VICTORIA  BUGBEE
WRITER DIRECTOR DESIGNER  
FILM *    THEATER   *  ARTIST
"Out of State - A Gothic Romance" a new film by Victoria Bugbee stars Sarah Moliski, Caroline Winterson, James Nester and A Ryder Turner

Victoria Bugbee is an award winning filmmaker, playwright, director and visual artist known for her debut feature "Out of State-A Gothic Romance." The music driven dramatic comedy has traveled the world at over 50 indie film festivals winning 60+ awards in every category. Her audience immersive on-site plays and performances include "The Gas Station Project" staged in an autobody shop, ""Boxer Shorts" staged in a laundromat and "Life and Death With Business In Between" staged in a furniture store window.


Bugbee's visual art projects including KABOOM, a traveling exhibition of her pastels and murals of Chinatown Fireworks, "Le Pavillion Hotel" and The Music Series. i"Sonesta Sonata" is a visual music sonata written for 7 instruments. Presently the writer director is adapting her original play "The Gas Station Project" to film.


OUT OF STATE-A GOTHIC ROMANCE 

http://outofstate-thefilm.com.  Facebook @OutofStateAGothicRomance
instagram @outofstatethemovie

Synopsis

Elsa, on the cusp of turning 18, is sent to live with her strange step-relatives, Aunt Marcia and her 20-something sons. Tab is a gifted musician and Marcia's favorite. Emery, the Cinderella of the family, supports the household by restoring antique furniture. They are both quirky shut-ins who fall hard for Elsa. The tragic comedy is "My Cousin Rachel" meets "The Royal Tenenbaums" dark with a sly sense of humor. Themes explored are first love, parental guidance run amuck and the need for independence set against a dysfunctional quirky family.

107 mins. English USA  http://outofstate-thefilm.com


The award winning feature is set somewhere in The Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania and in the early 1990's. The music driven arthouse film stars Sarah Moliski, Caroline Winterson, James Nester, Avery Ryder Turner, Tess Warren, Lynne Goldberg, Matthew Brueckner, Peter Bugbee, Paola Tawa and Dave Scheffler.

Production
Bugbee wrote the screenplay with her distant cousin, the late Charles Bugbee(Just Off The Coast). Bugbee and crew shot 100 scenes in 21 days in Bugbee's Victorian home and garden in Hastings on Hudson, NY.  Bugbee and her husband George Warren were Executive Producers. Ilya Shnitser (Heroin, Isle of Fire) Director of Photography, lensed the majority of the film with a Canon Cinematic 300 with Zeiss prime lenses.The film spans winter to summer with a few scenes shot in winter and spring. 

Bugbee's Co-Producer is Cherie Fortis (Paul Simon-the African Concert, Twilight) who assisted with casting and post-production. Bugbee was Production Designer and Co-Costume Designer with Kim Druce-Sava (Kids, A League ofTheir Own). Additional Camera by Daniel Marracino (Where in the World is Osama bin Laden), Blair Johnson, Dylan Warren, & David Zung shot a few scenes in spring and winter. Soundpersons included Hyo Jin An, Olaitan Agueh, Eric Bini, Daniel Munro, Katie Louchheim, and Phil Shipman and The Sound Consortium. 


Post Production

Kim Millie (Ken Burn's (Muhammed Ali-Part 1, Leonardo) edited the film in AVID with help from Assistant Editor Matthew Brueckner who was Post-Production Supervisor. Chromavision handled Color Grading & Eric Bugbee created the end titles. Joe Deihl Composer, Sound Designer and Audio Mix created a lush Euro Folk inspired score that unites a mashup of original songs created by singer songwriters Emily King, Kim Kalesti, Amanda Anne Platt and The Honeycutters, John Mason, Carter McNeil, & Bachtopus.The title song written by V.Bugbee and Joe Deihl is performed by Amie Becker Karscig.


Tom McKeveny designed the movie poster and banner. Our crowdfunding was through Indiegogo and we are grateful to all our contributors.


Film Festivals & Awards

"Out of State A Gothic Romance" has traversed the globe at 50+ international film festivals winning 60+ awards in every category. Film Festival highlights include the following:


Lumina Film Festival -Best Drama, Best Director Debut, Best Producer, Best Costumes, Liberac, Czech Repuplic


London Vision Film Festival - Best Feature Film, Best Director Feature, UK


Milan Indie Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature, Milan, Italy


Rotterdam Independent Film Festival - Best Female Director, Netherlands


Berlin Women Cinema Festival -Best Narrative Feature, Best Director-  Germany


Paris Film Awards - Best Feature Film, Paris, France

 

Diario Italiano Film Festival, Best Picture, Best International Narrative, Best Director - Florence, Italy


Liberty Film Festival - Best Dark Comedy, Best Director Debut, Athems, Greece


European Cinematography Awards (Pathe) - Best Feature Film (USA) Amsterdam, Netherlands


Palma Film Festival - Best Dramatic Feature, Best Director Debut, Mallorca, Spain


Frida Film Festival (Mexico City) Best. Picture, Best Director, Best Indie Producer, Best Casting Director, Mexico


Telluride Indie Film Festival - Best American Narrative Feature, Best International Arthouse Director, Best Cast, Telluride, Colorado 


Austin International Arts Festival - Best US Narrative Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography Feature Film - Austin, Texas


International Motion Picture Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey


Allentown Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature Film, Allentown, Pennsylvania


Elliott Erwitt Award - Best Narrative Feature, Best Dramatic Comedy, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cast- Frida Film Festival, Paris, France


New Cinema Festival Ibiza Film Production Fest - Best Romance, Best Dramatic Comedy, Best American Director, Ibiza, Spain


Cine Vista Oasis Film Festival - Best Picture, Jakarta, Indonesia


Global Visionaries Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography (Ilya Shnitser), Da Nang, Viet Nam


Sophia World Film Festival Best Director, Cinematographer, Score, Sophia, Bulgaria


Ecovision Global Film Festival - Best Romance - Sydney, Australia


Milan Gold Awards - Best Narrative Feature, Milan, Italy


Singapore Film & Script Festival - Best USA Film, Singapore


Tulip International Film Festival - Best Director Debut, Best Producer, Rotterdam, Netherlands


New Hope Film Festival - Indie Spirit Award, Audience Choice Narrative Feature, New Hope, Pennsylvania


YoFi Fest - Yonkers Film Festival - Audience Choice Award Narrative Feature


Boston Indie Film Festival - Best Director, Boston, Massachusetts


Hong Kong Indie Film Festival -Best Actor (James Nester), Best Actress (Sarah Moliski), Best Editing (K.A.Miille), Best Script (Charles & Victoria Bugbee) Best Cinematography (Ilya Shnitser), Hong Kong, China


Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival - Best Script (Charles & Victoria Bugbee), Nashville, Tennessee


Vancouver Arthouse Film Festival - Best First Time Filmmaker, Canada

Moonwhite Film International Film Fest - Best Background Music (Joe Deihl), Actor (A Ryder Turner), Actress (Sarah Moliski) Supporting Actress (Caroline Winterson), Mumbai, India


COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS


Creative Time together with Lincoln Center Out Doors awarded Bugbee a Commission to write, produce and direct"A Surreal Soap Opera - Toxic Waste Meets Resortland." 

 

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting to expand a one act play to surreal musical. Book & Lyrics by Victoria Bugbee. Music by Joe Deihl .

"Life and Death With Business In Between."


Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta - 3 Artist Initiated Grants to write, direct and produce three audience interactive site performances.

 "The Atlanta Trilogy - 3 One Acts.  "Murder," "The Vacation" and "Boxer Shorts"


New York Foundation for the Arts Fiscal Sponsorship to promote a new play in gas stations and car related places around the world

"The Gas Station Project" 


RiverArts and Arts Westchester Staged Reading of "The Gas Station Project"


FILM AND VIDEO

For 15 years Bugbee worked with Bill Marpet and Andy Biskin at B Productions of New York producing commercials, video walls, trend reports, TV segments, and image pieces for the fashion and beauty industries. Projects include TV Special "Murphy Brown: A 25th Anniversary Special"  for STARZ, "Vogue's The Making of Fashion Night Out" runway segment for CBS, and "Wedding March on Madison" for Brides Magazine and the documentary "Crobar-The Making of a Mega Club." 

With George Warren she designed the CGI trailer for David Cronenberg's movie "Videodrome," at Digital Effects. She worked with cel animator Doros Evangelides, National Video Center and at George Parker Productions.

Bugbee entered the world of moving images by directing the videos of her performance pieces. These include "Boxer Shorts" and the music video of "Life and Death With Business In Between."


JOURNALIST

Her feature articles on film and video have appeared  Backstage, Millimeter, Computer Pictures, Videography and the Paris based Sequence. Highlights include American Cinematographer about the making of Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise," "Vilmos Sigmund - Poet of Light" for Shoot and an exclusive interview with Norma Kamali and her fashion image pieces for Backstage.

VISUAL ARTIST AND PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Trained as a visual artist her one woman show of mural size pastels of Chinatown was dubbed KABOOM by the New York Times. The traveling exhibit is audience immersive. Other graphic series include "Sonesta Sonata" music drawings created for 7 instruments, "Le Pavillion Hotel" drawing created while Bugbee was Resident Manager of the hotel and apartment complex in Atlanta and "The Vacation-Worlds of Desperation."


Bugbee has designed sets and costumes for her films, videos and on-site performance work and theatrical productions. She also designed sets for B Productions for clients that included COTY and STARZ.

 


COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS


Creative Time  and Lincoln Center Out Doors commission to write and producer

 "A Surreal Soap Opera - Toxic Waste Meets Resortland." 
 
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for Playwrighting to expand a one act play.
 "Life and Death With Business In Between."

Bureau of Cultural Affairs,

 City of Atlanta - 3 Artist Initiated Grants to write and produce 
 "The Atlanta Trilogy - 3 One Acts.  "Murder," "The Vacation" and "Boxer Shorts"

New York Foundation for the Arts Fiscal Sponsorship to promote a new play worldwide
 "The Gas Station Project" 

RiverArts and Arts Westchester Staged Reading of "The Gas Station Project"

FILM AND VIDEO
Bugbee has worked with Bill Marpet and Andy Biskin at B Productions of New York producing commercials, video walls, trend reports, TV segments, and image pieces for the fashion and beauty industries.  With George Warren she designed the CGI trailer for David Cronenberg's movie "Videodrome," at Digital Effects. She worked with cel animator Doros Evangelides, National Video Center and at George Parker Productions

JOURNALIST

Her feature articles on film and video have appeared  Backstage, Millimeter, Computer Pictures, Videography and Sequence. Her article for American Cinematorgrapher about the making of Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than 
VISUAL ARTIST AND PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Trained as a visual artist her one woman show of mural size pastels was dubChinatown USA and its incredible tradition of fireworks. 

Bugbee has designed sets for her on-site performance work and theatrical productions.  She also designed sets for B Productions for clients that included COTY and STARZ.
bed "KABOOM" by the New York Times.  The traveling exhibition explores
James Nester (Tab), Caroline Winterson (Marcia) A.Ryder Turner (Emery) Sarah Moliski (Elsa) on the set of Out of State-A Gothic Romance
Alyson Pou as Death in "Life and Death With Business In Between" photo Michael Reade
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