Experiencing Interruptions?

West Palm

Liam comes back to South Florida for the first time since moving away. Reconnecting with old places, friends and romances, he remembers what he misses about home, and why he left it behind.

  • Hunter Truman
    Director
  • Hunter Truman
    Writer
  • Kat Barnette
    Producer
  • Paula Andrea Gonzalez
    Producer
  • Ryan Martin Brown
    Producer
  • John Michael McDonald
    Key Cast
    "Liam"
  • Antonina Vargas
    Key Cast
    "Karynne"
  • Cecil Jennings
    Key Cast
    "Matt"
  • Niko Polanis
    Key Cast
    "Beau"
  • Chris Leary
    Director of Photography
  • Aleksandra Hansen
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 11, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K UHD, Sony a7S II
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Hunter Truman

Hunter Truman is a Los Angeles-based director, cinematographer and camera operator. He is the founder of Box Party Films, a production company and filmmakers collective. In addition to independent feature films, Hunter has worked with musical talents including Nick Jonas, Laverne Cox, LoCash, and Todrick Hall, as well as commercial clients including HBO, Disney, Dreamworks TV, Ford, Pepsi and the NFL.

He graduated with a B.F.A. in Film Production from Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is originally from West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Director Statement

I've struggled with whether to define this film as a drama or a comedy. I hope at times it's both. For people my age, a few years out of school, living hundreds or thousands of miles away from where we grew up, I think there's an inevitable point of almost numb acceptance. Where we realize our relationship with our hometown, the people and places that made us who we are, is at best stagnated, more likely slowly dissolving.

West Palm is a nostalgia-tinged, bittersweet, look at the weird, degenerate, beautiful place I came of-age in. It explores a hometown not as a constant, rigidly defined place, but a fluid and evolving relationship. Like an old friend or a past romance, it progresses and regresses, expanding with experience, and dulling with distance.