DEACON’S MONDAYS

Deacon lives in a fantastical world of snowing feathers, hailing golf balls and incredible guilt. After a petty accident begins to haunt him, the lonely landscaper must stumble through his mundane life while combatting his inner torment. Through an unlikely friendship with an elderly woman, Deacon comes face to face with his own humanness and learns that he is not alone.

Deacon’s Mondays had Windrider screenings in Park City and Colorado Springs in 2008.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Filmmaker, Lowell Frank

LOWELL FRANK

Lowell Frank, was raised in and around Phoenix, Arizona. The son of a conservative, Nazarene pastor, he spent most of his youth prohibited from watching movies in the theater. Breaking away from his upbringing, he began making films during his senior year of college. Collaborating with Destin Cretton for seven years, the duo wrote and directed multiple award-winning short films, and a feature length documentary entitled, Drakmar: A Vassal’s Journey which aired multiple time on HBO family in 2007 & 2008. Lowell is married and now lives in Los Angeles, CA where he is working towards making a feature film, he wrote, loosely based on his upbringing in the rural desert.

“The Windrider events stand out to me as some of the best experiences I have had screening my work. The audiences are enthusiastic, thoughtful and the interactions with them have been delightfully insightful. The team putting on Windrider is amazingly organized and cares deeply about the filmmakers and their work. I consider it a great privileged to have been a participant in this spectacular event that is only getting bigger and better.”

Filmmaker, Destin Cretton

DESTIN CRETTON

In 2002, Destin co-wrote/directed the award-winning short, Longbranch: A Suburban Parable, which won a number of Best Film awards and was an official selection of over 30 festivals including Tribeca, Austin, and The Chrysler Million Dollar Film Fest. Since then, he has continued to write and direct award winning shorts including Bartholomew’s Song (2004), which was a National Finalist in the 2006 Student Academy Awards, and Deacon’s Mondays (2006), which was a Student Academy Finalist in 2007, won the Fuji Film Audience Impact award at the 2007 Angelus Awards, and HBO Films Best Student Film Award at the 2007 Savannah Film Festival. To date, Destin has written and directed seven short films as well as a feature length documentary entitled, Drakmar: A Vassal’s Journey, which premiered on HBO Family in 2007 and is currently distributed by TVF International.

Cretton’s most recent project is a short film about the effects of child abuse starring Brad William Henke (Choke, Sherry Baby, Me & You and Everyone We Know). Go to shortterm12.com for more info.

“Screening our film at Windrider was unlike any other festival experience we’ve had. It’s an environment that is based on an appreciation of film and its ability to create conversations that are relevant to our culture. I think we’ve felt more appreciated as artists here than we have at any other festival in the country. The usual questions of “What format did you shoot on?” and how did you make golfballs fall from the sky?” were replaced by an intentional dialogue that allowed us to see how an audience was interacting with our film. We were able to screen for an audience that is eager to discuss, analyze, appreciate, and argue about something we created. That’s every filmmakers’ dream.” 

WATCH THE FILM

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