Experiencing Interruptions?

Sketches

After falling deeply in love, two women struggle with domesticity and their opposite personalities.

  • Savannah Rodgers
    Director
    Politically Correct
  • Meagan Flynn
    Writer
  • Savannah Rodgers
    Producer
  • Meagan Flynn
    Producer
  • Ashley Kennedy
    Key Cast
  • Laurie Winkel
    Key Cast
    The Sublime and Beautiful, The Donald Gordon Story
  • Matt Jacobson
    Director of Photography
    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, The Battle for Bunker Hill, The Only Good Indian, Jayhawkers
  • Derek Sellens
    Editor
    The Donald Gordon Story, Jayhawkers
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 23, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Slamdance Film Festival
    Park City, Utah
    January 26, 2016
    World Premiere
  • Kansas City FilmFest
    Kansas City, MO
    United States
    April 16, 2016
    Missouri Premiere
    Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award
  • The Tensie Awards
    Lawrence, KS
    United States
    Best Director
  • Doc Sunback Film Festival
    Mulvane, KS
    United States
    June 18, 2016
    Kansas Premiere
  • Free State Festival
    Lawrence, KS
    United States
    June 28, 2016
  • First Friday Film Festival
    Kansas City, MO
    United States
    July 1, 2016
    Audience Choice Award
  • LA Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    Best Student Film
  • Austin Revolution Film Festival
    Austin, TX
    United States
    September 23, 2016
    Texas Premiere
    Best Micro Romance Short Film (Winner), Rising Voice (Nominated), Best Romance Short Film (Nominated), Best LGBT Project (Nominated)
  • Kansas International Film Festival
    Overland Park, KS
    United States
    November 5, 2016
  • Outlaw Film Festival
    St. Joseph, MO
    United States
    November 4, 2016
    Visionary Award (Savannah Rodgers)
  • Eyecatcher Film Festival
    McAlester, OK
    United States
    November 11, 2016
    Oklahoma Premiere
    Best Editing
  • Equality Festival
    Kiev
    Ukraine
    December 8, 2016
    Ukrainian Premiere
  • Cosmic Film Festival
    Orlando, FL
    United States
    February 12, 2017
    Florida Premiere
  • Red Dirt International Film Festival
    Stillwater, OK
    United States
    March 2, 2017
    Best Concept in a Narrative
  • Show Me Justice Film Festival
    Warrensburg, MO
    United States
    April 6, 2017
  • BisonBison Film Festival
    Ponca City, OK
    United States
    April 7, 2017
    Award of Excellence
  • Bare Bones International Film Festival
    Tuskogee, OK
    United States
    April 21, 2017
  • Twister Alley Film Festival
    Woodward, OK
    United States
    April 30, 2017
  • Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
    Philadelphia, PA
    United States
    April 30, 2017
  • Hobnobben Film Festival
    Fort Wayne, IN
    United States
    June 17, 2017
    Indiana Premiere
  • Film Festival of Columbus
    Columbus, OH
    United States
    June 18, 2017
    Ohio Premiere
  • Underground FilmFest
    Munich
    Germany
    June 24, 2017
    German Premiere
  • Fort Worth Indie Showcase
    Fort Worth, TX
    United States
    July 15, 2017
    Best Foreign College Film
  • GLITTER! Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival
    McAlester, OK
    United States
    July 29, 2017
  • San Antonio Film Festival
    San Antonio, TX
    United States
    August 6, 2017
Director Biography - Savannah Rodgers

Savannah Rodgers is a director, writer, and producer currently based out of Lawrence, KS. She creates short films, web series, and is developing her first feature film. In 2014, she founded Professional Amateur Productions, a company aiming to create quality, intersectional feminist content. Most recently, Savannah received the 2017 Next Gen Award from the Twister Alley International Film Festival and was a was a Top 10 finalist for the 2017 Horizon Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Savannah received the Visionary Award from the Outlaw Film Festival and the Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award from Kansas City FilmFest in 2016. Her short film Sketches (2016) premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival; it has received multiple honors on the independent film festival circuit. Her directorial debut Politically Correct (2015) was named Cinema Constant's 2016 Best Comedy Short Film, and has garnered awards from Kansas City FilmFest, Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, and other festivals worldwide. Both Sketches and Politically Correct have received distribution at REVRY, the world's first LGBTQ+ streaming platform.

Savannah was a semi-finalist for the Sundance Institute's Episodic Storytelling and YouTube New Voices labs in 2016. Her proposed web series, Poly, was an IndieWire Project of the Day. Her documentary work has been featured on Films for Action. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Kansas City Women in Film & TV.

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Director Statement

When opportunity arises, you have to take advantage of it. That's what I've always told myself, anyway. When Digital Bolex announced the opportunity to make a short film on their D16 camera, I pulled as many people together as I could to shoot a film in three days.

The shoot was rigorous to say the least. With little time for preproduction and little crew, we were stressed out. We used what was available to us and had a good, old fashioned rag tag shoot. With about six days total to create the film from principal photography to postproduction, the results are something to be proud of.