Cherry
Cherry
With her father dying of cancer, Helen has high hopes for the family’s last Easter together.
Inspired by actual events (sort of) . . . We waste too much time seeking perfection. The perfect Easter basket. The perfect holiday celebration. The perfect family portrait. These ‘perfect’ moments are not where true memories are made. It’s those spontaneous, unpredictable moments that hit us like a pie in the face that we forever remember. CHERRY is the pie in the face. My dear friend watched her father die. There was nothing she could do about it. Even with people in the room - doctors, nurses, family, hospice workers - she still felt completely alone and so did he. But it shouldn't be that isolating. Dying and losing someone you love is part of the human experience. CHERRY attempts to speak to that human experience in a funny, smart and touching way. A man is dying, we’ll take a pie to the face.
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About Us
Stacey Davis (writer/director)
Stacey is an award-winning screenwriter, director, producer and entertainment lawyer. She’s executive produced over a half-dozen films, including SWORD OF TRUST (SXSW, dir. Lynn Shelton; starring Marc Maron), LITTLE SISTER (SXSW, starring Addison Timlin, Ally Sheedy and Peter Hedges, and named by “The New Yorker” as the best film of 2016); 1985 (SXSW, starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen and Michael Chiklis) and SOCIAL ANIMALS (starring Noel Wells, Samira Wiley and Josh Radnor). She has several other projects in development.
Jen West (producer)
When Jen isn't traveling the country in her converted school bus, she is immersed in creating films based on bold female characters, oftentimes from the Deep South. She is known for writing and directing short indie films like PIECE OF CAKE, CRUSH, BUBBLE, LITTLE CABBAGE, and the St. Paul and the Broken Bones' music video CALL ME. West also produced THE NEW ORLEANS SAZERAC and BOTTOMLESS, which were official selections of the 2016 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in the American Pavilion as part of the Cannes Film Festival. She is the first filmmaker to have two projects accepted in the same year to the program. West was a Stowe Story Labs 2017 fellow with her feature screenplay ELECTRIC BLEAU, of which was also named a Finalist for the 2018 Park City Table Read My Screenplay competition. ELECTRIC BLEAU is set for production in 2019 with West attached as writer and director.
Virginia Newcomb (producer)
Virginia Newcomb is an actor and independent filmmaker with notable roles in; PEACOCK with Cillian Murphy, REPARATION with Marc Menchaca, and most recently A24’s THE DEATH OF DICK LONG by Daniel Scheinert, which filmed in her home state of Alabama. Since returning South, Virginia has stepped into producing for award winning short films such as THREE FINGERS, in which she also stars, and the Lynn Shelton comedy feature, SWORD OF TRUST with Marc Maron and Jillian Bell. She recently completed filming on Vanishing Angle’s next feature starring opposite Jim Cummings, THE BETA TEST. Newcomb's Broadway debut came in Jay Scheib's live cinema production of Chekhov's PLATONOV, which live streamed to Time Square and BAM Rose Cinemas. This innovative style of theatre continues to inspire her work, recently as creator of Cuclaorus Film Festival's annual commissioned BLUE VELVET installation, BUS TO LUMBERTON. Though truly a lover of indie film and alternative theater, she can also be seen in popular shows, THE WALKING DEAD, THE OFFICE, and HALT AND CATCH FIRE. Regardless of role or medium, Virginia seeks to share bold, evocative stories in risk taking projects that portray women honestly, particularly in nontraditional southern narrative.