THAT EVENING SUN
Winner of the Audience Award and Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. One critic wrote, “…it featured the best acting, the best cinematography and the best written characters… Rodney Taylor’s (ASC) brilliant cinematography is to be applauded.” This film also won the Special Jury Prize at the Newport International Film festival and the 2009 Sarasota Film Festival Audience Choice Best Feature Award.
Director: Scott Teems
Writer: William Gay (short story), Scott Teems (screenplay)
Producer: Laura Smith and Terence Berry
Director of Photography: Rodney Taylor
Music: Michael Penn
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Mia, Wasikowska, Carrie Preston, Walton Goggins
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: An ageing farmer fights to keep the home that is rightfully his after fleeing from a nursing home and discovering that his son has leased the family farm to his old nemesis. Placed in a nursing home by his son and promptly forgotten, Abner Meecham (Hal Holbrook) realized that waiting to die was no way to live. Determined to enjoy his last days, Abner packed his bags and set his sights on the family farm. At least there he could die on his own land, in familiar surroundings. But Abner is in for a rude awakening, because upon returning home he discovers that his son has leased the farm to Lorenzo Choat. Abner never cared much for Lorenzo, and when Lorenzo refuses to leave Abner takes up residence in an old tenant shack on the property. Before long, their dispute becomes volatile, each man believing himself to be in the right, and refusing to back down from their position. Betrayed by his son and haunted by dreams of his beloved, deceased wife, Abner draws a line in the sand in an attempt to reclaim his life. As threats are made and tension begins to brew, it's only a matter of time before the situation turns savage. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Sponsor: The Talbot County Office of Tourism
Screening: OPENING NIGHT FILM • Friday • Avalon Theatre • 8:00pm • 110 min • filmmakers Q&A
writer-director Scott Teems, producer Laura Smith and Cinematographer Rodney Taylor, ASC will be in attendance.
JOIN US for PANEL DISCUSSION
Saturday • 10:00am • CoffeeCat
CFF Artistic Director Doug Sadler hosts this unique in-depth discussion with the principal creative talents behind CFF's award-winning opening night film That Evening Sun. Join writer-director Scott Teems, producer Laura Smith and cinematographer Rodney Taylor, ASC for coffee and an in-depth discussion of a sequence from the film.
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Scott Teems is a writer-director born and raised in Lilburn, Georgia. His feature directorial debut, That Evening Sun, won the Grand Jury Award at the Atlanta Film Festival, a Special Jury Award at the SXSW Film Festival, and Audience Awards at the SXSW, Nashville, and Sarasota Film Festivals. His screenplay for the film previously won the Emerging Narrative Screenplay Award at the IFP Market. Additional writing and directing credits include the award-winning short film, A Death in the Woods, as well as several other short films that have screened at film festivals across North America. Scott is also a successful commercial director, helming popular viral video campaigns for corporations such as IBM, Cisco, KB Home and Disney. Scott presently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
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