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New Orleans Film Society

From Nothing, Something

USA 79 min.

Friday, October 12, at 3:45 p.m.
Prytania Theatre
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
FREE Screening

Director
Tim Cawley
Producers
Amy Appleton, Jim Buckley
Cinematographer
Geoff McAuliffe
Editor
Kat Baker
Director Bio
Since 2007, Tim Cawley has produced, written and directed two short films, Well-Founded Concerns and Big Day of Fishing, which have played festivals such as Locarno, Vancouver Int’l, IFFBoston, Fantastic Fest, Raindance, and more. As a filmmaker, card-carrying member of the ASCAP songwriter’s union, and veteran of the ad industry, Tim finds the creative process an endlessly fascinating and deeply personal subject. From Nothing, Something - a project independently produced over the last three years - marks his feature film directorial debut.

Synopsis

Everyone has ideas. But what where do they come from? And what ensures they keep coming? How do you sort the genius ideas from the useless ones? Why invest all this hope and energy into making things in the first place?

From Nothing, Something profiles creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines and finds common methods, habits, mindsets and neuroses that help bring breakthrough ideas into being. This is a thoughtful, intimate, often funny look at the creative process – straight from the brains of some of our culture’s most accomplished and inspiring talents.

Featuring interviews with: Songwriter Sara Quin of Tegan & Sara, Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter/Novelist Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children), Hollywood creature designer Neville Page (Avatar, Prometheus), Top Chefs Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger, comedian Maria Bamford, two-time Puliter-Winning Cartoonist Steve Breen, among many others.

Links

fromnothingsomething.com/