Director: Davidson Cole

Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, Jennifer Morrison, Edward Cunningham, Mary Kay Cook, Davidson Cole

Country: U.S.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 112 min
Format: 35mm

Eighteen-year-old Sonya Mallow tries to care for her father who has turned to alcohol since his wife left him. Photographer Nicholas Moore is obsessed with the female form and uses his camera to feed his addiction by snapping photos of unsuspecting women. Factory worker Seamus deals with troubles at work and troubles with his fiancée, becoming convince that he is a magnet for everything strange and evil in the world.

The mysterious power of fate is at work as these three storylines intersect in one evening in a series of predestined encounters and bizarre circumstances, and in this mix of compelling drama and dark comedy, fate is not always kind.

Writer/Director Davidson Cole has created a stunning film, which drew raves at Sundance, evoking comparisons to David Lynch's Blue Velvet in a review by Variety Magazine. The black and white film and stark landscape creates a foreboding atmosphere, and the use of effects such as split screen and frame within frame adds just the right stylish touch. It's pretty obvious that this film was preordained to play at the Maryland Film Festival.

--Dan Krovich

Presented By: Davidson Cole, John Digles, and Neal Gold

A 1994 graduate of Northwestern University, Davidson Cole has also studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and film production at San Francisco State University. Davidson also pulls of a rare double, as he directed The 95th, which is also playing at the 2002 Maryland Film Festival.

Producer John Digles recently launched his filmmaking career as CEO of Traveller Jones Productions in partnership with his cousin, Davidson Cole. He has had a successful public relations career, and is currently a group director at The MWW Group, one of the top 20 public relations in the nation. John also produced The 95th.

Editor Neal Gold has spent over twenty years in the filmmaking business and is known in Chicago for his ongoing support and encouragement of budding local talent. Neal also served as editor, cinematographer, and producer on The 95th.