feature film

Making her feature film debut, Bode came to play the character, who’s used a wheelchair since birth, via an open call.

The director was finishing his second feature film and told Smerilli maybe they could collaborate on the next one.

He would go on to make his feature film debut in the 2011 Irish film Between the Canals.

This is Ruizpalacios’ fourth feature film in roughly a decade and feels like a big step forward, a move from being a promising talent to someone truly coming into their own as a storyteller.

Director Spike Jonze, who had some notoriety for his music videos and commercials, also made his feature film debut with “Malkovich.”