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SpyHop PitchNic program 2025 short film premiere
Filmmaking program puts collaboration ahead of the auteur theory.
At a time when solitude defines so much of how we spend our days, there’s immense value in things that remind us how much we need each other. For some local kids, that includes a reminder that “a film by” doesn’t mean “a film only by.” This week marks the premiere of four short films developed and completed as part of the year-long PitchNic program of the media-arts nonprofit SpyHop: Whinnie , directed by Jamie Jean; Happy Thoughts , directed by Tommy Pepper; Unfortunate Son , directed by Phoenix Ballesteros; and Bicycles , directed by Marilyn Heaner.
All four were chosen from among pitches…
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