The 2024 Popcorn List

Portrait Creative Network is proud to showcase the film teams of the
2024 Popcorn List.
 

The Popcorn List highlights independent films recommended by top festival programmers that lack U.S. distribution. It is the project of industry veterans (and Portrait members) Lela Meadow-Conner and Barbara Twist.

Portrait is a new industry-only platform connecting award-winning filmmakers, department heads, and executives.

Presenting: The Popcorn List x Portrait

Click on a film below to browse film teams on Portrait and see a limited version of their Portrait portfolios on the web. Portrait members can click through on their phones to directly connect with these filmmakers and see their full bodies of work on the Portrait app.

Ajoomma
American Pot Story: Oaksterdam
Art for Everybody
Asog
Blood, Sweat and Beers, or How The Sloppy Boys Made an Album on a Farm in West Texas
Caterpillar
Citizen Sleuth
City of Wind
Crows are White
Dancing in the Stumble
Egghead & Twinkie
ImPossible
JessZilla
Öte
Out There
Q
Todas Las Flores
Truth Be Told
UnBroken

Special Mentions

For more recommendations, Meadow-Conner and Twist put together an additional group of films that were recommended by programmers which have already released in theaters or online—or are planning to soon. Click on a film below to browse film teams on Portrait and see a limited version of their Portrait portfolios on the web. Portrait members can click through on their phones to directly connect with these filmmakers and see their full bodies of work on the Portrait app.

Angel Applicant

Synopsis

A sick man discovers empathetic wisdom on how to cope with his deadly autoimmune disease within the colorful expressive works of the late Swiss-German modern artist, Paul Klee.

Film Team

Ken August Meyer, Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer

Recommended By

Angel Applicant

The Last Movie Ever Made

Synopsis

With the world about to end, Marshall convinces a group of friends and strangers to help finish the sci-fi movie he abandoned in high school.

Film Team

Nathan Blackwell, Director, Producer, Editor

Recommended By

The Last Movie Ever Made

Late Bloomers

Synopsis

An aimless 28 year-old Brooklynite lands in the hospital after drunkenly breaking her hip. An encounter with a cranky elderly Polish woman who speaks no English leads to a job caring for her. Neither likes it, but it's time to grow up.

Film Team

Lisa Steen, Director

Emily McCann Lesser, Co-Producer

Michelle Twarowska, Actress

Anna Greenfield, Writer

John de Menil, Cinematographer

Genna Edwards, Location Sound Mixer / Sound Mixer

Anisha Acharya, Editor

Alexandra Barreto, producer

Taylor Feltner, Producer

Benjy Berkowitz, Best Electric

Adam Levin, Location Manager

Olivia Mastrangelo, Assistant to the Producers

Recommended By

Late Bloomers

Mountains

Synopsis

A Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.

Film Team

Rraine Hanson, Art Department

Dan Abrusci, Additional Sound Mixer

Monica Sorelle, Director /  Writer

Eric Valdes, Sound Department

Robert Colom, Producer /  Co-Writer

Dyani Douze, Composer

Eddy Moon, Sound Department

Kevin Ondarza, Unit Production Manager

Jonathan David Kane, the producers wish to thank

Flor Portieri, additional first assistant camera

Adrienne Becker, Executive Producer

The producers would like to thank Guetty Felin

Recommended By

Mountains

Summer Solstice

Synopsis

Leo, a trans man, and his cisgender and straight friend Eleanor go on a weekend trip, during which they uncover some old secrets, new challenges, and find the answer to the age-old question: can good friends and bad sex mix?

Film Team

Emily Packer, Editor

Yaron Lotan, Actor

Noah Schamus, Director / Writer / Producer

Joyce Lai, Production Designer

Agnes Lin, Key Hair and Make Up Artist

Recommended By

Summer Solstice

King Coal

Synopsis

The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner's daughter exploring the region's dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty.

Film Team

Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Director

Sean Hanley, Camera and Electrical Department

Molly Born, Producer

Diane Becker, Producer

Shane Boris, Producer

Clara Haizlett, Associate Producer

Elijah Stevens, Associate Producer

Paige Elizabeth Gresty, Assistant Editor

Sylvia Desrochers, Publicist

Recommended By

King Coal

Dusty & Stones

Synopsis

Two struggling country music singers from the tiny African Kingdom of Swaziland journey to Texas determined to win big at a battle of the bands.

Film Team

Jesse Rudoy, Director /  Producer /  Editor

Loulwa Khoury, Editor

Katyann Gonzalez, Fundraising Editor

Jesse Rudoy, Producer

Recommended By

Dusty & Stones

Hundreds of Beavers

Synopsis

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

Film Team

Recommended By

Hundreds of Beavers

City of Love

Synopsis

Spencer, a troubled rideshare driver in Los Angeles, will go to dangerous lengths to reconnect with the world he lost after spending 20 years in jail.

Film Team

Èric Boadella, Director, Producer

Chris Riddle, Co-Producer, Cast

Romas Ušakovas, Cinematographer

Nadine Mundo, Editor

Sara Musashi, Casting Director, Cast

Recommended By

City of Love

Chasing Chasing Amy

Synopsis

CHASING CHASING AMY explores the transformational impact of a ‘90s rom-com on a 12 year old kid from Kansas, coming of age and contending with queer identity. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic, CHASING AMY, became a life raft. As Rodgers examines the film and its making as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema, he finds himself at a complicated crossroads.

Film Team

Anthony Pedone, Producer

Alex Schmider, Producer

Bill Winters, Cinematographer

Carrie Radigan, Producer

Celeste Erlander, Archival Producer

Fletch Power, Camera and Electrical Department

Bradley Garrison, Cinematographer, Co-Producer

Jordi Nus, Composer

Lela Meadow-Conner, Producer

Matthew Mills, Producer

Sav Rodgers, Director

Sharika Ajaikumar, Editor

Chris Vivion, Executive Producer

Jeffrey Weber, Executive Producer

Recommended By

Alan LaFave, Director and Founder, Hell's Half Mile Festival

“Chasing Chasing Amy is a love story: about a film, about cinema itself, about loving yourself and finding someone to love.”

Chasing Chasing Amy

Bad Behaviour

Synopsis

A former child actress seeking enlightenment at a retreat led by a spiritual leader navigates the close but turbulent relationship with her daughter.

Film Team

Recommended By

Bad Behaviour

26.2 to Life

Synopsis

Behind the walls of San Quentin State Prison, three men sentenced to life in prison for murder undertake running a marathon on a quest for redemption and freedom - or something like it.

Film Team

Scott Kinzey, Additional Production Sound Mixer

Jesse Dana, Camera Operator

Rahsaan Thomas, Actor /  Music Supervisor

Recommended By

26.2 to Life

Accidental Getaway Driver

Synopsis

During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County convicts.

Film Team

Recommended By

Accidental Getaway Driver

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