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The Graduates (2024)

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  • Fri, Dec 13

Director: Hannah Peterson Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2024

Starring: Alex R. Hibbert, John Cho, Maria Dizzia, Mina Sundwall, Yasmeen Fletcher

Country: United States
Language: English

About the film:

Best Cinematography, 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. A powerful and sharply introspective coming-of-age drama, The Graduates (2024) follows a young woman as she prepares to graduate high school after a tragic event. As she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community searching for ways to heal, they turn to each other to find hope and a way forward.

“a moving slice of life, capped off with a stirring performance from Mina Sundwall.”

— Kate Erbland, Indiewire

About the filmmaker: 

Hannah Peterson is an LA based writer and director. She is a graduate of the MFA program in Film Directing at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and has worked closely with filmmakers Sean Baker and Chloé Zhao. Filmmaker Magazine named Hannah as one of 25 new faces of independent film in 2018. Her film, East of the River, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival 2019 where it won a jury honorable mention; Peterson was awarded the Russo Brothers Fellowship. Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute and SFFilm.

The Graduate (2024) is Peterson’s feature directorial debut and the first theatrical release for The Future of Film is Female (FOFIF).

 

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