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We are so excited to announce acclaimed actor, filmmaker, director, and producer Matthew Modine, will be returning to FestForums in 2025!
Modine, a FestForums keynote in New York 7 years ago, will be joining us in Santa Barbara for a fireside (literally) chat with FestForums owner Laurie Kirby. We know him for being in front of the camera in films such as Full Metal Jacket, Birdy, Stranger Things, The Dark Knight Rises, & Oppenheimer to name a few, but now you will have the opportunity to hear his experiences behind the scenes and see clips from all of his "festival-ready" films.
Watch Matthew's Highlight Reel on our Homepage!
I Hope This Helps!
Feature documentary about A.I.
Executive Produced By Matthew Modine
From executive producer Matthew Modine, I HOPE THIS HELPS! is a humorous, genre-bending hybrid documentary that invites viewers to ponder the evolving relationship between humanity and technology. In the film, investigative journalist Daniel Freed enlists the help of Google's AI chatbot, Bard, to collaborate on a documentary… about AI. Appearing in the blue, furry form it requested, Bard helps Freed explore the benefits and risks of this world-changing innovation. See the trailer here: I Hope This Helps
Sludge: A PFAS Uprising
26-minute award-winning documentary short
Executive Produced By Matthew Modine
Doing the right thing – cost them everything. SLUDGE tells the stories of farmers who are speaking up about “forever chemicals” poisoning their land, water, and livestock, only to lose everything in the process. Who’s to blame? And what’s being done now to ensure our land and water is safe for future generations? See the Trailer here: Sludge
The Invisible Enemy
14-minute documentary short
Executive Produced By Matthew Modine
During recent tours of duty in Nevada, service men and women were unknowingly and repeatedly exposed to residual radiation at the world's largest nuclear test site. Because of the top-secret nature of their duties, their service there "never existed,” according to the U.S. government. Now cancer-stricken and ineligible for insurance because of their classified designation, veterans are mobilizing to prove they served and to secure basic healthcare benefits for themselves and their families.
Website: https://theinvisibleenemy.org/
I Am What You Imagine
6-minute award-winning experimental short film
Written & Directed by Matthew Modine
Produced By Ruby Modine, Adam Rackoff, Terence Ziegler
Matthew Modine’s new experimental short film, I AM WHAT YOU IMAGINE, is a sensual exploration of the unexplainable. Featuring the voice talents of Ruby Modine and long-time Kubrick collaborator Leon Vitali (in his final performance), the short uses sound, music, and expressionistic imagery to take viewers on a journey of the heart and mind. See it here: I Am What You Imagine
The Martini Shot
Starring Matthew Modine, John Cleese
Directed by Stephen Wallis
Currently on the festival circuit with 40 major awards (from Santa Fe Int'l Film Festival, Fort Myers Int'l Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Garden State Int'l Film Festival, Gasparilla Int'l Film Festival + more), this existential drama follows an ailing movie director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as a normal movie, ends up being an exploration of mortality and one's profound effect on the world. See The Martini Shot trailer here
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