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Official Premiere, Outfest, Emerging Talent Award
IFP Narrative Film Lab, American Film Festival: Poland US in Progress
SYNOPSIS: 9-year-old Johnny is a sensitive boy who adores his babysitter Melanie. When a YouTube video teaches Johnny about Free-Spirit Meditation, the ability to send your spirit out of your physical body, Johnny sends his spirit into Melanie. He can see through her eyes, speak through her mouth, and move around in her body. It’s a dream come true: Johnny-as-Melanie gets to be a woman for a day. But as the pressures of pretending to be someone else stack up, Johnny-as-Melanie gets himself in way over his head.
DIRECTED by Joseph Sackett (CAS ’08 & Tisch Grad Film ’18)
Joseph Sackett is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed, and produced projects that have screened in competition at the Festival de Cannes, Slamdance, OutFest, the Atlanta Film Festival, and the Rooftop Films Summer Series among others. He received his MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from NYU Graduate Film, and is the recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grant. He is currently in pre-production for his second feature.
PRODUCED by Joy Jorgensen (Tisch Grad Film ’17)
Joy is the lead producer and founder of Killjoy Films. Born in the American South, Joy has a Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia University and a Master’s Degree in Screenwriting and Directing at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She is the recipient of a SAG Award for her work in television and the Media Services Award for excellence in creative producing. Her work as a producer has been shown in major festivals all over the world, including Sundance, TIFF, and Clermont Ferrand.
*Formerly Titled: I WAS IN YOUR BLOOD