the Press Kit

In the Future Love Will Also
U.S., 2014, 19:39 Minutes
Category: short, experimental
World Premiere
Brooklyn Film Festival
Watch the trailer
Screenings:
Sat., June 6, at 3 p.m., Windmill Studios (300 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222)
Sun., June 7, at 4 p.m., Wythe Hotel (80 Wythe Ave, N 11 th St., Brooklyn, NY 11249)
Read the press kit and Q&A online
“In The Future Love Will Also” Premieres At Brooklyn Film Festival, June 6 and 7
Last chapter in trilogy on surveillance, privacy and identity in post-9-11/post-Snowden world
May 12, 2015, New York, NY-- Fusing moving images, stills, visual effects and static whiteouts, the
New York-made film In The Future Love Will Also will premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival on
June 6 and 7. The short, which explores memories of a future love story, is a collaboration between
New York filmmaker Clayton Allis and Brooklyn-based artist/musician Alfie Lee. It is the final
chapter in co-director Allis' trilogy about surveillance, privacy and identity in a post-9-11/postSnowden world.
In The Future Love Will Also was inspired by a series of works by co-director Lee, in which he had
whited himself out of each image. In erasing his identify, Lee ended up drawing attention to it. In this
collaboration, Allis and Lee explore issues of identity and memory, and what is left over even when
everything is erased and nothing is private. They show us that even in a dehumanized void, something
essential within the human spirit continues to exist, and stubbornly refuses to go quietly into that good
night. The film continues this contradiction in its look. Although set in the future, it is anchored in an ‘80s
post-punk sensibility, saturated with fluorescent neons; its dark themes highlighted with bouncy indie pop
by Lee.
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In The Future Love Will Also tells the oldest story there is, set in an unknown future, where making
images is forbidden by all except those in power – they alone reserve the right to see all and control what
the masses remember. Through their lens we see them pick through a couple’s intimate memories, and
begin to erase the man and woman from their own love story.
In The Future Love Will Also closes the trilogy, which includes :/RUN, filmed entirely from the
perspective of surveillance cameras; and What the Fuck Doug E. Doug, which shows what
happens when the cameras do not stop rolling even when reality breaks down.
SYNOPSIS
If our memories can be seized and our identities erased, would we lose ourselves? In the sometime
future, in an unnamed city that is under constant surveillance, a man tries to hold onto what little he
has left by obsessively photographing his surroundings, even though making images is forbidden in
his world - they control what you try to remember. But in her, he finds something solid and real. The
man and woman soon find themselves under investigation. We watch as the young couple’s
intimate memories, their hopes, longings, and fears are picked through. While they are slowly being
erased from their own love story, we find out what remains. In flashes, we capture snippets of the
oldest story there is. In The Future Love Will Also happen, save, betray, fulfill, fall apart, be worth
dying for, mend, destroy, survive, find a way, exist…
(more – About the Directors)
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Clayton Allis is a filmmaker and principal in The Media Horde (www.themediahorde.com) an NYC
production/communications studio. Clay is known for his award-winning feature Falling, the low-fi
thriller:/RUN, filmed entirely from the perspective of surveillance cameras, which caught national attention
from media like the New York Times; and What the Fuck Doug E. Doug, which shows what happens
when the cameras do not stop rolling even when reality breaks down. The New York Daily News has
called Clay’s work “terrific” and “a perfect illustration of the future of moviemaking.” The Media Horde has
expanded Clay’s filmmaking into the commercial, corporate, nonprofit and music video world. His projects
include work for the Sundance Institute, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Great Forest, the Country Music Hall
of Fame, and with veteran rapper and MF Doom collaborator Kurious Jorge on his latest release. In the
Future Love Will Also is the final chapter in Clay’s trilogy about surveillance, privacy and identity in a
post-9-11/post-Snowden world. Clay is currently co-directing and co-writing a comedy series with actor
Doug E. Doug.
Alfie Lee is a Brooklyn-based published poet and multi-disciplinary artist whose work has been
exhibited in Singapore and NYC, including the Chelsea Art Museum. He composes photographic
tone-poems, including “Without Me”, which was the inspiration for In The Future Love Will Also. He
writes songs and performs with his band LiesDeceit. He is a painter of expressionist portraits. He
designs graphic tees. He thinks Grace Park is cute. In The Future Love Will Also is his first foray
into film writing and directing. http://www.alfielee.com/
(more - Cast and Credits)
CAST AND CREW CREDITS
In The Future Love Will Also
a film by Clayton Allis & Alfie Lee
PRODUCERS
Magdalene Sim/The Media Horde
DIRECTORS
Clayton Allis & Alfie Lee
WRITERS
Clayton Allis & Alfie Lee
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Mark Yeo
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Dom Azoto
EDITOR
Clayton Allis
MUSIC
Alfie Lee
CAST
The couple
Jennifer Heaton - woman
Al Patrick Jo – man
The Authority
Doug E. Doug
Soumaya Abdel-Rahman
William Wells
Alan Spaulding
The Gathering
Jimmy De La Pena
Lesleh Donaldson
Max
DJ ITruth
Kurious Jorge
Bart Mastronardi
Zeke Allis
Chloe Azoto
Elena Clemente
Ginnie Teo
Thu-Nhi Nguyen
Sam Briggs
Lorena Bears
Sean Colello
Justin Roethel
The Family
Kim Walker
Jerry Walker
ADDITIONAL CREW
HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGN
Alan Rowe Kelly
ART DEPARTMENT
Thu-Nhi Nguyen
Justin Roethel
COSTUMES
Mark Yeo
Sabina Maschi
CASTING
Wayne Chang
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ADDITIONAL CAMERAS
Wes Van Heest
Mark Johnson
SET CONSTRUCTION
Alan Spaulding
SOUND STAGE
133 Arts Center
CGI & VISUAL EFFECTS
The Media Horde
POST PRODUCTION SOUND
Butcha Sound Studios
SOUND ENGINEERS
Michael Keenan
Phil Moffa
SOME COSTUMES PROVIDED
by Alexander Campaz
SONGS
Interstate
written by Alfie Lee, performed by LiesDeceit
Idina Talks
written by Alfie Lee, performed by LiesDeceit
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Contact: Magdalene Sim
[email protected], 917-771-9628
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