Palm Trees and Power Lines
A hit at the latest Sundance festival. A well-written and acted (amazing debut by young Lily McInerny) story of a teenager who falls into a trap set by a much older man. Jamie Dack finds a way to offer a fascinating reinterpretation of a typical coming-of-age story.
A good filmmaker doesn’t just stage a scene. He or she creates a space (temporal, emotional, psychological, suspenseful). When that happens, we’re no longer just watching the characters — we’re drawn right into that space, until we’re almost floating in it, in sync with the characters’ identities and interactions, their minds and heartbeats. That’s the kind of meditative absorption that Jamie Dack, the director and co-writer of "Palm Trees and Power Lines" creates.
Palm Trees and Power Lines Review (variety.com)
awards
- Sundance FF 2022 – U.S. Dramatic Directing Award
- Deauville FF 2022 – Jury Prize
Jamie Dack
Jamie Dack is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Her short film Palm Trees and Power Lines premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival as a Cinéfondation selection. Her debut feature film by the same name, co-written with Audrey Findlay, was released in 2022. She was a 2020 Film Independent Fast Track Fellow and was selected for Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program.
Filmography
2016 Penny & Dee (documentary short)
2016 Horizon Diner (short)
2018 Palm Trees and Power Lines (short)
2022 Palmy i słupy / Palm Trees and Power Lines
Cast & Crew
