“The Follower” By Stephanie Szerlip

Starring Logan Polish & Jack Kilmer Fueled by the hope of escaping her dreary suburban life, a misunderstood teen entertains the increasingly sinister advances of an Internet friend in a riff on the 1966 Joyce Carol Oates story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Written & Directed by Stephanie Szerlip Produced by Sarah Winshall Cinematography by Sean Price Williams Production Design by Natalie Fält Original Score by James Ferraro Official Selection: Maryland Film Festival 2019 Oak Cliff Film Festival 2019 Cinepocalypse 2019 Indie Memphis 2019 Eastern Oregon Film Festival 2019 Nashville Film Festival 2019 New Hampshire Film Festival 2019 Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2019 Final Girls Berlin 2020 Produced by Smudge Films

Synopsis

Fueled by the hope of escaping her dreary suburban life, a misunderstood teen entertains the increasingly sinister advances of an Internet friend in a riff on the 1966 Joyce Carol Oates story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”

Credits

Starring:
Logan Polish & Jack Kilmer

Director - Stephanie Szerlip
Director of Photography - Sean Price Williams
Producer - Sarah Winshall
Set Designer - Natalie Fält
Costume Designer - Stacey Nishimoto
Hair & Makeup - Doniella Davy
Sound Mixer - Josh Ascalon

Editor - Brook Linder
Colorist - Jaime O’Bradovich
Original score - James Ferraro
VFX - Matt Lathrom

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