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Strawberry Mansion
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Give Me Pity!
IN PRODUCTION
I Saw the TV Glow
Joybubbles
Dream Team
LIBRARY
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
IN DEVELOPMENT
Seems Nice
Traum
Time and Space
Good One
Dolphin
I Was There Too
Mano A Mano
ABOUT
Smudge Films is a collection of independent filmmakers working together to make personal films with unique worldviews.
Founded in 2016 by producer Sarah Winshall, our films have played all over the place, including Sundance, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, AFI Fest, SF Film, 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.
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Joybubbles
in production
Joybubbles (1949-2007) was a genius who could hack into the analog telephone system by whistling a magic tone. He was blind and started experimenting with the phone as a lonely kid trying to connect with people. Eventually he became one of technology’s greatest pioneers. His story takes a turn when he declares himself to be five years old forever, and legally changes his name to Joybubbles. In this feature documentary, he tells his stranger-than-fiction life story in his own words.
Featuring interviews with Steve Wozniak, Captain Crunch, Phil Lapsley, Ron Rosenbaum, and more
DIRECTOR Rachael Morrison
PRODUCERS Sarah Winshall, Will Butler
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Rhianon Jones
EDITORS Patrick Lawence, Kathryn Robson
ANIMATION Luca Cioci
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