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
The Follower
Watch on Vimeo
Watch on Vimeo
Instagram-obsessed Sophie Grace is left her home alone without a phone when two seemingly cool local boys show up at her house. As they become increasingly threatening, she doubts whether they are as harmless and charming as they let on. Pushed to her breaking point, Sophie is forced to choose whether to remain safe or venture into a dangerous unknown. Based on the short story, “Where are you going, where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oates.
WRITER & DIRECTOR Stevie Szerlip
PRODUCER Sarah Winshall
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Chloe Gordon
Judy McGrath
John R. Tyson
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Anna Heinrich
Joseph Beiss
CO-PRODUCER Angela Cohen
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Jake Agger
STARRING
Logan Polish
Jack Kilmer
Rhett Brandt
Amy O’Neill
Michael Novack
Shayna Novack
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Sean Price Williams
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Natalie Fält
EDITOR Brook Linder
COSTUME DESIGNER Stacey Nishimoto
MUSIC BY James Ferraro
HAIR & MAKEUP Doniella Davy
SOUND DESIGNER Josh Ascalon
COLORIST Jamie O’Bradovich
SCREENINGS
September 12, 2020
HANG ONTO YOUR SHORTS
Online
*Best Cinematography*
*Best Director of a Medium Short*
August 4, 2020
OMELETO
Online
July 30, 2020
NOBUDGE
Online
July 28, 2020
THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE
Online
November 14, 2019
NITEHAWK SHORTS FEST
Brooklyn, NY
November 1, 2019
INDIE MEMPHIS
Memphis, TN
October 24 & 26, 2019
EASTERN OREGON FILM FESTIVAL
La Grande, OR
October 17-20
NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM FESTIVAL
Portsmouth, NH
October 7 & 9
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
Nashville, TN
September 22, 2019
WUTI GOES IDYLLWILD
Idylwild, CA
August 17, 2019
NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL
North Bend, IN
August 9, 2019
MONMOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
Holmdel, NJ
June 16 & 17, 2019
CINEPOCALYPSE
Chicago, IL
June 8, 2019
OAK CLIFF FILM FESTIVAL
Dallas, TX
May 9 & 11, 2019
MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL
Baltimore, MD