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Directed by | Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Written by | Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Produced by | Safiye Rose Senturk Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Starring |
Fantasy A Acacia Porter Logic Amen Aaron Billingsly Ready Ron Keosha Lovely Fredricks Miles Stanberry |
Cinematography | Noah Zoltan Sofian Ryan Cutuli |
Edited by | Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress is a 2023 American independent comedy film written and directed by Noah Zoltan Sofian and David Norman Lewis and produced by Sofian, Lewis, and Safiye Rose Senturk. The film stars Fantasy A and is based loosely on his life and sections of his memoir, Life in the Eyes of an Autistic Person.
After coming home past curfew, Fantasy A gets kicked out of his group home for disabled adults. While searching for a new place to sleep, Fantasy A interacts with an ensemble cast of characters as he simultaneously seeks superstardom.
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was filmed in numerous locations throughout Seattle. The filmmakers and most of the cast and crew members involved are also from Seattle. The core production team and Fantasy A all attended the same high school in Seattle. [1]
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was selected to screen at the following film festivals:
In Chase Hutchinson's review for The Seattle Times, he wrote, "the history of Seattle film has a new chapter that, while still being written, begins and ends with Fantasy A." [13] Natalia Mesa, writing for High Country News, stated, "The interstitial back alleys, dark clubs, industrial zones and skate parks not only serve as low-budget locales, they also expose Seattle’s underbelly, which is rarely captured on film." [14]
Brendan Kiley, reviewing the film for The Seattle Times's Pacific NW Magazine, wrote, “There is a part of us it wakes up—a part we’ve been yearning to have awoken.” [15] Writing for The Stranger, culture critic Charles Mudede compared the film to Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You, stating, "What do these works show? How surreal it is to live in a world where what is most unreal (poverty) has the most reality." [4]
Award | Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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Seattle Black Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [14] |
Berlin Indie Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Cinematography | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [16] [17] |
Local Sightings Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [18] [19] |
Tacoma Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best PNW Narrative Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [20] |
Silent City Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Comedic Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [21] |
Seattle Film Critics Society Jury Awards | 2023 | Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Nominated | [22] |
Spokane International Film Festival Jury Awards | 2024 | Most Promising Filmmaker | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [23] |
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | |
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Directed by | Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Written by | Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Produced by | Safiye Rose Senturk Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Starring |
Fantasy A Acacia Porter Logic Amen Aaron Billingsly Ready Ron Keosha Lovely Fredricks Miles Stanberry |
Cinematography | Noah Zoltan Sofian Ryan Cutuli |
Edited by | Noah Zoltan Sofian David Norman Lewis |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress is a 2023 American independent comedy film written and directed by Noah Zoltan Sofian and David Norman Lewis and produced by Sofian, Lewis, and Safiye Rose Senturk. The film stars Fantasy A and is based loosely on his life and sections of his memoir, Life in the Eyes of an Autistic Person.
After coming home past curfew, Fantasy A gets kicked out of his group home for disabled adults. While searching for a new place to sleep, Fantasy A interacts with an ensemble cast of characters as he simultaneously seeks superstardom.
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was filmed in numerous locations throughout Seattle. The filmmakers and most of the cast and crew members involved are also from Seattle. The core production team and Fantasy A all attended the same high school in Seattle. [1]
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was selected to screen at the following film festivals:
In Chase Hutchinson's review for The Seattle Times, he wrote, "the history of Seattle film has a new chapter that, while still being written, begins and ends with Fantasy A." [13] Natalia Mesa, writing for High Country News, stated, "The interstitial back alleys, dark clubs, industrial zones and skate parks not only serve as low-budget locales, they also expose Seattle’s underbelly, which is rarely captured on film." [14]
Brendan Kiley, reviewing the film for The Seattle Times's Pacific NW Magazine, wrote, “There is a part of us it wakes up—a part we’ve been yearning to have awoken.” [15] Writing for The Stranger, culture critic Charles Mudede compared the film to Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You, stating, "What do these works show? How surreal it is to live in a world where what is most unreal (poverty) has the most reality." [4]
Award | Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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Seattle Black Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [14] |
Berlin Indie Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Cinematography | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [16] [17] |
Local Sightings Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [18] [19] |
Tacoma Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best PNW Narrative Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [20] |
Silent City Film Festival Jury Awards | 2023 | Best Comedic Feature | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [21] |
Seattle Film Critics Society Jury Awards | 2023 | Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Nominated | [22] |
Spokane International Film Festival Jury Awards | 2024 | Most Promising Filmmaker | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | Won | [23] |