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Screaming into the Wind

Grand Jury Award Winner

Evie Ingle, trapped in her grief and abusive marriage, takes matters into her own hands to break that cycle. Through visual and sonic storytelling, the audience will experience the inner world of Evie's struggle without the use of dialogue.

  • Kevin O'Neill
    Director
    Undertaking, Man in the Woods, Resemblance
  • Kevin O'Neill
    Writer
    Undertaking, Man in the Woods, Resemblance
  • Melissa McNerney
    Key Cast
    "Evie Ingle"
    Spider & Jessie, Fingers, The Good Wife
  • Charles Harrelson
    Key Cast
    "Russ Ingle"
    Chicago PD, Fear the Walking Dead, Bloodline, Army Wives
  • Melissa McNerney
    Executive Producer
    Spider & Jessie (Co-Producer), Florida Moves (Producer), Deep Down (Producer), Darling (Co-Producer)
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 19, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Gasparilla International Film Festival
    Tampa
    United States
    March 23, 2024
    Tampa Premiere
    Grand Jury Award: Best Florida Film (Short)
Director Biography - Kevin O'Neill

Kevin was an actor in Los Angeles from 1984 - 1996. He worked in television roles such as “As the World Turns”, “The Young and the Restless”, “21 Jump Street”, “Days of our Lives”, “Highway to Heaven”, “Doogie Howser”, “The Cape” and “Safe Harbor.” Kevin was also cast in over one-hundred national television commercials. Kevin is an award-winning film director, screenwriter and producer who has been writing and directing short films for the last sixteen years. His films include “Resemblance”, “Undertaking”, “Man in the Woods”, “Captain Fin” and “Lean”. Kevin’s films have won many Grand Jury awards in festivals around the country and the world including Italy, Hungary, France, Monaco, Sedona, Breckenridge, SOHO, and Sonoma. Kevin has written six feature film scripts that range from comedy to drama to coming-of-age. Kevin is currently pitching two television series in Los Angeles that he is the creator of “Grace’s Diner” and co-writer of; “Gone Dark.” Kevin has been teaching acting for the last thirty years and has been a Course Director at Full Sail University for sixteen years where he teaches Introduction to Film and Video and Directing in the bachelor’s film
program.

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Director Statement

Our work with Screaming into the Wind revolves around the struggles of humanity and the hardships of life. Using the medium of storytelling, our mission to heal through art continues with the hope to give voice to those who have felt alone in their experiences of grief, loss, and abuse.

Screaming into the Wind came to me over 20 years ago after meeting a friend in Los Angeles who was in an abusive relationship. Her situation was dire, and I was watching her disintegrate before my eyes. I asked her “why don’t you just leave?” Now that I’m older I’ve come to realize that it’s not as easy as that. Women and men can be placed in harm’s way if they leave a relationship of an abuser - their partners can become more violent and sometimes even lethal. I wanted to write this story to remind women like my friend that there are options, their life DOES matter, and there is a way out.