Interview with filmmaker Haley Elizabeth Anderson for Tendaberry presented at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival - NEXT section. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.

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Timestamps:
0:52 - We thought Coyote Boys might be your first project, but Tendaberry demonstrates your openness as an artist to experiment and be flexible with whatever might find itself in your path...
3:39 - You found your lead while you were using the subway system - tell me about working with your actress and testing your character before actually casting her in the future role...
6:30 - ...so there was a physicality element in screen testing your lead?
7:50 - You give Coney Island an added personality - could you discuss the convergence of adding this parallel narrative its place within this film...
10:29 - ..... I also get a sense that there are these remains from an era ....
11:00 - You made a choice of also embedding the spirit and work of Nelson Sullivan - what was the importance of inserting his work within your work?
14:40 - What does your shorthand with cinematographer Matthew Ballard look like - what were some of the parameters you set up at the onset?
17:50 - There is also the overlap of the image from Ukraine - matching the interiority of the main character...
18:37 - The idea of the split-screen also serves a specific function....
20:22 - There is this platform sequence where I believe we see someone lurking ....
22:06 - The songs that you selected ... are you trying to relate them to your protagonist's personal life?
26:10 - What does it mean to you to have the support of key American Indie producers on board?

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CREDITS:
Producers: Haley Elizabeth Anderson, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Hannah Dweck, Matthew Petock, Theodore Schaefer, Zachary Shedd, Carlos Zozaya. Executive Producers: Rhianon Jones, Josh Peters, Robina Riccitiello, Tristan Scott-Behrends.
Director: Haley Elizabeth Anderson.
Writer: Haley Elizabeth Anderson.
Camera: Matthew Ballard.
Editor: Stephania Dulowski.
Music: James William Blades.
Cast: Kota Johan, Yuri Pleskun.

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