PREMIERES
I Saw the TV Glow
Good One
Dream Team
Give Me Pity!
IN PRODUCTION
Joybubbles
Sour Minnows
Nell
FILM LIBRARY
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Strawberry Mansion
Clara’s Ghost
Chowder
Men Don’t Whisper
The Feeling
Moneybag Head
The Starr Sisters
The Follower
Call Your Father
Ching Chong Blues
A Key for the Kid
Whiskey Fist
Tond
Affections
ABOUT
Smudge Films is an independent production company dedicated to making personal films with unique worldviews.
Founded in 2016 by producer Sarah Winshall, our films have played at Sundance, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, AFI Fest, Rotterdam, SFFilm, SIFF, CPH:DOX, Outfest, Rotterdam, BAM Cinemafest, MoMA, on the Criterion Channel, as Vimeo Staff Picks, and more.
We make shorts, features, docs, experimental videos, music videos, commercials, web series, and TV shows. We are based in Los Angeles.
© 2023 Smudge Films Too LLC.
Los Angeles CA
Set over the course of a single evening at the Reynolds’ family home in Connecticut, Clara, fed up with the constant ribbing from her self-absorbed showbiz family, finds solace in and guidance from the supernatural force she believes is haunting her.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED by Bridey Elliott
PRODUCERS
Sarah Winshall
Rachel Nederveld
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Christopher Burch
Chloe Gordon
Daniel Powell
STARRING
Paula Niedert Elliott
Chris Elliott
Abby Elliott
Bridey Elliott
Haley Joel Osment
Isidora Goreshter
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Markus Mentzer
EDITED BY Patrick Lawrence
MUSIC BY Stella Mozgawa
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Tory Noll
COSTUME DESIGNER Caitlin Doukas
SCREENINGS
February 14, 2019
THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE, PART 2
New York, NY
December 7, 2018
IN SELECT THEATERS
November 4, 2018
INDIE MEMPHIS
Best Narrative Feature
Memphis, TN
October 18, 2018
EASTERN OREGON
La Grande, OR
September 22, 2018
SUNDANCE HONG KONG
Hong Kong
June 24 & 25, 2018
CINEPOCALYPSE
Best Actress, Paula Niedert Elliott
Chicago, IL
June 21, 2018
BAM CINEMAFEST
Brooklyn, NY
June 13, 2018
HOMEBREWED at the Ragtag Cinema
Columbia, MO
June 6-10, 2018
LVFF
Las Vegas, NV
May 4 & 5, 2018
MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL
Baltimore, MD
April 19 & 20, 2018
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
Sarasota, FL
April 16, 2018
ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL
Atlanta, GA
April 6 & 7, 2018
WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL
Madison, WI
(w/Let's Scare Jessica to Death!)
March 24, 2018
TREEFORT MUSIC FESTIVAL, FILMFORT
Boise, ID
January 19, 2018
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Park City, UT