Filming in September, 2023 on Monhegan Island For David Is the story of a young writer who's work begins to blur with reality, possibly due to influences from her brooding professor. This project is a labor of love, and will be made by fellow young collaborators who are passionate about film and storytelling and are willing to get scrappy in order to bring this project to fruition.  More information on the film is available at loganlevitt.com/for-david

All donations will have a special thanks in the ending title sequence of the film. Thank you for making this film happen and being a patron of the arts!

Your funds will be going towards:

-Housing and Transport of Cast and Crew (our biggest expense)

-Feeding of Cast and Crew during shoot

-Equipment and Rentals

-Production / Costume design

Story

Callie, a young writer, comes to the serene Island of Monhegan Maine, for a summer-long writers workshop to complete her first novella, a story about a student-teacher affair. Things get off to a rocky start when she's accidentally placed in the class led by the brooding David Pierce. Tensions rise as they clash over the themes of her story. Reaching an explosive peak– their tensions take a sharp turn and she finds that the lines begin to blur between her writing and reality, possibly due to influences from David. For David is an exploration of authorship and female desire.

Director’s Statement

This story was born from a desire to capture the specific beauty and eeriness of Monhegan Island. I spent a week alone on the island before my senior year of college outlining my thesis short film L’Amour Fou and felt as though I were living in a story myself; the island was almost empty and its cinematic qualities felt otherworldly. That feeling planted a seed that I sat with for a year…. this idea of a writer feeling as though they’re living in a story, possibly even their own. After graduating and that chapter of my life ending during a virtual tossing of our caps (due to the pandemic), I poured my ambitions and disappointments into this story. I wanted to communicate and explore the sacred power dynamics of the student and teacher, along with an exploration of desire, framed in a female centered experience. For David  communicates the unspoken tension of writing about uncomfortable truths.

Directors Bio

Logan Levitt was born and raised in Jackson, New Hampshire and currently lives and works in New York City. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design, and currently works as a fashion Designer at Tory Burch. This is will be her second short film. 

Cast:

Lead-

Olympia Miccio (they/them)- Callie

Supporting-

Ruthann Brown (she/her)-Ruth

Tish Hanlon(she/her)-Jane

Currently Casting: David (40-60), and Etienne (60-70)

Our Small crew is currently composed of:

Logan Levitt (she/her) -Writer /Director /Producer

Ronnie Side (she/her)-Assistant Director 

Imani Christopher (she/her)-Second AD and 

Iz Lucente(she/her)-Production Assistant

Thomas Bergen (he/him) and Thomas Stafford (he/him) of InFocus Media- Lighting, Audio and Second Camera

Noland Vannoy (he/him)-Composer

 
We are currently seeking a Cinematographer, if interested and based in the Northeast Region please reach out to loganjlevitt@gmail.com