Fantasy A Gets a Mattress

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNoah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
Written byNoah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
Produced bySafiye Rose Senturk
Noah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
StarringFantasy A
Acacia Porter
Logic Amen
Aaron Billingsly
Ready Ron
Keosha Lovely Fredricks
Miles Stanberry
CinematographyNoah Zoltan Sofian
Ryan Cutuli
Edited byNoah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
Release date
  • 2023 (2023)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress is a 2023 American independent comedy film written and directed by Noah Zoltan Sofian and David Norman Lewis and produced by Sofian, Lewis, and Safiye Rose Senturk. The film stars Fantasy A and is based loosely on his life and sections of his memoir, Life in the Eyes of an Autistic Person.

Plot

After coming home past curfew, Fantasy A gets kicked out of his group home for disabled adults. While searching for a new place to sleep, Fantasy A interacts with an ensemble cast of characters as he simultaneously seeks superstardom.

Cast

  • Fantasy A as Himself
  • Acacia Porter as Asia Rose
  • Logic Amen as Ramon
  • Aaron Billingsly as Zander
  • Ready Ron as Ed Jones
  • Keosha Lovely Fredricks as Lil Rude Puss
  • Chris Zapata as Glenn
  • Miles Stanberry as Male Model
  • Osato Cooley as Osato
  • Elizabeth Navarro as Annabelle
  • DoNormaal as Crystal
  • Louis Wilson as Louis the Bartender
  • Charles McKinney as Scabby
  • Tony Beck as Grady
  • Margaret Channon as Canvasser
  • Karen Wetterhahn as White Lady

Production

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was filmed in numerous locations throughout Seattle.[1] The filmmakers and most of the cast and crew members involved are also from Seattle. The core production team and Fantasy A all attended the same high school in Seattle.[2]

Release and reception

Festivals

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was selected to screen at the following film festivals:

Critical response

In Chase Hutchinson's review for The Seattle Times, he wrote, "the history of Seattle film has a new chapter that, while still being written, begins and ends with Fantasy A."[14] Natalia Mesa, writing for High Country News, stated, "The interstitial back alleys, dark clubs, industrial zones and skate parks not only serve as low-budget locales, they also expose Seattle’s underbelly, which is rarely captured on film."[15]

Brendan Kiley, reviewing the film for The Seattle Times's Pacific NW Magazine, wrote, “There is a part of us it wakes up—a part we’ve been yearning to have awoken.”[16] Writing for The Stranger, culture critic Charles Mudede compared the film to Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You, stating, "What do these works show? How surreal it is to live in a world where what is most unreal (poverty) has the most reality."[5]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for Fantasy A Gets a Mattress
Award Year Category Nominee Result Ref.
Seattle Black Film Festival Jury Awards 2023 Best Feature Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won [15]
Berlin Indie Film Festival Jury Awards 2023 Best Cinematography Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won [17][18]
Local Sightings Film Festival Jury Awards 2023 Best Feature Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won [19][20]
Tacoma Film Festival Jury Awards 2023 Best PNW Narrative Feature Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won [21]
Silent City Film Festival Jury Awards 2023 Best Comedic Feature Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won [22]
Seattle Film Critics Society Jury Awards 2023 Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Nominated [23]
Spokane International Film Festival Jury Awards 2024 Most Promising Filmmaker Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won [24]

References

  1. ^ Kiley, Brendan (December 18, 2024). "Seattle filmmaking renegades Fantasy A and friends are at it again". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 21, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ Kiley, Brendan (December 8, 2023). "With 'Fantasy A Gets a Mattress,' a Seattle rapper is living his dream". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 4, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ Davis, Mike (June 30, 2023). "Mike's adventures in art: 'Solaris', 'Formation', 'Fantasy A'". KUOW-FM. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved September 26, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ Davis, Mike; Denkmann, Libby (September 24, 2023). "'Fantasy A Gets a Mattress': Local low-budget movie gains momentum in Seattle". KUOW. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved September 24, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ a b Mudede, Charles (September 13, 2023). "Fantasy A's Incoherent City". The Stranger. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved October 19, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ Guarente, Gabe (September 11, 2023). "What to see at Northwest Film Forum's Local Sightings festival". SEAToday. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved November 17, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ Minton, Matt (October 3, 2023). "Celebrating Ithaca's silent Hollywood past with a new film festival". The Ithaca Voice. Ithaca, New York. Retrieved October 18, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ Wickersham, Hailee (August 23, 2023). "The Tacoma Film Festival is Back". South Sound Magazine. Tacoma, Washington. Retrieved September 29, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ Amenn, Joan (August 27, 2023). "Review: Fantasy A Gets a Mattress". In Their Own League. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved September 26, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ "2023 TASH Conference Baltimore". Retrieved May 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ^ "Staff Pick: Fantasy A Gets a Mattress". The Inlander. Spokane, Washington. February 5, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ^ @oskabright; (February 7, 2024). "Fantasy A, a real-life autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. After being kicked out of his group home onto the grim summer streets, Fantasy A sets off on an odyssey to achieve fame and to find a good mattress to sleep on in this ensemble comedy filmed entirely on location in Seattle. ✨🍿 Catch @fantasyagetsamattressmovie at @lewes_depot next month. To find out more, visit oskabright.org". Retrieved March 4, 2024 – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ^ @capcityfilmfest; (February 7, 2024). "Described as "a juicy, and profoundly sweaty, adventure" this "comic surrealist" narrative feature is our first announcement of programming for #CCFF24! FANTASY A GETS A MATTRESS tells the story of real-life autistic Seattle rapper, Fantasy A, who sets off on an odyssey to achieve fame and find a good mattress to sleep on in this ensemble comedy filmed in Seattle". Retrieved March 4, 2024 – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ^ Hutchinson, Chase (September 12, 2023). "A Seattle rapper takes center stage in 'Fantasy A Gets a Mattress'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 18, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ^ a b Mesa, Natalia (October 18, 2023). "A new film asks: how do you make art in a city you can't afford?". High Country News. Peoria, Colorado. Retrieved October 18, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ^ Kiley, Brendan (December 8, 2023). "'Fantasy A Gets a Mattress' gets an A for its award-winning awakening". The Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  17. ^ Helming, Savannah (May 15, 2024). "Who Is Fantasy A, Really? Get To Know Seattle's Favorite Niche Celebrity". The Seattle Medium. Retrieved May 6, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  18. ^ Berlin Indie Film Festival (June 2023). "Winners & Honorable Mention". Berlin, Germany. Retrieved November 27, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  19. ^ Northwest Film Forum (October 6, 2023). "Local Sightings Film Festival 2023 Announces Award Winners for Best Feature & Short Films". Seattle, Washington. Retrieved November 27, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  20. ^ The Olympian Staff (November 4, 2023). "What's happening this week around Thurston County". The Olympian. Olympia, Washington. Retrieved June 1, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  21. ^ Tacoma Film Festival (October 18, 2023). "Tacoma Film Festival 2023 Award Winners". Tacoma, Washington. Retrieved November 27, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  22. ^ Silent City Film Festival. "2023 SCFF Jury & Winners". Ithaca, New York. Retrieved November 27, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  23. ^ Guarente, Gabe (December 4, 2023). "Local film 'Fantasy A Gets a Mattress' is 2023's sleeper hit". SeaToday. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved March 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  24. ^ Shipman, Misty (November 30, 2019). "Noah Zoltan Sofian and David Norman Lewis for Fantasy A Gets a Mattress". Spokane International Film Festival. Spokane, Washington. Retrieved February 16, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.