SUN DON’T SHINE
Amy Seimetz, 2013

Catalog No.: FTF-039
Length: 80 minutes

Written and directed by actress/filmmaker Amy Seimetz (Tiny Furniture, Upstream Color and Pit Stop), Sun Don't Shine follows Crystal (Kate Lyn Sheil) and her boyfriend Leo (Kentucker Audley) on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida. From the outset, the purpose of their journey is unclear, and the motivations behind their heated altercations and shady errands are hazy, but sporadic moments of tenderness illuminate the loving bond between the two that exists underneath their overt tensions. As the couple travels up the Gulf Coast past an endless panorama of mangrove fields, trailer parks, and cookie-cutter housing developments, the disturbing details of their excursion gradually begin to emerge, revealing Crystal’s sinister past and the couple’s troubling future. Filmed on location in the environs of Seimetz’s hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida, Sun Don't Shine is a subtly cryptic story driven by the powerful performances of its lead actors and its eerily poetic setting.

Featuring: Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, A.J. Bowen, Kit Gwin, Mark Reeb, Gregory G. Schmidt, and John Athanson
Written and Directed by Amy Seimetz
Produced by Amy Seimetz and Kim Sherman
Executive Produced by Timothy Fargo, Andrew Krucoff, Mark Reeb and Shane Carruth
Photographed by Jay Keitel
Edited by David Lowery
Original Score by Ben Lovett 

Festivals: SXSW, Sarasota Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, AFI Fest, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Torino Film Festival, Viennale, American Film Festival and Indie Memphis Film Festival