In Montauk
Directed By
Kim Cummings
The hardest choices in life are the ones we think we'll never have to make.
- ABOUT
- BIO
Julie Wagner has everything today’s young woman thinks she wants: a successful husband who adores her, a baby on the way, a close circle of family and friends, and a career as a photographer that is about to take off. So why is she alone in Montauk in the middle of December? During the cold, stark days, Julie throws herself into capturing her artistic vision for an upcoming solo show, yielding works of deep passion and instinct; at night, she restlessly taps away at her computer, plagued by uncertainty about the impending trajectories of her life. When a prickly but brilliant composer-musician knocks on her door with an odd request, Julie ushers in a series of events that will bring her in contact with her buried hopes and fears, and force her to make choices she couldn’t have fathomed. At once shocking and wise, In Montauk is a now-familiar story turned inside-out by a main character.
Writer/Director Kim Cummings’ first feature, In Montauk picked up seven awards including Best Director at Toronto Indie Film Fest and the Audience Award for Best Drama at the Woods Hole Film Festival. Richard Propes called In Montauk “one of 2012’s indie highlights.” Cummings also directed Kate Greer’s charming short, That’s What She Told Me, which recently finished its festival run. Cummings’ first short film, Weeki Wachee Girls played in over 70 festivals around the world picking up three Best Of Awards and is distributed by Buskfilms. Her experimental short, Flower Of A Girl, played throughout the Northeast. Cummings has received grants from Queens Council on the Arts and the Long Island Film/TV Foundation and was a finalist for the WIF Foundation Post-Production grant. She has also served as a juror for Queens Council on the arts and a panelist on filmmaking panels and grants panels for various arts organizations. Weeki Wachee Girls can be streamed online at bigstar.tv. Distributed by Kinonation, In Montauk is available through several outlets including IndieFlix, Amazon, and Vimeo. Cummings’ is in development on her next feature, a coming-of-age story about friendship and mermaids.
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