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Joe Swanberg (Director/Ben)

Joe Swanberg (Director/Ben)

Joe Swanberg (b. 1981) has directed 5 feature films (KISSING ON THE MOUTH, LOL, HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS and ALEXANDER THE LAST) and several web shows, including a documentary series called THE STAGG PARTY for IFC.com.  His...

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Kris Swanberg (Dia)

Kris Swanberg (Dia)

Kris Swanberg was one of the filmmakers and actors in the 2005 film Kissing On The Mouth. In 2006, she directed a short documentary, Bathwater, and produced her own web series, Boys and Girls. She lives and works in Chicago...

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Frank V. Ross (Kelly)

Frank V. Ross (Kelly)

Frank V. Ross was born in Westmont in 1980. An autodidact he has directed six feature films: A Story in a Life (2001), Oh! My Dear Desire (2003), Quietly On By (2005), Hohokam (2007) Present Company (2008) and Audrey the...

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Mollie Leibovitz (Maggie)

Mollie Leibovitz (Maggie)

Mollie Leibovitz is a recent graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (after only 8 years!). While in school, she created her own autobiographical film titled "Molliecules of Truth," in which she fuses elements of Young American...

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Karl Jacob (Ted)

Karl Jacob (Ted)

In 2005 Karl Jacob played one of the lost boys in the now indie horror classic "The Roost." Directed by Ti West, it was this film's success on the festival circuit that brought him together with Joe and Kris Swanberg...

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Nikita Word (Natalie)

Nikita Word (Natalie)

Nikita is originally from north central Florida and moved to Chicago a year ago to pursue her small town dream of living in a big city. When she's not working for the man (or more recently being unemployed) you can...

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Liz Toonkel (Ashley)

Liz Toonkel (Ashley)

Liz Toonkel is a designer and a director who has far too many clothes. She recently uprooted from New York City, where she attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' film program, to live in Los Angeles and...

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Nathan Adloff (Noah)

Nathan Adloff (Noah)

Nathan Adloff has worked on several locally-shot studio films as well as many independent films with friends and colleagues. His short comedies UNTIED STRANGERS, and the more recent IRREGULAR FRUIT, both premiered at the Lake County Film Festival, winning special...

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Eve Rounds (Casey)

Eve Rounds (Casey)

Eve is new to the Chicago area, having moved from our Nation's capitol. Fond of being on stage and in front of the camera, Eve is an active member in Chicago's artistic scene. She is the Co Founder of smockless...

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