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Something Unseen

August has bipolar disorder. While staying at his parent's house alone, comes to find that ghosts are coming through a portal in the attic.

  • Sparkman Clark
    Director
    Greta
  • Sparkman Clark
    Writer
    Greta
  • Sparkman Clark
    Producer
    Greta
  • Blaine Dunkley
    Producer
  • Taylor Petracek
    Key Cast
    "August"
  • Anjelica Bosboom
    Key Cast
    "Alice"
  • Toddd Licea
    Key Cast
    "Dad"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 22, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sparkman Clark

Sparkman Clark got her start as assistant to director Todd Strauss-Schulson on New Line Cinema's "Isn't It Romantic?". Her other credits include the Sundance 2020 hit movie Mass, NBC's The Blacklist, and Gotham TV Series on Fox. She is currently a member of the film production department at Droga 5.

Something Unseen is her second short film and follow up to her first film Greta, which won the Diva Box Office Award at Iris Prize Film Festival in 2019.

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Director Statement

Whereas Greta addressed mental health as it pertains to depression, Something Unseen addresses the flip side of that coin which is mania. The dialogue that exists around depression simply does not exist for mania. It is not talked about, and therefore it is commonly misunderstood, wildly under-represented in media and unfortunately, stigmatized.

My hope is that the viewer who has experienced mania will feel seen by this work.

The primary purpose of this film is to say "I see you" to those of us who understand what a manic episode is. This is my dialogue with them and for them. If this film allows the average viewer to leave with some understanding of what it means to experience mania, or the scope of it, that would be a nice bonus. But this work is primarily created for the bipolar community.