PUBLIC SPEAKING
PRODUCER
Format: Short Film
Writer / Director: Noah Millman
Starring: David W. Thompson, Déa Julien, Shane Nepveu, Tadashi Beddie, Michael J. Burg, Molly Brown, Jake Woodbury Davis
Production: Shooting Films
In Association With: Gone Fishing Media
Winner: Best Short, Coming-of-Age, Manhattan Film Festival (April 2017)
Finalist: Best Narrative Short, Austin Film Festival (October 2017)
Official Selection: Short To The Point Film Festival (May 2017)
Official Selection: LA Indie Film Festival (September 2017)
Official Selection: Los Angeles Lift-Off Online Festival (September 2017)
Official Selection: New Filmmakers New York (November 2017)
Official Selection: New York No Limits Film Series (January 2018)
Synopsis: Two high school debaters in the 1980s ride home together on a school bus after a tournament. He is a star who can speak eloquently about anything from nuclear weapons to farm subsidies—but when it comes to confessing his true feelings to his teammate, he finds himself completely at a loss for words.