The Short History of the Long Road
Logline
Teenage Nola grew up living out of a van with her charismatic father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone. She’ll need to take the wheel for the first time – learning to own her grief, her past and her new destination.
Ani Simon-Kennedy
SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR
Ani Simon-Kennedy is a New York-based filmmaker from Paris. Through her production company Bicephaly Pictures (co-founded with cinematographer Cailin Yatsko), she’s directed videos for Condé Nast, Vice and Intel. An alum of Film Independent, IFP Film Week and Through Her Lens, she wrote and directed her first feature film in Iceland.
Cailin Yatsko
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Cailin Yatsko is a NYC-based narrative and documentary cinematographer. She partnered with director Ani Simon-Kennedy to start Bicephaly Pictures, a production company in NYC. Yatsko has filmed projects for Intel, Refinery29, AOL, VICE, Teen Vogue, and numerous others. Her feature film credits include and upcoming documentary Netizens.
Kishori Rajan
PRODUCER
Kishori Rajan is a producer whose upcoming films include American Fable, Dara Ju, Brighton Beach and the series Random Acts of Flyness. Previously she worked on Four, Gimme The Loot and others. Kishori has written for Filmmaker Magazine, was selected as the US producer for the 2016 European EAVE Producer's workshop, and was the Development Executive at Durga Entertainment.
Darren Dean
PRODUCER
Darren Dean is a producer and writer, known for Tangerine, Prince of Broadway and Kinyarwanda. He’s executive producing Sean Baker’s upcoming feature and developing Will Eisner's graphic novel A Contract with God for the screen.