When a Film Nearly Falls Apart, Then Wins Sundance: Alessandra Lacorazza on ‘In the Summers’

This week on the No Movie College Podcast, GG Hawkins speaks with writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza about her award-winning movie Within the Summers, which took residence each the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and Greatest Director on the 2024 Sundance Movie Competition. Lacorazza shares the deeply private roots of the movie, the tumultuous highway to manufacturing, and the pressures of staying true to a artistic imaginative and prescient within the face of trade challenges. The dialog dives into casting throughout timelines, editorial discovery, and the extraordinary remaining days earlier than Sundance. It is an intimate and galvanizing have a look at how a deeply private, quietly highly effective movie virtually did not get made—and why it in the end resonated so profoundly.On this episode, we focus on:The semi-autobiographical inspiration behind Within the SummersCreating emotionally complicated characters and tender portrayals of masculinityCasting a number of actors for a similar function throughout timeThe chaotic manufacturing course of and monetary uncertainty earlier than filmingHow Alessandra balanced artistic integrity with industrial pressuresEditing discoveries, together with altering the movie’s ending after take a look at screeningsWhat it was wish to win at Sundance—whereas sick and aloneThe sudden emotional attain of the movie throughout completely different demographicsAdvice for rising filmmakers on trusting collaborators and staying clear in your visionGuests:Subscribe to the No Movie College Podcast on:Get your query answered on the podcast by emailing podcast@nofilmschool.comListen to extra episodes of the No Movie College podcast proper right here:This episode of The No Movie College Podcast was produced by GG Hawkins.