Fade into you
2017, 40 minutes
The narrative revolves around an inexperienced young actress, Anna, who is invited to play the lead role in a play being staged by Nick Sicinski, a bipolar, formally successful theatre director whose erratic behaviour and substance abuse has brought about
Fade into You is a (roughly) 40-minute-long drama inspired by the works of filmmakers such as Jacques Rivette, Phillipe Garrel, José Luis Guerin, John Cassavetes, and Abel Ferrara. Fade into You is written and directed by award-winning journalist and author James Slaymaker. It is being produced in association with the online streaming site MUBI and fashion designer Federica Foglia. The finished product will be submitted to various festivals including TIFF Wavelenghs, Cannes and Raindance.