SOME KIND OF HEAVEN
USA, 2020, 81 min
Co-presented with Sag Harbor Cinema
Director: Lance Oppenheim
Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Simon Horsman, Kathleen Lingo, Lance Oppenheim, Melissa Oppenheim, Jeffrey Soros, Pacho Velez
Editors: Daniel Garber, Lance Oppenheim
Cinematographer: David Bolen
At The Villages in Central Florida, often called the “Disneyland for Retirees,” we meet four residents living on the margins, striving to find happiness. While most residents have bought into the community's packaged positivity, married couple Anne and Reggie, widow Barbara, and 82-year-old bachelor Dennis all struggle to find their footing in this fantasy oasis as they seek to survive and possibly thrive in their golden years.
Lance Oppenheim is a filmmaker from South Florida. His films explore the lives of people who create homes in unconventional places and circumstances. He was a 2019 Sundance Ignite fellow, was one of Filmmaker magazine's 2019 “25 new faces of independent film,” and is the youngest contributor to the New York Times: Op-Docs TV series. Oppenheim graduated from Harvard University’s visual and environmental studies program in 2019. Some Kind of Heaven is his first feature film.
Q/A moderated by Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan with Director Lance Oppenheim