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All Saints Day

Tagline: "Some family reunions are more sobering than others."

To prevent his oldest brother Kier from drinking himself to death, Ronan must seek help from their estranged priest brother Mickey, leading to an unexpected family reunion with their long-lost sister Fiona, and a botched intervention.

  • Matt Aaron Krinsky
    Director
  • Julianne Homokay
    Writer
    based on her play "All Saints in the Old Colony"
  • Matt Aaron Krinsky
    Producer
  • Nicole Pascarelli O'Brien
    Producer
  • Don Swayze
    Key Cast
    "Kier"
  • Jeff Berg
    Key Cast
    "Ronan"
  • Chad Doreck
    Key Cast
    "Mickey"
  • Aly Trasher
    Key Cast
    "Fiona"
  • Lenny Clarke
    Key Cast
    "The Captain"
  • Gianna Simone
    Key Cast
    "Dolores"
  • Sam Krueger
    Director of Cinematography
    Emmy® Winner: "Orchard House: Home of Little Women"
  • Jordan Pacheco
    Production Designer
  • Connor Linnerooth
    Editor
  • Elisabetta Polito
    Costume Designer
  • Ece Muniroglu
    Original Music by
  • Alison Sieh
    Music Supervisor
  • Sarah Steiker
    Casting by
  • Steven A. Waxman
    Executive Producers
  • Julianne Homokay
    Executive Producers
  • Matt Aaron Krinsky
    Executive Producers
  • Don Swayze
    Executive Producers
  • Christine Ricard
    Co-Produced by
  • Sam Krueger
    Co-Produced by
  • Laura Homokay
    Co-Produced by
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Dark Comedy, Drama, Comedy, Indie
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 39 minutes
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Matt Aaron Krinsky

Matt Aaron Krinsky is a director, producer, and writer who has seamlessly shifted between stage, screen, and live event projects for more than two decades since founding his own independent production company in 2002 – Mogul Productions.

As a filmmaker, Matt secured financing to produce and direct An Eye for an Eye (2005), a short film starring Academy Award® Nominee and Golden Globe® Winner Sally Kirkland. The film had a successful film festival run and secured an international distribution deal. Additional festival-bound short films include Voodoo Love (2007), Demonic Attachment (2016), Playdate (2019) – which was acquired by the streaming platform IndieFlix – and Brothers on a Motel Bed (2022).

For the stage, he has directed and produced a number of world premiere plays, readings, and workshops, including Pagan Century (2018), the new musical Last Lists (2022), and the Off-Broadway premiere of the one-act play, With Love (2014, Theatre at St. Clement's). He is particularly proud to have worked as a Teaching Artist with the Disney Musicals in Schools program and to be an alumnus of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab West.

Born on the North Shore of Boston and now longtime Los Angeles resident, Matt earned his BA in psychology from Brandeis University, and after spending an immersive semester at NYU Tisch to study filmmaking, began his entertainment career as an assistant to acclaimed producer Lawrence Bender at A Band Apart, the production company he shared with Quentin Tarantino. Matt then went on to train as an actor at the Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Studio and the Carolyne Barry Acting Academy to further his abilities as a director. Later, he gained tremendous behind-the-scenes insight into the inner workings of the entertainment industry during his tenure as a Corporate Communications Coordinator at The Walt Disney Company.

In 2022, Matt formed Essex Street Productions to produce his feature film directorial debut, All Saints Day – a dark comedy starring Don Swayze and Lenny Clarke. Through Mogul Productions, Matt is excited to be developing a diverse slate of feature film, television, animation, documentary, and stage projects.

Aside from telling stories and creating entertainment, Matt loves running; graphic design; drinking too much iced coffee; watching sitcoms, classic movie comedies, and cartoons; playing word games; and hanging out with his niece and three nephews.

www.mattaaronkrinsky.com

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Director Statement

With an array of themes, ranging from forgiveness and belonging to alcoholism and judgment, ALL SAINTS DAY is essentially a simple story about one family’s best attempt to live the American Dream and maintain a cohesive familial unit.

I was compelled to make this film because I’ve always been drawn to the exploration of relationships – both healthy and flawed – especially those regarding family dynamics. Though I’m fortunate to have a close relationship with my nuclear family, I’ve seen firsthand the realities of a splintered family, the strain of estranged relationships, the necessity of struggle to survive, and the drive to do the best you can with the cards you’ve been dealt.

The story also feels very timely, touching on the realities of gentrification, questioning religious beliefs, and the truthful experiences of immigrants in our contemporary society.

I’ve also come to realize that I am personally dissatisfied constantly seeing narratives about rich people behaving badly or presenting main characters who seemingly have no financial concerns. This is not a realistic depiction of the general population. It’s certainly not my lived experience, and I want to deliberately bring more representation to the screen of people across a far wider range of the socio-economic spectrum.

As we further navigate through these increasingly troubling, complex, and divisive times, I genuinely believe that people will continue to seek out escapist stories for the foreseeable future. While ALL SAINTS DAY is definitely not mindless entertainment, its narrative and the way I brought it to the screen reflect how I have always approached life – finding quirk, levity, and humor even in the midst of the most serious moments.

I suspect I’m not alone in adopting this valuable survival skill and when applied to a story about a family trying to stick together against the odds, my hope is that ALL SAINTS DAY will deeply resonate with a mass audience.