“June Bug” by Kyle Sawyer
After failing an eye test, an elderly woman struggles to come to terms with the fact that she may never drive her beloved VW Beetle again.
June Bug is about an elderly woman whose failing eyesight forces her to come to terms with the fact that she'll never be able to drive her beloved 1959 VW Beetle again. As her health declines, her refusal to adapt to her new reality puts growing strain on her adult son (and reluctant caretaker), and ultimately, all it takes is a fond shared memory to break through the barriers they have put up.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
“June Bug is a film about final goodbyes of the hardest kind. Saying goodbye to your faculties, to your functioning body, is a part of aging that seems impossible to reconcile. Imagine knowing you are rapidly going blind… how do you deal with that news? What are the things that concern you? No person can escape the fact that they will someday inevitably fall apart. I wanted to make a film that touched on this theme as it’s so universal and universally ignored.
We don’t want to face it. It’s a semi-personal theme and not surprisingly, a lot of the people who were part of this film had their own personal connection to the story. Though it handles a heavy subject, I don’t think it’s a heavy film. I hope people feel the levity sewn into it because it’s that same levity that’s required to face the fact of aging; I don’t see any other way to do it.”
-Director, Kyle Sawyer
CREDITS:
Director // Kyle Sawyer @kyle.sawyer
Writers // Katie Billo, Kyle Sawyer
Producer // Katie Billo @katiebillo
Executive Producers
Trust @madewithtrust
Kyle Sawyer @kyle.sawyer
A Digital Sabbath Production @digitalsabbath
Cast
“June”: Ray Kennington
“Craig”: Matthew Romantini @matthewromantini
“Optometrist”: Jim Phu @jimtheactor
“Young June”: Joanne Blouin-Dafoe @joanneblouin
“Young Craig”: Jaxton Dafoe
Extras:
Cathy Bergen @cathyjbergen
Scott Bergen @bergesc70
Sulakshana Shanmuganathan @thirdculturecreations
Taginder Clair @taginderclair
Deb Webber-Blanke @webberblanke
Isabelle Flaherty
Basel Wahib @eyematter_optometry
Director of Photography // Paul Duck @pauljduck
Editor // Kyle Sawyer @kyle.sawyer
Music provided by Musicbed @musicbed
Additional music // Brandon Fehderau @mkondo.studio
Casting By Ashley Hallihan, CDC & Ian Bender, CDC @hallihancasting @ian.bender
First Assistant Camera // Ryan Rodrigues @_rycam
Camera Assistant/Swing // Hamza Mazen @mazenmedia
Gaffer // Paul Seaton @ptseaton
Grip // Max Wentzlaff @maxwentzlaff
Rigging Grip // Nick Abbate @cvptur
Location Sound Mixer // Troy Shantz @mtn_garg
Hair & Makeup // Samantha Roy @styledbyysamantha
Production Assistant // Danielle Milligan @danielle.m14
Set Photographer // Ben Watson @_ben.beans_
Visual Effects // Mark Capone
Colour // Artjail @artjail
Colourist // Clinton Homuth @clintonhomuth
Colour Assistant // Austin Tang @austin_tang_
Producer // Alison Maxwell @alsnmxwll
Post Audio Facility // The Farmhouse Creative Labs
Re-recording Mixer // John Diemer @johndiemer
Supervising Sound Editor // Rob Taylor @rawb_taylor
Special Thanks
Sarah Brannan @sarah_t_brannan
Grandé Camera @grande_camera
Scott Hebert
Joe Balan
KW Bug Club @kwbugclub
The Farmhouse Creative Labs @thefarmhousecreativelabs
Artjail @artjail
Brian Kennington
Banana Bowl Productions @bananabowlproductions
Mike Rilstone @mikerilstone
Jeff Kempel
Motion
Eye Matter Optometry @eyematter_optometry
City of Cambridge @cityofcbridge
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