planet b234
Jorge, a father thousands of miles away from his son, creates an alternate world- planet b234- where he can cope with the anxiety, depression, and desperation of being separated from one's child. Geographical barriers are no match for Jorge's fertile imagination, but it comes at the cost of his sanity and the very relationship he's fighting for.
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Keelie SheridanDirector
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Jorge LunaWriterThe Week Of
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Keelie SheridanWriter
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Jason Friedman-MendezProducerAmerican Marriage, The Secret Nobody Knows, Vinyl Underground, Isle of Fortune
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Keelie SheridanProducerpapa y yoyo
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Jorge LunaProducerThe Week Of, Law & Order, papa y yoyo, Angelo
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Ian WeintraubProducerExecutive Producer
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Jorge LunaKey Cast"Jorge"The Week Of, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, The Blacklist, All the Beautiful Things
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YokkoKey Cast"Dr. Hiroe Kinoshita"Tenebrae Lux, MAGOS: An Impossible Door
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Otto Luna-CaratiniKey Cast"Otto"The Last Frankenstein
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Naren WeissKey Cast"Steve McBluffer"Deception, The Brave, Law & Order: SVU
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Schann MobleyKey Cast"Beth Taylor"Safe Spaces, Beauty Mark, After Class
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Judylee VivierKey Cast"Dorota Geller"
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César Dávila-IrizarryMusicAmerican Horror Story, CRIME SCENE: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
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Carlos Iván MárquezMusicplanet b234
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Valentin Peter EiseleCostume Designplanet b234
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Joe SpitCinematographyUCB Comedy Originals, Hindsight
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Drama, Sci-fi
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Runtime:60 minutes
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Completion Date:February 29, 2020
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Production Budget:18,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English, Spanish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9/ 1.78:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Vail Film FestivalVail, Colorado
United States
September 23, 2021
World Premiere
Official Selection -
Ridgefield Independent Film FestivalRidgefield, Connecticut
United States
October 7, 2021
Official Selection -
The Lake County Film FestivalGrayslake, Illinois
United States
November 4, 2021
Official Selection -
Tampa Bay Underground Film FestivalTampa, Florida
United States
December 2, 2021
WINNER - Best Escapism Film. Best Feature Film Nominee, Best Feature Director Nominee, Best Feature Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Editing Nominee, Best Leading Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Production Design Nominee, -
Madrid Indie Film FestivalMadrid
Spain
December 18, 2021
Official Selection -
Barcelona Indie Filmmakers FestivalBarcelona
Spain
July 1, 2022
Official Selection -
MidWest WeirdFestEau Claire, Wisconsin
United States
March 4, 2022
WINNER - Best Male Performance/ Official Selection -
George Lindsey UNA Film FestivalFlorence, Alabama
United States
March 3, 2022
FINALIST/ Official Selection -
Lighthouse International Film FestivalLong Beach Island, New Jersey
United States
June 2, 2022
Official Selection -
Atlanta Underground Film FestivalAtlanta, Georgia
United States
August 19, 2022
WINNER - Best Sci-Fi Feature/ Official Selection -
San Francisco Latino Film FestivalSan Francisco, California
United States
September 29, 2022
Official Selection -
LUSCA Fantastic Film FestGüaynabo
Puerto Rico
October 19, 2022
Official Selection -
Aesthetica Film FestivalYork
United Kingdom
November 1, 2022
Official Selection / Best Feature Film Nominee -
International Puerto Rican Heritage Film FestivalNew York City
United States
November 9, 2022
WINNER - Honorable Mention/ Official Selection
Distribution Information
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FilmhubSales AgentCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights
Keelie Sheridan is a theatre & film-maker, choreographer and educator. As a performer, she competed in the 2009 Irish Dance World Championships and has appeared in world premieres and reprised works by playwrights including Charles Mee, Ben Gassman, Paul Ketchum, Elizabeth Irwin and Mac Wellman. Keelie has been the Producing Artistic Director of NYC-based dance & physical theatre company The Ume Group since August 2016. With The Ume Group, Keelie directed 'by wing, fin, hoof or foot' (2017), a devised physical theatre piece about animal and human migration, for which she received a 2018 New York Innovative Theatre Award Nomination for Outstanding Movement and Choreography. Keelie has co-produced several new works initiatives and festivals, including The Lab at Grace & St. Paul's, UNFIX NYC, The Terry Schreiber New Works Initiative and The Schreiber Shorts, and devised/ directed immersive installations and performance art pieces with Chashama NYC and Creative Time. Most recently, she directed the European premiere of Julia Jarcho's 'Grimly Handsome' in Dublin, Ireland, associate directed Creative Time/ Pedro Reyes/ Meghan Finn's 'Doomocracy' at the Brooklyn Army Terminal and her first feature-length film, planet b234.
Keelie holds a MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College and was a 2016 George J Mitchell Scholar, which enabled her to receive a MFA in Directing at Trinity College Dublin/ The Lir Academy. Keelie has taught acting and movement at Brooklyn College, City College of New York, the T. Schreiber Studio, the University of North Alabama, and Union College. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Irish Classical Theatre Company in Buffalo, NY. @keeliesheridan www.keeliesheridan.com
planet b234 proudly makes space for Latino male vulnerability- a nearly invisible narrative. I was compelled to make this movie after witnessing actor Jorge Luna (Netflix/ Adam Sandler’s ‘The Week Of’) and his real-life son, Otto Luna-Caratini, wrestle with distance, guilt and the deafening thunder of prolonged-missing. I think turning an eye towards the care and conflict of this father-son relationship pushes stories of complex, intelligent and emotionally available men of color closer to the center of the public eye. The piece is scored by Carlos Iván Márquez and César Dávila-Irizarry ('American Horror Story,' 'CRIME SCENE: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel'), who acutely channel the ache of empty space.