Treeline Lake Film

a film by

Sinah Ober

starring

Jonathan Bangs

Charlz Williams

There's a distance - a wideness - between each of us, and even our own family are only out-of-focus silhouettes. But we can shout to each other. We can listen.

25 Minutes

DCP

A military trauma surgeon and his twenty-something son take the ashes of their deceased wife and mother to Treeline Lake, a place she loved. Against his father's wishes, the son creates a podcast about the experience that he hopes will advance his career as a radio journalist. This is the story of their last trip as a family.

Treeline Lake was filmed at 8,500 feet of elevation at Snowslide Lake in remote McCall, Idaho.

Production required that every team member hike the film equipment up and down the trail to Snowslide Peak … three times. Special battery powered lighting panels designed to simulate a campfire were built by hand. One crew member fought altitude sickness. Everyone camped and several scenes were shot by firelight. The director, editor, and cinematographer of Treeline Lake are women, and the entire team is a very diverse crew of overlapping colors, sexual orientations, and gender expressions, all working beyond their ordinary duties and for almost no money to express their craft and tell a story they care about. Treeline Lake is a film by a director and team with a truly independent creative vision.

Pan African Film Festival

World Premiere
Best Narrative Short Film – Nomination

30 Year Retrospective – Best of PAFF

Katra Film Series

Grand Finale – Official Selection

Best Short Film – Winner

Maryland Film Festival

Official Selection

Big Muddy Film Festival

Official Selection

Oslo Independent Film Festival

Official Selection

Buffalo International Film Festival

Official Selection

Yellowstone International Film Festival

Official Selection

Deep Focus Film Festival

Official Selection

Treeline Lake is

Cast

Marcus … Charlz Williams

Scotty … Jonathan Bangs

Crew

Directed by ... Sinah Ober

Written & Produced by … D. Jesse Damazo, Sinah Ober

Cinematography & Color … Riley H. Shen

Associate Producer & Gaffer … Darrell Brett

Editor … Qing Shao

Sound … Marc Carlton

First AC & Title Design … Dainius Bukauskas

Sound Mixer … Rasika Ruwanpathirana

Rerecording Mixer ... Aidan Reynolds

Unit Production Manager ... Zhāo Lewis Liú

Production Assistant ... Samantha Sharp

Assistant Producer ... Kat Shea

Poster Design ... Jo Roberts

Make-up Effects Design ... Jesse Walker

Music

Original Music … Timothy Steven Clarke

Vibraphone, Flower Pots, Coil Spring Box, Doumbek, Caixa, String Bells and Turtle Drum ... John Smigielski

Soprano Sax Keys, Flute, Clarinet and Native American Flute ... Nelson Rivera

Violin, Viola and Cello ... Joe Goehle

Trumpet ... Timothy Steven Clarke