P.J. Palmer’s OSCAR® qualified NORTH STAR starring Emmy Winner Colman Domingo and Malcolm Gets shares the story of a couple who do whatever it takes for love
“North Star” by P.J. Palmer
Writer/Director P.J. Palmer’s touching short film NORTH STAR shares the story of a same-gender couple who stand by their marriage vows and stay loyal in the face of adversity. This acclaimed film has only just begun its festival run and has already been selected for 10 OSCAR®-qualifying film festivals and won 16 awards!
After recently winning the LGBT Award at HollyShorts Film Festival and Best Narrative Short & Best Shout Short at Sidewalk Film Festival this heartfelt film is now under consideration for the 95th Academy Awards® .
Palmer tells the story of a middle-aged, same-sex couple living in rural America. Emmy Winner Colman Domingo (LINCOLN, EUPHORIA, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD) plays James, a patriotic man, a good partner and a hardworking rancher with his husband, Craig, played by Tony Award Nominee Malcolm Gets (CAROLINE IN THE CITY, GREY GARDENS) who is dying at home. Craig’s sister, Erin, played by SAG Award Winner Audrey Wasilewski (MAD MEN, BIG LOVE), arrives unannounced to take her brother to spend his last days with his “real” family. While televangelists, played by SAG Award Winner Laura Innes (ER, DEEP IMPACT) and Golden Globe Winner Kevin Bacon (FOOTLOOSE, MYSTIC RIVER), push shame, fear, and division as the cornerstones of faith. Chris Sheffield (THE BLOCK ISLAND SOUND, THE MAZE RUNNER) rounds out the cast as Mike, who arrives to help James make a heart-breaking sacrifice.
P.J. Palmer is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, and alumni of the Edinburgh Film Festival Director’s Lab and the Artist-in-Residency project with the National Steinbeck Centre. He has written/directed several documentaries including THE GRAPES OF WRATH: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY. His narrative projects include GHOSTED LIFE, a drama series he created of short-form stories set in New York. His spec historical drama pilot script, BACK ON CANNERY ROW, continues to win awards and was rated an 8 on the Blacklist (top 5% of scripts). Palmer is also the series producer on the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed and multiple award-winning LGBTQ+ drama series, ANYONE BUT ME, which has 4 seasons on Amazon Prime.
NORTH STAR is produced by Ryan Haffey and Emily Palmer. Haffey is an award-winning producer, director and writer, his credits include BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE and a documentary on THE GRAPES OF WRATH. Palmer directed the first season of the Discovery+ flagship series HOMEGROWN. Emily directs, produces, and manages productions for global brands including APPLE MUSIC, ADIDAS and MAILCHIMP.
The stunning cinematography was created by Ernesto Lomeli (prologue on Guillermo Del Torro’s PACIFIC RIM, title sequence on Netflix’s ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK)] and Executive Produced by Andrew Carlberg (Academy Winner SKIN, Academy Nominee FEELING THROUGH).
NORTH STAR won the Programmer’s Choice Award at Cleveland International Film Festival, and also won the Audience Choice Award for Best Short at San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, won the Best Short Award at Hill Country Film Festival and well as the Best Actor Award for Colman Domingo.
This touching film will now vie for an OSCAR® nomination.
Upcoming screenings include:
- Annual Coney Island Film Festival, Screening Sept. 17
- Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival, (Opening Night Film, Out of Competition), Screening Sept. 17
- Annual Oscar Qualifying Edmonton International Film Festival, (Canadian Premiere), Screening Sept. 25
- Filmoramax International Short Film Festival, (French Premiere, Out of Competition), Screening Sept. 28
- Annual Tallgrass Film Festival, (Kansas Premiere), Screening Sept. 30
- Annual Woodstock Film Festival, Screening Sept. 30
- Annual Oscar Qualifying Out On Film – Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival, Screening Oct. 2
- Bolton Film Festival, (European Premiere, In competition), Screening Oct. 6
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