Always Shine
World Premiere

Always Shine

US Narrative Competition
| USA | 87 MINUTES | English
Female Director(s), Thriller, NY Director(s)

Two women, both actresses with differing degrees of success, travel north from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend vacation in Always Shine, Sophia Takal’s twisty, psychological thriller. Both see the trip as an opportunity to reconnect after years of competition and jealousy has driven a wedge between them, but upon arrival to their isolated, forest retreat, the pair discovers that their once intimate friendship has deteriorated into forced conversations, betrayals both real and imagined, petty jealousies, and deep-seated resentment. As the women allow their feelings to fester, each begins to lose their bearings not only on the true nature of their relationship, but on their own identities. Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire) and Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex) give brave and raw performances as Beth and Anna, two women whose ideas of success are dictated as much by external cultural criterion as their own sense of self-worth. Beautifully photographed and assuredly directed by Takal, Always Shine wraps itself in an evocative shroud of dread and paranoia that lingers long after the final frame.



—Cara Cusumano


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Sophia Takal

Sophia's critically-acclaimed debut feature Green (SXSW ‘11) won the Emerging Female Filmmaker Award and was nominated for a Gotham Award. Sophia produced and starred in Lawrence Michael Levine's Wild Canaries (SXSW '14) and Gabi on the Roof in July. Other acting credits include Joe Swanberg's All the Light in the Sky, Ti West's V/H/S, Dan Schechter's Supporting Characters and John Slattery's God's Pocket.

Director
Sophia Takal
Screenwriter
Lawrence Michael Levine
Producer
Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Pierce Varous
Editor
Zach Clark
Cinematographer
Mark Schwartzbard
Executive Producer
Marilyn White, Todd Remis
Composer
Michael Montes
Production Designer
Lanie Faith Marie Overton
Cast
Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine, Alexander Koch, Jane Adams

Contacts
Print Source
Pierce Varous
Nice Dissolve
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Phone: 718 569 8325
pierce@nicedissolve.com
US Sales Contact
Ryan Kampe
Visit Films
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Phone: 718 312 8210
info@visitfilms.com
International Sales Contact
Ryan Kampe
Visit Films
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Phone: 718 312 8210
info@visitfilms.com
Press Contact
Rob Scheer
Brigade
New York, NY 10009
Phone: 5166803755
rob@brigademarketing.com
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