burdge, Kate Lyn Sheil, Matt Chastain, Jaffe Zinn
Festivales y premios
Tribeca (Mejor Película, Mejor Nuevo Director), New York Film Festival, Varsovia
Benjamin Dickinson
Llegó a Nueva York en 1999 para estudiar cine en la Universidad NYU. En 2004 se mudó a Brooklyn y, junto a seis amigos de la escuela, fundó Waverly Films. Desde entonces ha dirigido videoclips para Q-Tip, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, The Juan MacLean, !!!, Chiddy Bang y Reggie Watts, y ha realizado anuncios para Absolut, VH1, MTV, Google, BMW y Guitar Hero. First Winter es su primer largometraje.
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USA / Fiction / 88´ / 2012
During a winter of record-breaking cold, a blackout of apocalyptic proportions strands a group of Brooklynites in a remote country farmhouse. At first, it’s a party: drugs, sex, and yoga. But as the days go on and the food supply dwindles, they turn against one another, and gradually are forced into a confrontation with their mortality.
Direction and Screenplay: Benjamin Dickinson
Production: Mark De Pace, Zachary Mortensen, Benjamin Dickinson, Lindsay Burdge
Cinematography: Adam Newport-Berra
Cast: Paul Manza, Jennifer Kim, Samantha Jacober, Lindsay Burdge, Kate Lyn Sheil, Matt Chastain, Jaffe Zinn
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca (Best Narrative Feature, Best New Narrative Director), New York Film Festival, Warsaw (Poland)
Benjamin Dickinson
Dickinson came to New York in 1999 to study film at NYU. In 2004, he moved to Brooklyn & started Waverly Films with 6 friends from school. He has since directed music videos for Q-Tip, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, the Juan Maclean, !!!, Chiddy Bang, and Reggie Watts, and has directed commercial work for Absolut, VH1, MTV, Google, BMW, & Guitar Hero. His work has been featured in the Fader Magazine, Boards, Promo,Creativity, and at the Cannes Film Festival.
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