Film Independent has selected films from alumni Raven Jackson and Maria Altamirano, Nicholas Ma, and Jamie Dack for Fast Track 2020, an intensive, four-day film financing market in which participants are connected with established financiers, production companies, agents, managers and other film industry professionals who can help move their projects forward. The industry participants this year include A24, Blumhouse, HBO, Hulu, Lionsgate, and Netflix.
"all dirt roads taste of salt"
Raven Jackson’s all dirt roads taste of salt: Through lyrical portraits evoking the texture of memories, all dirt roads taste of salt viscerally and sensorially explores the life of Mack, a Black woman in Tennessee, from her youth to her older years. Producer Maria Altamirano also received a Film Independent 2020 Producing Lab Fellowship, which is dedicated to empowering independent producers.
"Mabel"
Nicholas Ma’s Mabel: No one gets Callie, an awkward kid whose one friend, Mabel, is a plant— except Ms. G, her teacher who introduces her to the controversial world of “plant intelligence.” Desperate to impress her, Callie builds a secret greenhouse in her backyard, but Callie’s obsession sets her on a collision course with her mother and threatens her first connection with another kid.
"Palm Trees and Power Lines"
Jamie Dack’s Palm Trees and Power Lines: During summer break, a disconnected teenage girl falls into a relationship with a man more than twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all of her problems, but his motives are not what they seem.
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