Five Nights In Maine
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2015
Logline
A young African-American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter’s death.
Maris Curran
Writer, Director, Producer
Maris Curran is currently in post-production of Five Nights in Maine, starring David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest and Rosie Perez. Five Nights participated in IFP’s No Borders, Film Independent’s Fast Track, Tribeca All Access, received a Cinereach Grant, a SFFS KRF grant and a Panavision New Filmmaker camera grant. She received a BA from Smith College and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received a Princess Grace Award for her thesis film. Maris also participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program and was a Fulbright Fellow.
Carly Hugo
Producer
Carly Hugo is the co-founder of Loveless, a New York-based production company. Carly is currently in post-production on HBO’s Nora Ephron documentary, Everything is Copy, and Five Nights in Maine, which stars David Oyelowo and Dianne Wiest. Carly produced Mother of George, which won the Best Cinematography Award at Sundance 2013, Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, Higher Ground (Sony Pictures Classics), and Hot Coffee (HBO Documentary Films), which won a Television Academy Honor from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She recently produced Self-Titled, a documentary about Beyoncé’s visual album. She is a mentor for the Sundance Creative Producing Initiative.