Film
We have produced short, documentary and feature length films with emphasis placed on social justice and humor in humanity. Our goal is to make films that entertain while reflecting the times in which we live.
Crickets
Inspired by slain wartime journlist Steven Vincent and cancer advocate Yvonne Brown, it is an experimental film that explores connectivity through death and the oneness of inspiring hope. Shot in Menlo Park.
Executive Producer: Morgan Brown
Producer/Director/Writer: Kari Nevil
DoP: Svetlana Cvetko
Editor: Ian Montgomery
Music: Bob Spector/Barbary Post
Casting: JE Talent
Cast: Aimee Miles and Phil Austin
- Official Selection, Avalon Film Festival
- Official Selection, Baltimore Women's Film Festival during Cancer Awareness Month
- Official Selection, Red Rock Film Festival
- Official Selection, Connecticut Film Festival
- Official Selection, Baltimore Women's Film Festival
- Official Selection, Through Women's Eyes Film Festival – Sarasota, Florida
- Official Selection, Cinequest Film Festival – Maverick Competition – San Jose, California
- Official Selection, California Independent Film Festival
- Official Selection, San Francisco Women's Film Festival - San Francisco, California
- Official Selection, Hearts & Minds Film Festival - Dover, Delaware
Crickets continue its successful festival run this summer and fall with screenings across the country. On Saturday, August 2, JuneBug's latest short screened in the Cinema of Conscience program at the Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, a popular roving festival that takes place in select theaters and spectacular outdoor venues in the beautiful Napa and Sonoma Valleys in northern California.
Run by Avalon Studios, a group of facilitators and collectors of independent film and media art, the Avalon Micro Film Festival toured Crickets on both coasts this summer: in New York City and East Hampton on the eastern shores, and in Oakland and Sunnyvale in California.
On October 24, the Baltimore Women's Film Festival will screen Crickets at 10:00 pm at the Landmark Harbor East in downtown Baltimore. Dedicated to promoting cinema created by and for women, the non-profit festival runs during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, from October 23 to 26, with 50% of all ticket sale proceeds donated to breast cancer research and the outreach/survivorship program for Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center patients.
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Metro Newpapers gave this film their Crictic's Choice nod, stating that "Nevil lucidly makes her point and yanks our heads up to look in the mirror at our own society." Also selected by the National Film Board of Canada to screen on the Montreal Masscre Memorial Day. Shot in Atherton and Pleasanton.
Written, produced and directed by Kari Nevil
Co-produced by Karen MacKellar and Donna Garrison
Executive produced by Doctor Wally Cash and Morgan Brown
Starring Irene Bedard, Hal Robinson,Richard Van Vleet and Don Most
- Official Selection, Audience Award Winner, Second Best Feature, Director Award, Hearts & Minds Film Festival
- Official Selection, Finalist, Moondance International Film Festival
- Official Selection, National Film Review Board of Canada
- Official Selection, Breckenridge Film Festival
- Official Selection, ReelHEART International Film Festival
- Official Selection, Zion Film Festival
- Featured Selection, Female Eye Film Festival
- Official Selection, Emerging Artist Showcase, Napa/Sonoma Film & Music Institute
- Official Selection, California Independent Film Festival
- Official Selection, World Premiere, Cinequest Film Festival
- Official Selection, GLBT Sponsored Screening, Breckenridge Film Festival
- Featured Screening, Montreal Massacre Memorial Day
- Official Selection, National Film Review Board of Canada Selection, Anti-violence Against Women and Children
In Development: Chick with the Band
Writer/Producer/Director: Kari Nevil
Currently accepting soundtrack submissions.
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