Icaro si ferma per colazione

A Dark Comedy; Sissy and Russell on their first romantic camping trip to the mountains discover they have inadvertently trapped a guardian owl in the back of their pick up truck.
A Fairy Tale in which two young misfits meet a magical owl, a Pig and a Donkey at a Diner caught in a time warp where anything can happen...

  • Abigail Zealey Bess
    Director
    Mary and Louise, Caught in Time, Random Acts of Intimacy, Fanfare for a Common Man
  • Holli Harms
    Writer
    Mary and Louise, Caught in Time, Random Acts of Intimacy, Fanfare for a Common Man
  • Below the Belt, Weird Sisters
    Producer
  • Warren Etheredge
    Producer
  • TD Mitchell
    Producer
  • David Lloyd Walters
    Producer
  • Susan Eve Haar
    Producer
  • Holli Harms
    Producer
  • Abigail Zealey Bess
    Producer
  • Molly Carden
    Key Cast
    "Sissy"
  • Bobby Moreno
    Key Cast
    "Russell"
  • Catherine Curtin
    Key Cast
    "Dot the Waitress"
  • Denny Dale Bess
    Key Cast
    "Roy the Cook"
  • Woodstock the Owl
    Key Cast
    "Icarus the Owl"
  • Jill the Donkey
    Key Cast
  • Queenie the Sow
    Key Cast
  • Old Farmer Ringleader
    Key Cast
    "John Noble"
  • Farmer One
    Key Cast
    "Norman Aaronson"
  • Farmer Two
    Key Cast
    "Joe Felece"
  • Farmer Three
    Key Cast
    "Michael Doraby"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Icarus Stops for Breakfast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    dark comedy, experimental, fantasy
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16.9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Abigail Zealey Bess

BIOGRAPHY - ABIGAIL ZEALEY BESS
DIRECTOR

Zealey Bess, is an award-winning filmmaker, theatre director and educator. She has been directing theatre and film, specializing in new work since she arrived on these shores and established her company, Weird Sisters, as a theatrical entity in 1997.

Under the auspices of her company she has developed numerous projects in collaboration with many writers both established and newly emerging on the New York scene.
She directed and produced her debut film, the award-winning baseball trilogy: Play Ball!
(Fanfare for A Common Man, Random Acts of Intimacy, Caught in Time) that screened throughout the globe including the Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Director Fortnight, and at over 40 USA festivals including New York, Newport, Seattle and Savannah.
In addition to garnering Best Film at seven USA festivals, she was awarded 1st Prize for Best Short Film by woman director at the LA Women In Film Competition.

As a long-standing member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre based in New York, one of the leading developmental theatres of new plays in the USA, she has directed and produced numerous new works. NY Theatres where she has worked include The Foundry Theatre, Ohio Theatre, Soho Repertory Theatre, Abingdon Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Here, Cort Theatre Broadway, and internationally the Edinburgh Festival, the Young Vic, the Strand Theatre, London.
Recent Credits: the award-winning NY Fringe Winner The Radicalization of Rolfe by Andy Burgh at the Players Theatre, the Soho Playhouse 2016, Paper Doll by Susan Eve Haar at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Leviticus, Edinburgh Fringe 2018 with Sawyer Spielberg’s Theatre Company, WATG, Saugerties by SEH with Chad L. Coleman and Beau Garret at Hudson Guild Th in LA.

She continues to head Weird Sisters developing feature film projects and theatrical ventures in NY, Regionally and in Europe devoted to the promotion of prolific women artists and writers giving voice to new thought-provoking work.
Most recent Film Projects include award-winning films Mary and Louise, (Awards: Best Short film screenplay LA FF, Accolade Award Competition Special Merit, Best Composer Score, Brit Penrod Best Trailer, WIF Finalist), and Icarus Stops For Breakfast currently on the 2020 festival circuit.
Full Length Features currently in development include Walking Shadows, the story of two unlikely Vets finding friendship and rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of Vietnam by Chris Ceraso and 7 Variations of the Same Lover a quirky love story with magical consequences by Crystal Skillman.

She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Cinefemme, SDC, Actors Studio PDU, NYWIFT, LPTW and Board Member of Dell Arte Opera.
She is on the Faculty for the Graduate Film Program at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, Columbia University, NYCDA and is represented by Linda Weaver at Access Talent.

Website: www.weirdsistersfilms.com
www.icarusstopsforbreakfast.com

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