Come On In
Spotlight Feature
A psychological drama/thriller that follows a failed artist's return home and his struggle to come to grips with his life as his grip on reality loosens.
Synopsis:
After a failed attempt at “making it”, jaded artist Leinad Nahallac (29), returns home, only to find a life empty of meaning and a soul-emptying job. But when he mistakenly dials a wrong number at work, a mysterious voice on the other end shatters his malaise and offers him a way out of his misery. An uncanny journey ensues in which the lines between reality and fantasy, past and present, dream and nightmare blur into a maddening labyrinth that will lead Lei either towards his ultimate destiny or destruction.
Blending the quirky surrealism of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with the interpersonal drama of A Beautiful Mind all through the unique perspective of a millennial person of color, Come On In promises a visual treat both familiar and uncommon in all the right ways.
Details:
USA | 1:22 Mins | Narrative Feature
Meet The Makers:
Director: Daniel Callahan
Director: Daniel Callahan
Daniel Callahan is a multimedia artist, designer, filmmaker and cultural activist living and practicing in Boston. Merging various disciplines including graphic design, painting, digital photography, film, music, writing, and performance Daniel seaks to create immersive experiences incorporating story, ritual and the human form to explore aspects of resilience, reconciliation and mysticism.
Through his multimedia production and design company Create & Record Daniel also provides marketing and identity assets and services to companies, non-profits and individuals of color in the Boston Area.
Most known for his painterly technique of MassQing*; a ritual painting of the face used to reveal rather than conceal one’s inner essence, Daniel and his work have been featured in the Museum of Fine Arts, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum the Institute of Contemporary Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Queens Museum as well as in such publications as Believer Magazine, The Bay State Banner, and Words Beats & Life: The Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design where he received the Fine Arts Chair Award and Emerson College where he received a Masters in Fine Arts in Film and Video, Daniel is a recipient of the Donor Circle for the Arts Grant and the NEFA Creative City Grant as well as the Creative Youth Development Teaching Artist Fellowship.
Social Media Handle & Film Hashtags
@ComeOnInFilm
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