With deke garner, jonny mars, arthur dale, tommy hohl. Hellion stars josh wiggins, aaron paul, juliette lewis, deke garner, and jonny mars, and is currently set to hit theaters later this year. Check out this new clip from kat candlers hellion film pulse. It also stars juliette lewis, josh wiggins, deke garner, jonny mars and annalee jefferies. Christopher llewellyn reed got to chat with candler about the project and the result is this interview about the short which explores the malevolence of memory. Kat candler emerges from the austin film scene with hellion hellion, about a difficult 12yearold boy growing up without a mother, opens in austin, dallas and port arthur on june 27 and in. The austinbased filmmakers most recent feature, hellion, helped her out of the trenches of the short film world. Hellion is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by kat candler. Hellion was written and directed by texas filmmaker kat candler, starring aaron paul as. Jan 18, 2014 with hellion expanded from her 2012 sundanceselected short texasbased helmer kat candler unpacks the inner turmoil behind acts of trespassing, vandalism and spontaneous aggression. The featurelength adaptation of her sundance approved 2012 short, hellion was up for the grand jury prize and featured serious star power in the casting of aaron paul and juliette lewis. While the film follows a slightly typical arc of family turmoil and drama, the great performances and solid script excuse the ordinary plot.
We raced over to the prospector for our last screening of hellion. One of the first real stunners of the year has arrived with kat candlers heartwrenching drama hellion. Aaron paul on hellion and doing research on youtube. Five questions with hellion director kat candler filmmaker. Kat actually cast me in the short, and it went on to premiere at slamdance. Writerdirector kat candler doesnt shy away from this dissolving texas familys struggles in her gripping new film, hellion. Jun 27, 2014 austin director kat candler, on the familial inspiration behind hellion. Kat candler s awardwinning feature hellion starring aaron paul and juliette lewis, played in competition at the sundance film festival. In january, her film hellion, a comingofage story, premiered in the dramatic competition at the sundance film festival. Prior to that, candler submitted films to sundance for about a decade and had no expectations when she chose hellion for her entry. Hellion follows yearold jacob wilson josh wiggins in his feature film debut.
Austin director, kat candler, shares an in depth look at the making of hellion, cast selections and more. Jun 11, 2014 kat candler s hellion, starring aaron paul, juliette lewis, and a handful of emerging young actors, is a film thats all about tone the yearold, heavy metal, motocross kind. I literally fell to my knees and started sobbing, candler recalls. Hellion works well as a short film, but it is a really awesome teaser for a feature film. In fact, this is her third straight year with a film at the festival. Icm partners signs hellion director kat candler deadline. Kat candler was born on november 11, 1974 in atlanta, georgia, usa. Hellion official 2012 sundance film festival on vimeo. The original story for the short came from a story my uncle frank would tell at family gatherings. Kat candlers hellion, starring aaron paul, juliette lewis, and a handful of emerging young actors, is a film thats all about tone the yearold, heavy metal, motocross kind. Kat candler on hellion april 11, 2014 one guys opinion. A fragile expansion of writerdirector kat candlers 2012 short film of the same name, hellion benefits from aaron pauls wrungout performance as a. Check out this new clip from kat candlers hellion film. With aaron paul, juliette lewis, josh wiggins, deke garner.
Mar 07, 2014 hells belle hellion marks kat candler s long road to overnight success. Its a solid familial drama that proves to be riveting, heartbreaking, and emotionally exhausting. But unlike 12 and during which she brought the acclaimed shorts hellion and black metal, respectively, candler will premiere her first feature since 2006, an expansion of her previous hellion short. Josh wiggins in kat candlers hellion, a feature expanded from a short film of the same name. A winning trailer is then selected and is fleshed out into a short film directed by an up and comer. Hellion gets some hot lovin, indiewirestyle kat candlers hellion named one of summers hottest shorts by marc savlov, 12. Mourning the loss of his mother, motocrossobsessed yearold. Kat candlers sixminute short film hellion promises to grow fundingpermitted into a mayhemfilled featurelength film. With hellion expanded from her 2012 sundanceselected short texasbased helmer kat candler unpacks the inner turmoil behind acts of trespassing, vandalism and. Hells belle hellion marks kat candlers long road to overnight success. Aaron paul on hellion and doing research on youtube vanity fair. The acting is solid, with an unusually lowkey juliette lewis, as. Jul 23, 2012 we raced over to the prospector for our last screening of hellion. This article originally appeared on the sundance institute blog and has.
Kat candlers awardwinning feature hellion starring aaron paul and juliette. Sep 16, 2014 austin director, kat candler, shares an in depth look at the making of hellion, cast selections and more. Hellion grew from a short film directorwriter kat candler submitted to sundance in 2012 into a featurelength film that premiered at sxsw and is out in theaters today. Kat candler is an independent filmmaker whose feature film hellion screened in the u. She is a producer and director, known for hellion 2014, queen sugar 2016 and reasons why 2017. Kat candler chats up her new short the rusted hammer to nail. Interview with hellion director kat candler filmmaker. Watch this powerful short film about a violent family vice. Talking with kat candler, writerdirector of hellion.
Jun, 2014 hellion grew from a short film directorwriter kat candler submitted to sundance in 2012 into a featurelength film that premiered at sxsw and is out in theaters today. Recognizing a hurdle and finding her voice the new york. Hollis wilson aaron paul, the deadbeat father mourning his late wife while trying to raise their two young boys. Based out of austin, texas filmmaker kat candlers first feature film hellion, which was developed out of a short film she directed is being expanded to theaters in limited release june 20th and on video on demand vod the same day.
Watch hellion, the short film by kat candler fandor. Read our interview with kat candler, where she talks about anything from the dance of shooting handheld on the alexa, starting hellion as a short, and the current. Oct 28, 2015 a winning trailer is then selected and is fleshed out into a short film directed by an up and comer. Little sevenyear old, petey, falls prey to his older brothers hellion ways. Watch hellion by kat candler on short of the weeka drama about family in liveactionusa, 6 min. Watch the opening sequence of kat candlers hellion. Dramatic competition at the 2014 sundance film festival.
Based on kat candlers own short film, hellion is a movie that tries to explore the life of a thirteen year old boy named jacob josh wiggins who has recently lost his mother, and to make things worse his father aaron paul has been emotionally absent while drowning himself in booze. Hellion, by kat candler, explores adolescent alienation. Kat candlers hellion, starring aaron paul, juliette lewis, and a handful of. The featurelength adaptation of her sundance approved 2012 short, hellion was up for the grand jury prize and featured serious star power in the casting of aaron. Austin, txbased filmmaker kat candler is no stranger to the sundance film festival. Jul 02, 2014 writerdirector kat candler doesnt shy away from this dissolving texas familys struggles in her gripping new film, hellion. Expanding her 2012 short film, the writer and director kat candler struggles to shape an undercooked story into compelling drama. One of my favorites from this years sundance film festival was kat candler s family drama hellion, and now a new clip has been released, which shows off the film s opening sequence.
Black metal by kat candler sundance selected short film. In 2012, candlers sevenminute shortfilm hellion was accepted into the sundance film festival to play in narrative competition. The quiet yet striking movie is centered on a family of three in southeast texas. The film premiered incompetition in the us dramatic category at 2014 sundance. Jun 12, 2014 kat candler on hellion, aaron pauls amiability, metal, expanding her short, and more bill graham june 12, 2014 hellion, arriving this weekend, follows the journey of a young boy in a small texas town trying desperately to find his place while keeping his family together. The film premiered incompetition in the us dramatic category at 2014 sundance film festival on january 17, 2014. The austinbased filmmakers most recent feature, hellion, helped her out of the trenches of the short film world and boosted her to national prominence. Jun, 2014 expanding her 2012 short film, the writer and director kat candler struggles to shape an undercooked story into compelling drama. An expansion of director kat candlers 2012 short film, hellion tells the story of a broken family trying to pick up the pieces.
Mar 08, 2014 sundance selects will distribute the film, written and directed by kat candler. Sundance selects will distribute the film, written and directed by kat candler. The film stars aaron paul as an emotionally absent father of two sons. Much like last years short term 12, this is a featurelength film expanded from an already produced short that depicts troubled kids and the equally troubled adults tasked with providing stability in an unstable world. Join the bullock museum for a screening and conversation about the texas shot hellion as part of the bullocks texas focus film series included with your ticket is a 6. I chatted with kat candler and josh wiggins about this edgy indie. When motocross and heavy metal obsessed thirteenyearold jacobs increasing delinquent behavior forces cps to place his little brother, wes, with his aunt, jacob and his emotionally absent father, hollis, must finally take responsibility for their actions and for each other in order to bring wes home. Jan 18, 2014 a fragile expansion of writerdirector kat candler s 2012 short film of the same name, hellion benefits from aaron pauls wrungout performance as a widowed bluecollar father who has given up on.
Kat candler on hellion, aaron pauls amiability, metal, expanding her short, and more bill graham june 12, 2014 hellion, arriving this weekend, follows the journey of a young boy in a small texas town trying desperately to find his place while keeping his family together. Interview with hellion director kat candler filmmaker magazine. Just more than a week after sundance selects picked up north american rights to hellion, the pics writerdirector kat candler has signed with icm partners. Hellion is the latest film from director kat candler, based on her short film by the same name. Writerdirector kat candlers hellion paints the powerful portrait of a family on the brink of dissolution set against the haunting backdrop of the refineries of southeast texas. Behind behind the scenes of hellion with director, kat candler. Hellion also known as retribution is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by kat candler. It was her 3rd sundance in a row, and just two years after the debut of the short.
Kat candler has been making films for over a decade now, but it wasnt until this years sundance film festival that she found herself stepping all the way into the spotlight. Dramatic competition at the 2014 sundance film festival and was released theatrically by ifc films. Behind behind the scenes of hellion with director, kat. Kat candler emerges from the austin film scene with hellion. More than anything however, hellion is about taking. Writerdirector kat candler of hellion, a feature staring aaron paul and juliette lewis, offers advice on making short and feature films, planning for distribution and how to always be a student. A haunting film that shuns shock and gore in favour of a more relatable characterdriven approach, black metal echoes reallife events and although it. Nov 17, 2016 join the bullock museum for a screening and conversation about the texas shot hellion as part of the bullocks texas focus film series. One of my favorites from this years sundance film festival was kat candlers family drama hellion, and now a new clip has been released, which shows off the films opening sequence. Film financing 101 with hellion director kat candler. A conversation with kat candler hellion hammer to nail. Hellion, which screened at sundance and has been picked up for distribution by sundance selects, screened at this recent 2014 iffboston.
Austin director kat candler, on the familial inspiration behind hellion. It left me incredibly curious about how this sixminute sequence of events will fit into the timeline of the featurelength film director. This years result was the rusted and was directed by our old pal kat candler. Jun 19, 2014 based out of austin, texas filmmaker kat candlers first feature film hellion, which was developed out of a short film she directed is being expanded to theaters in limited release june 20th and on video on demand vod the same day. Five questions with director kat candler and her new short. Kat candlers threeyear journey has taken her throughout texas and has included stories from her own family as well as. Director of highly praised sundance shorts hellion 2012 see pic above and black metal 20, candler might belong to an exclusive club of folks. Hotontheheels of 2012 festival favourite hellion, kat candlers 20 followup short black metal tells the story of how a lead singer struggles to process the guilt he feels after a fan commits a gruesome murder in the name of his band. Hellion started as a short film that we shot in 2011. Hellion started as a short film that played sundance in 2012. Kat candlers awardwinning feature hellion starring aaron paul and juliette lewis, played in competition at the sundance film festival.
All hell breaks loose when little petey wilson and his two hellraising brothers. The film made its first appearance at the 2012 sundance film festival and has since. Hearing a sold out crowd laughing and responding to this little film we had no expectations for. In an interview that coincided with the screening of the film at the 2014 dallas. Her feature film, hellion starring aaron paul and juliette lewis, premiered in the u. Candler s work in television includes directing seven episodes of ava duvernay and oprah winfreys highly acclaimed queen sugar, two episodes of reasons why and an episode of sorry for your loss starring. Hellion, by kat candler, explores adolescent alienation the new. Candler always has had an eye on features, and an explicit part of her short film strategy is to use the films as a testing ground and a calling card for feature versions of the films. Heres hoping that kat candler makes a repeat into a threepeat. Candler is a 2014 women at sundance fellow and attended last weeks female filmmakers initiative financing intensive designed to educate a large number of women filmmakers in all aspects of seeking. Austin director kat candler, on the familial inspiration. Kat candlers hellion packs a lot of emotion into six minutes.
This article originally appeared on the sundance institute blog and has been republished with permission. Jun 20, 2014 when kat candler attended the sundance film festival, in 2012, with her short film hellion, she snapped a photo of her films star, jonny mars, standing on park city, utahs main street. Five questions with director kat candler and her new short film. She is surely hard at work on a black metal feature now, but hellion the feature came first, debuting at sundance 2014. Anchored by an amazing cast who give their all to conjure emotionally. Alumna kat candler turns childhood stories into filmmaking.
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