New York, NY — What Tomorrow Brings is a short film that tells the story of Kate, a woman in protective custody who falls for Jack, the federal marshal protecting her the night before she assumes a new identity and becomes another person.

Scheduled to shoot in mid-July, the film bypasses conventional archetypes and clichés about witness protection, instead telling a unique and compelling story about two people and the effect their unusual circumstances have on them.

“When I read the script,” says Director Cameron Dingwall, “I was immediately drawn to the idea of telling a story about witness protection – not as a plot device or reason for folks to be running around with guns, but as a story about real and relatable people.”

Currently in preproduction, the film is set in bucolic Upstate New York, which provides a stark contrast between two likable individuals trapped by their respective pasts and the beauty that surrounds them.

“But danger lurks in many places,” adds Dingwall. “The lush, isolated forests in which the film takes place mirrors the characters’ own situation: alive but always changing, promising both beauty and destruction.”

The brainchild of actors Hannah Beck and Sean Hoagland, the film is also in line with the adage, “necessity is the mother of invention.”

“We were both between acting jobs, and the grind of working in our survival jobs without an outlet for our creativity was stifling,” says Beck. “We didn’t want to wait for someone else to give us an opportunity.”

“So we decided,” adds Hoagland, “to roll up our sleeves and create an opportunity for ourselves. But we didn’t want to just slap something together, we wanted to make something good.”

To help bring their film to life, Beck and Hoagland have assembled a first-rate team.

In addition to Dingwall, whose films have screened at the Ann Arbor and SlamDance film festivals, the pair (who also play Kate and Jack) have brought on board cinematographer Anna Franquesa Solano, whose work has been shown in festivals around the world and John Sepe, who has produced countless commercial, film and television projects over the past 15 years.

Rounding out the team are cast members Neal Matarazzo (Free Willy 2, Contact, Blindspot, Person of Interest, House of Cards, The Blacklist, Boardwalk Empire), Melissa Macleod Herion (The Pearl Theatre Company, NJ Rep, Seven Angels Theatre) and Eric Neumann, whom Hollywood Radio and Television Society named, “one of the hottest rising star stand-up comedians in New York.”

The team is shooting on a budget of $23,317. While this may sound like a lot for a short film, Beck and Hoagland recognize that the costs for making a well-crafted movie with high production value add up quickly.

Having crunched the numbers multiple times, they believe this is a realistic amount to cover equipment, secure locations and travel – as well as a small stipend for members of the cast and crew, in the fierce belief that professionals who contribute their time and talent to an artistic collaboration deserve at least a modicum of compensation.

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What Tomorrow Brings

Directed by
Cameron Dingwall
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Cinematography by
Anna Franquesa Solano
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Produced by: John Sepe, Hannah Beck and Sean Hoagland

Written by
Hannah Beck
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Sean Hoagland
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Starring
Hannah Beck
Sean Hoagland

Neal Matarazzo
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Melissa Macleod Herion
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Eric Neumann
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