Sinkhole is a 35mm feature film starring Bryan Marshall,
and written and directed by Paul Schattel.

Please scroll down to access the trailer, press kit, photos and more!

Newest! Sinkhole has been acquired by Shoreline Entertainment, the sales and distribution company run by Morris Ruskin, of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' fame! As you'd expect, we're delighted to be among the impressive films on their roster.

Newest! Sinkhole was nominated for Best Feature at the 2005 Ohio Independent Film Festival! We'll let you know how things work out.

New! Sinkhole has won the Best Feature award at the Indie Memphis Film Festival! Thanks to everyone who voted for us, and thanks particularly Ms. Emily Trenhom and the other festival organizers.

Newest! Sinkhole actor J.R. Hooper ("Poppy") has won the Best Actor Award at the Wild Rose Film Festival, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sinkhole was nominated for a total of eight awards, and also took home a Certificate of Distinctive Acheivement! Nuff said!

Also, Asheville's terrific alternative paper, the Mountain Xpress, recently gave Sinkhole a very positive review. We know John Waters says filmmakers should never be friends with critics, but we at Harrow Beauty do admit a little fondness for the Xpress' Ken Hanke. An author of several texts of film biography and academia, Hanke's reviews are (in our opinion) unusually literate and thoughtful. So, hats off, Mr. Hanke!

Not so New! Sinkhole has accepted an invitation to screen at the Indie Memphis Film Festival in late October. This is a festival that focuses primarily on the southeastern United States. Considering that one of the main reasons we became filmmakers was to try to correct the generally negative (and inaccurate) view of the South on film, we feel like we're in great company! Sinkhole will screen Saturday, Oct. 24, at 9 p.m.

We've also been accepted to screen at the 2004 Ohio Independent Film Festival, the only film market in the mid-West. We'll screen there on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m.

Not so New! Sinkhole has been accepted into the IFP/Minneapolis Central Standard Film Festival. A fest that specializes in quality films from the "flyover country" (i.e. most of the U.S.), this is a perfect opportunity for us to show who we are and what we're about. We're particularly happy that we'll be there with our fellow North Carolinians and good buddies, the Miles Ahead auteurs Dylan Trivette and Matt Zboyovski.

Also, our Film Threat review is in. Thumbs up from the distinguished online film mag founded by the venerable Chris Gore!

Kinda New! Sinkhole has just been accepted into the 2004 IFP/NY Market and Conference! This is an industry showcase sponsored by the Independent Film Project, the same group behind IFC, IFC Films, and other Very Important Organizations in the industry. This is a great opportunity for "new voices" (I guess that's us) to get in front of People Who Can Get Things Done, and wow them.
Wish us luck!

The Market and Conference runs from Sept. 19 - 24, 2004.

Also kinda new! So, we've now had our festival premieres on both coasts (with a temp sound mix, natch!), and both showings -- our World Premiere in LA at Dances With Films, and our East Coast Premiere in Manhattan with VisionFest -- were a success. Both festivals were as classy and well-run as you'd expect from such industry veterans. We made lots of friends, got lots of good reviews and contacts, and as an added bonus, my script Harvestman, won VisionFest's 1st Annual "Screenwriting Prize."
So there!

Also sorta new! Sinkhole has accepted an invitation to be included in the Domani Vision Society's VisionFest Film Festival, held in Manhattan, NYC. Our showing will happen at 12:00 p.m. on June 27, 2004. This will be our "East Coast Premiere." VisionFest is a high profile festival that will feature the likes of Mark Wahlberg, Steven Soderbergh and others. Simply put, VisionFest rocks. We'll be there, and hopefully you will too. Check it out here. Purchase tickets for our particular program (Program 11) here.

Not so new! Yep, this is it -- Sinkhole is having its World Premiere at the 7th Dances With Films Film Festival, held in Los Angeles from June 10 to 17, 2004. Called "the defiant fest of raw talent" by the Hollywood Reporter, Dances with Films is a cool fest that only features films with no "known actors, directors or producers ... period." (I guess that's us.) It's really nice to have a level playing field again, where a film is judged by how good it is, not just by who appears in it.

The event will take place Friday, June 11, at 5 p.m. at the Laemmle Theatres in Santa Monica. Purchase tickets here. And if you live in L.A., you've got no excuse to come out!

Newish! Sinkhole is featured in the Kodak "On Filmmaking" supplement published in Filmmaker Magazine, the definitive publication for indie film in the US. Focused primarily on cinematography and the "look" of the film, the article details how Sinkhole DP Steve Agnew got the film to look so good on a low budget. The issue will hit the stands in early April.

Not so sorta new! The Sinkhole post-audio duties are now being handled by Vanessa Lapato, last featured on many of the Farrelly Bros. movies, as well as The Wedding Singer, From Hell and many other fine films. She knows how to make us sound good!

Not So New! The "work in progress screening" of Sinkhole that coincided with the Asheville Film Festival, on Saturday, November 8, 2003 was a complete success. Five hundred sold-out seats, great local press, an enthusiastic Q&A session afterward -- all of it added up to a nice moment of recognition for the Sinkhole cast & crew. Thanks to all who attended. Rock on!

Check out the Sinkhole trailer!
(8mb - get Quicktime 6 here)

Take a look at a few photos from the making of Sinkhole.

Download our PDF press kit.

Check out what people have been saying about us.