waking up in a dream
(IN POST-PRODUCTION)
experimental feature (documentary/narrative hybrid)
a child carries an elder's lost journal across brooklyn in search of a mythical beach said to hold a forgotten secret. boundaries between memory and imagination dissolve as a collection of documentary encounters filmed over three years transforms her journey into a shared dream of life and death.
CREDITS
by Jamil McGinnis & Pat Heywood
producers Petrus van Staden, Yoko Kohmoto, Claire McGirr
director of photography Peter Hou
butterfly unit cinematography Alice Boucherie
production designer Stephanie Osin Cohen
editor Carla Luffe
sound recording EJ Markland
casting director Katya Chernetsova
music James William Blades
executive producers Caleb Negassa, Joshua Sobel
SUPPORT
2021 Rooftop Films Filmmakers Fund (Camera Grant)*
2021 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Directors Lab)
2022 HamptonsFilm (Screenwriters Lab)*
2022 Gotham (Project Market Week)*
2024 IDA Fiscal Sponsorship
2026 IDFA Project Space (Rough Cut Lab)
*project formerly known as In Search of Time