SYNOPSIS
Mackenzie, a troubled but daring teenage girl, is sent by her struggling mother to live with her uncle in Juneau, Alaska. Although Uncle seems like a supportive caretaker and friend, the relationship turns and Mackenzie is forced to run. Trying to make her way back to Seattle alone to find her absent mother, Mackenzie only winds up deeper in the Alaskan interior. Lost and with no one else to turn to, she shadows a loner backpacker, Bartlett, an unlikely father figure with scars of his own. Together, they cross the wilderness and discover sanctuary in the last frontier.
PANELIST BIO
Frank Hall Green, director, writer, producer
Frank is a writer/director and producer and partner at Catch & Release Films. His directorial debut feature WILDLIKE played over 100 festivals, has won over 60 festival awards and comes to theaters in Fall 2015 via Amplify, Level Film and Inception Film Partners. Produced by Christine Vachon/Killer Films, Tandem Pictures (SLEEPWALKER) and Joseph Stephans, it is filmed on 35mm in Alaska, and stars Ella Purnell, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Geraghty, Nolan Gerard Funk and Ann Dowd. Along with producer Tom Heller (FOXCATCHER, PRECIOUS, 127 HOURS, MUD), he is a partner of Catch and Release Films in New York. They are currently producing the adaptation of BOY21 by Matthew Quick (SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK) to be directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Frank is also a producer on REMITTANCE, the sophomoric feature of writing/directing team Joel Fendelman and Patrick Daly (DAVID). Recently he produced GHETTO KLOWN for HBO starring John Leguizamo. He was a producer on ALLEGIANCE starring Aiden Quinn, Bow Wow, Seth Gabel and Pablo Schreiber and 1-900- TONIGHT starring John Turturro. Frank cut his teeth producing far too many short films and has an MBA from NYU’s Tisch School of Film & Television. Before NYU’s Graduate Film Program, Frank worked in Venture Capital and emerging technology. He is also an alumnus of NYU’s Gallatin School, an avid backpacker and a member of MENSA.
