Saturday Church

58th TIFF: Greek Premiere

The most faithful attendees of the Episcopal Saturday Church in the Bronx are some transgender teenagers that live on the margins of society and find support within this small community, which follow to the letter the lectures of Christianity on unconditional acceptance. One of them is young Ulysses, a 14-year-old guardian of his family who escapes his harsh reality through the wings of imagination. A colorful, adventurous Odyssey about finding one’s true identity.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Damon Cardasis

Script: Damon Cardasis

Cinematography: Hillary Fyfe Spera

Editing: Abbi Jutkowitz

Sound: Luciano Vignola

Music: Nathan Larson

Actors: Luka Kain, Margot Bingham, Regina Taylor, Marquis Rodriguez

Producers: Mandy Tagger Brockey, Adi Ezroni, Damon Cardasis, Rebecca Miller

Art Direction: Jimena Azula

Executive producer: Sharon Chang, Luigi Caiola, Isabel Henderson, Lia Mayer-Sommer

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2017

Duration: 82΄

Contact: WestEnd Films

Damon Cardasis

Damon Cardasis is a two-time nominee, and writer/ director Rebecca Miller’s producing partner. Together they run their production company Round Films. Saturday Church is Cardasis’ first feature script. He wrote, directed, produced and co-wrote the lyrics for it.