As you possibly can most likely think about, we get a number of emails round these components, however there’s one thing particular about getting an electronic mail from an indie filmmaker about their indie movie that additionally occurs to be about indie filmmaking. We’re suckers!
Enter: a (very gracious and considerate!) current missive from filmmaker Travis Wooden, who lately reached out to see if IndieWire was fascinated by debuting the trailer for his function filmmaking debut, “The Journey Companion,” which he made alongside his inventive associate Alex Mallis. That first connection is vital, however so is the standard of the mission on provide.
The movie is made by indie filmmakers about indie filmmakers, and it tackles all of that and the enduring query of how the hell anybody, not to mention younger malescan presumably keep wholesome friendships within the face {of professional} disarray, romantic entanglements, and the natty little work perk from which the movie takes its title.
Per its official logline, the movie “follows Simon, a struggling documentary filmmaker, who enjoys free flights courtesy of his greatest pal and roommate, Bruce, who works for an airline. Nevertheless, when Beatrice, a extra profitable filmmaker, enters the image and begins courting Bruce, Simon dangers flying too near the solar.”
As you possibly can see within the movie’s first trailer, these free flights provide Simon the possibility to additional prolong his skilled, uh, “marinating,” but in addition maintain him maybe uncomfortably tethered to greatest pal Bruce. And, as Bruce appears to be maturing (he’s obtained a secure job! his new relationship appears stable!), Simon’s static nature comes into sharper aid. Plus, it’s humorous and shot on location (shout out to that background M15 bus, love that route!).
Wooden and Mallis co-directed the movie, which they co-wrote and co-produced with Weston Auburn. It stars Tristan Turner, Anthony Oberbeck, and Naomi Asa.
The movie premiered finally 12 months’s Tribeca Movie Competitionthroughout which it was acquired by Oscilloscope. Tinygiant is main theatrical distribution, with O-Scope dealing with ancillary markets. “The Journey Companion” will open at New York Metropolis’s BAM cinemas on Friday, April 10, for a week-long theatrical run, adopted by a restricted nationwide launch on Friday, April 17.
You may watch the primary trailer for “The Journey Companion,” an IndieWire unique, beneath.