Awards:
Best Underground Short Film - Boston Short Film Festival
Best Experimental Film - Venice Film Week
Best Director - New York Supershorts Film Festival
The Tarkovski Grant
Venice Film Week Writeup:
Reep depicts a young man in the rural American South preparing for a disturbing ritual. The film is a masterclass in building tension, establishing an underlying tone that permeates throughout the runtime. The protagonist delivers dialogue through blank, staccato passages, his speech exhibiting a unique, unsettling vacancy. Similarly, the black-and-white cinematography lingers on its subject for uncomfortably long. The camera also pays close attention to its setting: the idyllic American countryside. As the man drives through fertile farmland, we hear Christian radio playing and see a crucifix dangle from the rearview mirror. Later, as he sits at his kitchen table and cuts a slice of bread, he does so with ritualistic precision, like a minister consecrating the Eucharist. The film concludes with an abrasive, disturbing assault to the senses, playing in stark, powerful contrast to the previous twenty minutes of hushed, muted tension. This makes Reep a fascinating exercise in dissonance, repressed transgression, and depravity bursting free from a pious veneer.
Official Selections:
Venice Film Week
Charlotte Film Festival
Boston Short Film Festival
Bizarroland Film Festival
New York Supershorts Film Festival
London Supershorts Film Festival
Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
Amsterdam Independent Film Festival
The Lee Strasberg Film Festival
Credits:
Director/Co-Writer/3D Effects - Jakub Blank
Co-Writer/Editor/Sound Designer - John Burton 🙋♂️
EP - Taylor Shanton
Producers - Kacie Hall, Taylor Shanton, Jakub Blank
As The Universal Publick Man - Tanner Fink
As The Goatherd - Reid Scott Perry
As The Butcher - James Arthur
DP/Colorist - John Carrington
1st AC - Joshua Hall
2nd AC - David Talentino
Steadicam Op - Jake Colletta
Addl. Cinematography - Cayne Tucker, Jakub Blank
Gaffer - Cayne Tucker
Key Grip - Brandon Riddell
Grips - Craig Harris, Jordan Nott
Location Sound - Colten Marsh
Wardrobe Design - Margaret Burton
Set Dec - Boston Dang
BTS Photography - Colin Cassidy, Jonathan Elyea
PA’s - Tucker Aaron, Sadie Tucker, Jack Whalen
Composer - Derek Albert Schurbon “Eames”
Catering - Jackson’s Kitchen Catering
Artwork - Krystian Kielbasa, Justin Mower
Poster Design - Alex Thomas
Location Services -
Joshua and Kacie Hall
Warren and Beth Whitesides
Kelly and James Moore
G&W Inc. - Joanna Clayton
Boney Insurance - William "Will" Mitchell
Shanton & Co.
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