Cheerleader
WINTER FILM AWARDS 2017 WINNER - BEST ACTRESS, CATHERINE BLADES
NOMINEE - NY PERSPECTIVES AWARD
NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTOR
NOMINEE - BEST PICTURE
2016
United States
70 mins
NYC Premiere
Feature Film Competition
| Irving Franco | |
| Nathan Marcus | |
| Chris Bert, Catherine Blades |
Reeling from her first heartbreak, Mickey, a naive and promiscuous cheerleader, seeks calculated revenge on her ex-boyfriend by turning her attention to an unlikely subject.
About the Director
Born in Brooklyn in 1988, Irving Franco is a graduate of both Brooklyn College and the New York Film Academy. He made his feature debut as a writer, director, producer, production designer, and composer in 2016 with ‘Cheerleader’, and he is currently living in Manhattan where he is in development on his next feature.
Reviews
“…an entirely different, newly exciting beast. Cheerleader is a surprisingly dark comedy that repurposes the subversive bubblegum pop of 90s teen movies for a quietly surreal fantasy piece. The film exists in a cartoon reality of its own outside time & logic and uses familiar teen comedy beats to establish a darkly surreal mood and a tender mode of complete emotional devastation. It’s subtly brilliant, quietly intricate, and deserves the mass attention of wide distribution, especially considering the way it evokes an era of currently bankable nostalgia by reimagining instead of merely mimicking.” – Brandon Ledet (Swampflix.com)
Not your typical High School story – Irving Franco’s ‘Cheerleader’ — Amanda Godman, Winter Film Awards
Awards
2016 Atlanta Film Festival – Nominated Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature
2016 Florida Film Festival – Nominated Grand Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature
2016 Hell’s Half Mile Film and Music Festival – Jury Award, Art Direction, and Best Soundtrack
2016 Hell’s Half Mile Film and Music Festival – Nominated Jury Award, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay
2016 Oak Cliff Film Festival – Nominated, Grand Jury Prize Best Narrative Feature
2016 Rome International Film Festival – Special Jury Award Narrative Feature
2016 Sidewalk Film Festival – Honorable Mention, Sidewalk Features Programmers Award
Trailer
https://vimeo.com/189881234
