The Swerve

The Swerve

59th TIFF: World Premiere

Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. The insomnia. The medication for the insomnia. The dreams from the medication for the insomnia. (Are they even dreams?) And then there’s the mouse that appears in her home. This is the final blow that sends her spiraling out of control. In this haunting update on a classical tragedy, a new director that was raised with the films of Polanski, Hitchcock, and Bergman explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge and proposes his own version of catharsis.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Dean Kapsalis
Script: Dean Kapsalis
Cinematography: Daryl Pittman
Editing: Alec Styborski, Dean Kapsalis
Sound: Coll Anderson
Music: Mark Korven
Actors: Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, Zach Rand, Deborah Hedwall, Dan Daily, Taen Phillips, Liam Seib
Production: Spark Chamber
Producers: Tommy Minnix
Co-producers: Kathryn J. Hatam
Art Direction: Alina Smirnova
Costumes: Eric Hall
Camera: Kevin Marshal
Make Up: Margaret Sackman
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 95΄
Contact: Spark Chamber, tommy.minnix@spark-chamber.com

Dean Kapsalis

Ever since he saw a T-Rex wrestling King Kong, Dean Kapsalis have dreamed of making films. He was raised in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the birthplace of the American film industry, where pioneers D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford shot many films before moving to the West Coast. After discovering his hometown’s history, Dean’s love for filmmaking grew. Dean is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and worked for Merchant Ivory and Miramax Films. He also wrote and directed several short films that have screened all over the world. His favorite films are Vertigo, Rosemary’s Baby and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Filmography

2000 Jigsaw Venus (short)
2004 Sara Goes to Lunch (short)
2018 The Swerve