PREMIERES
Strawberry Mansion
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Give Me Pity!
IN PRODUCTION
I Saw the TV Glow
Joybubbles
Dream Team
Good One
Sour Minnows
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
Dolphin
I Was There Too
Mano A Mano
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 all over the place, including 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.
© 2022 Smudge Films Too LLC.
Los Angeles CA
Moneybag Head
2020
2020
Dennis, a lonely sad sack with an unfortunate cranial deformity, finds himself romantically entangled with Catherine, a charming political cartoonist. After the two share an intensely intimate night together, Dennis is happier than he’s ever been… until he sees Catherine’s latest cartoon.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Patrick O’Brien
PRODUCERS
Sarah Winshall
Tina Carbone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jeff Roberts
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Kate Carpenter
STARRING
Chris Grace
Cathryn Mudon
Henry Rollins
Rachel Winfree
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Markus Mentzer
COSTUME DESIGN Lauren Oppelt
PRODUCTION DESIGN Katie DiFiore
EDITOR Patrick Lawrence
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY Matt Orenstein
SOUND DESIGN Josh Ascalon
COLORIST Kyle Krupinski
VISUAL EFFECTS Matt Lathrom
SCREENINGS
April, 2021
ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AIFF Award, Best Comedy Short
Tucson, AZ
March 14-17, 2021
DEMETERA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Paris, France
March 12, 2021
WEVE TV
Online
March 11, 2021
OMELETO
Online
October 21, 2020
VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL
2020 Programmer's Award for Best Narrative Short
Online
October, 2020
BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Buffalo, NY
October, 2020
LA SHORTS FEST
Online
September, 2020
ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL
Atlanta, GA
August 28-September 4, 2020
NEVADA CITY FILM FESTIVAL
Nevada City, CA
August 14-16, 2020
MONMOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
Red Bank, NJ
March 28, 2020
SLAMDANCE EMERGENCE: Department of Anarchy
Hollywood, CA
August 21, 2022
SALUTE YOUR SHORTS FILM FEST
Los Angeles, CA