Poppy Gordon’s For Your Consideration focuses on a group of young women who come together with a mission to make an Oscar-winning film. This fantastic short which takes a snapshot of American culture and dares viewers to laugh and cringe at how it is manufactured screened at the Oscar-qualifying festivals Rhode Island International Film Festival and Odense International Film Festivals in August.
Synopsis: Three entitled young women meet up to make an award-worthy film. In an unholy fusion of wokeness and cluelessness, they build a narrative from the high perch of their privilege and almost give a voice to the voiceless.
Director Poppy Gordon is NYC-based and excels at visually-driven narratives that combine bold cinematic-style with pop-influenced VFX. Poppy has directed work for brands such as NIKE, WAV, PayPal, Pond’s, TRESemmé, and many more. She is commercially represented by Hey Baby and also leads her own creative studio Feral. For Your Consideration was co-written by Poppy’s longtime collaborator Aldo Arias who is a New York City writer by way of Texas.
Producer Lysette Urus is a multi-faceted producer whose most recent credit includes co-Producer on a Quibi documentary Blackballed that covers the players’ side of the 2014 NBA race scandal. She is passionate about stories that frame the underdog and human resilience above all else.
Cinematographer Matthew Schroeder’s work has screened at The Berlin Film Festival, New York Fashion Film Festival, Ciclope, LFFF, amongst others. He lensed the pilot for Front Row, which is being developed by HBO, and also shot Fabled which premiered at Tribeca.
For Your Consideration screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and Odense International Film Festival back in August. It also screened at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in September.
The cast are Samantha Robinson (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Love Witch), Juliette Goglia (The Magicians, The Michael J. Fox Show) & Skyler Maxon (Teen Wolf).
The crew includes Director & co-Writer Poppy Gordon, Producer Lysette Urus, Kristin Curtis, Reid Cox, co-Writer Aldo Arias, Director of Photography Matthew Schroeder, Makeup Laura Raczka, Rachel Andersen, Castings Monica Kelly, Jennifer Treadwell, Sound Josh Heilbronner, Editor Tyler Peck, Music Mark Phillips.
About Poppy Gordon
Poppy Gordon is an NYC based Director. She has developed campaigns spanning across print, film, radio, and new media as well as created visuals for launch events and immersive experiences. She excels at visually-driven narratives that combine bold cinematic style with pop-influenced VFX. Poppy has directed work for brands such as NIKE, WAV, Nexxus, Pond’s, TRESemmé, Erin Fetherston, 350Action, and many more. She studied in Switzerland at the European Graduate School under avant-garde film directors Chris Kraus, Claire Denis, and Catherine Breillat.
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