Episode 27

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30th Aug 2025

Griffin in Summer - Director Nicholas Colia

GRIFFIN IN SUMMER, revolves around Griffin Nafly, played by break-out star Everett Blunck, who is the most ambitious playwright of his generation. He's also fourteen-years-old, still living with his exhausted mother in the bland suburb of Borwood and desperately attempting to self-produce his new divorce drama Regrets of Autumn starring his unenthusiastic friends. But when Griffin forms a surprise summer friendship with handsome twenty-five-year-old failed performance artist turned handyman Brad, played by Owen Teague, his life (and play) will never be the same. GRIFFIN IN SUMMER, premiered out of Tribeca Festival where it topped the festival awards winning Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature and Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature as well as Special Jury Mention for Director Nicholas Colia. The film also received a Someone to Watch Award nomination form Film Independent Spirit Awards. Director & writer Nicholas Colia stops by to talk about the making of his stars young break-out Everett Blunck as well as Owen Teague (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Melanie Lynskey (“Yellowjackets”), Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.) and Kathryn Newton (Lisa Frankenstein).

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