Awol short film deb shoval

Five questions with awol director deb shoval filmmaker magazine. For her first featurelength film, deb shoval looked to familiar territory. It is based on shoval s 2010 short film of the same name. Deb shoval, awol presented the unique opportunity to revisit an already successful short. She visits her hometown during christmas holidays, before her. The plight of the rural american working class has been wellcovered this past year owing to its determining role in the recent united states presidential elections. Awol shows the tender and tough reality of rural life. Directed by deb shoval starring lola kirke, breeda wool, dale soules facebook. First look at awol lesbian interest lesbian films list. The film is set in the same area shoval grew up in, and the promise of a detailed world and strong performances could lift awol out of the niche marketplace. The short film tells the story of joey, a young woman enrolled in the us army. Lola kirke plays a teen in love with a married woman. The women in film finishing fund supported this film. Director deb shoval, whose feature debut this is adapted from a previous short of the same name, which also starred breeda wool, as rayna, working off a script she cowrote with karolina waclawiak, has a perfect sense of pacing and pitch.

She visits her hometown during christmas holidays, before her deployment to afghanistan. Based on deb shoval s short film of the same name, the 2016 romantic drama awol centres around a young woman named joey, who resides within a small allamerican town. Sight and sound collide in this experimental short film featuring super 8 found footage. Taking your starting point in the short film, discuss the reasons why young people choose to join the army. Awol shows the tender and tough reality of rural life wuwm. The screenplay was written by karolina waclawiak and deb shoval. Five questions with awol director deb shoval filmmaker. Recent high school graduate joey lola kirke wants to escape the small town life of wilkesbarre, pa more than anything. Before it was a feature film, awol was a sundance awardwinning short film about love and desperation in a small. The story is based and built from the awardwinning eponym short work written and directed by deb shoval. Description three young women experience difficult homecomings as they grapple with the pain and complexity of growing up.

Awol is a feature film created by deb shoval and karolina waclawiak. Deb shoval s rural love story was a sundance short before it became a globally distributed feature. Shoval s first feature screenplay, poppies and olives, was chosen as an emerging narrative script for the ifp market and received film independent producers and directors lab. Deb shoval is a director and writer, known for awol 2016, awol 2010 and girls on film. Shoval s short film awol premiered at sundance in 2011, winning awards from kodak, technicolor and women in film. Military service seems to be her best option, offering a chance to travel the world, use her automotive repair skills, and eventually pay for college.

Deb shoval is a director and writer, known for awol 2016, awol 2010 and girls. Lola kirke and breeda wool discuss awol before tff 2016. With lola kirke, kyle monaghan, dale soules, madeline hindmarch. We made awol the short film in january 2010 in a very, very snowy couple of days in northeast pennsylvania, which is where i grew up. When becoming members of the site, you could use the full range of functions and enjoy the most exciting films. At that time, it was not intended to be like a calling card for a feature film. Adapted from deb shoval s 2011 short film of the same name. Lola kirke and breeda wool discuss awol before tff premiere the feature film was directed by deb shoval. Women in film speaks with grantee deb shoval at the 2016 tribeca film festival, where she premiered her narrative feature awol. Vote up content that is ontopic, within the rulesguidelines, and will likely stay relevant longterm. Days before her deployment to afghanistan, joey, 19, comes home to rural pennsylvania for christmas, with big dreams of running away to canada. Adapted from deb shovals 2011 short film of the same name.

Awol 2016 film awol is a 2016 romantic drama film written and directed by deb shoval and starring lola kirke and breeda wool. A young woman joey is in search of direction in her small town. A visit to an army recruiting office appears to provide a path, but when she meets and falls in love with rayna that path diverges in ways that neither woman anticipates. Votes are used to help determine the most interesting content on rym. Expanding the premise of her sametitled 2010 short, deb shoval s uneven first feature demonstrates greater assurance in conveying a sense of place the filmmakers. With winning lead performances from kirke and wool and a strong supporting cast dale soules, britne oldford, bill sage, ted welch, director deb shoval s muscular feature film debut is a splendid and brooding meditation on the boundless possibilities of first love constricted by the trials of rural poverty. Awol began as a short film that premiered in competition at sundance in 2011.

Building on the awardwinning short of the same name, director deb shoval crafts a cleareyed love story, and an impressive feature film debut. Deb shoval mfa film, columbia university was raised in a pennsylvania coal town where she now owns an organic vegetable farm. I wanted to talk about opportunity and the lack thereof for young people growing up in a rust belt region like ours, where the longgone coal. Shoval s first feature screenplay, poppies and olives, was chosen as an emerging narrative script for the ifp market and received film independent producers and directors lab fellowships and a grant for research from the. It is based on shovals 2010 short film of the same name. Awol the short film was a very small project shot in 2010 over three days during a january blizzard in and around my hometown of wilkesbarre, pennsylvania.

Awol writerdirector deb shoval is teaching a workshop on saturday. Awol by deb shoval, when we were young by gabrielle capili, and bookends by dominic villarrubia. Deb shovals rural love story was a sundance short before it became a globally distributed feature. Jerome foundation, ifp, frameline, find, usinprogress, tfiiwc, and wiftiffanys. Awol began as a short film which producer jessica caldwell and i shot over three days during a january blizzard in and around my hometown of wilkesbarre, pennsylvania in 2010. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. I was an mfa student at columbia at the time, and i was very much aware that i kept making these little movies that were aesthetically beautiful but didnt really hold up storywise. Deb shoval women in film grantee at tribeca 2016 youtube. Bolstered by two impressive lead performances from kirke and wool and a strong supporting cast, awol is a beautiful romantic drama that is both tender. Awol premiered at the tribeca film festival last year and made a mark on everyones minds, its general atmosphere unfolds a slow pace lesbian drama. Deb shovals first feature film awol, starring lola kirke mozart in the jungle. With powerful performances from kirke and wool, director deb shoval s feature film debut is a splendid and brooding meditation on the boundless possibilities of first love constricted by the trials of rural poverty. Awol the short film was a very small project shot in 2010 over three days during a january blizzard in and around my hometown. At a recent press junket the director deb shoval described the film as how to eat fried.

Building from her awardwinning short, writerdirector deb shoval s debut feature is a cleareyed love story told with an assured voice and impressive attention to details of a small town life. A lesbian teen learns hardwon life lessons in awol, deb shoval s expansion of her 2010 short of the same name. With roy brown, kayla dempsey, darrell larson, ruthie odell. Awol is directed by deb shoval and stars lola kirke and breeda wool. The movie was directed by deb shoval, making her feature directorial debut by adapting her own short film of the same name. Sundance lesbian award winning short turnedfeature 3min by deb shoval on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people. Awol is a 2016 romantic drama film written and directed by deb shoval and starring lola kirke and breeda wool.

Deb shoval on writing and directing awol afterellen. Joey is a young woman in search of direction in her small town. I was an mfa student at columbia at the time, and i was very much aware that i kept making these little movies that were aesthetically beautiful but didnt really hold up. A young woman in the army must make tough decisions when her love for an older woman causes her to question just where she is going.