‘NO PLACE’ LIKE THE MOVIES
ABQ-based filmmaker Holly Adams hosts film festival at Guild Cinema
Holly Adams has brought many stories to life as a writer and director. Adams is gearing up to host the Holly Adams Film Festival at the Guild Cinema at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18.
The festival will have a sizzle reel for her upcoming film, “No Place,” which will begin production this summer in New Mexico.
The short films she will show are “Leather Kittens Gone Bad,” “Shadows of Waste” and “Betaville.”
Adams is still deciding on the fourth short film.
“This will be my first feature film,” Adams says. “I’m also going to be showing four of my short films.”
Adams says “No Place” is a Tarantino-style action crime road picture.
It tells the story of 15-year-old Willow, who escapes with her father’s pistol and cash after committing a heinous crime in revenge for enduring years of abuse at his hands.
Meanwhile, 17-year-old Joe has accidentally poisoned his obese mother and though he is flat broke, he’s got a Mickey Mantle baseball card worth millions.
The two meet each other at a gas station and flee their horrendous pasts, heading West.
With the law, Joe’s landlord and Willow’s uncles are hot on their heels.
The distraught teens disguise themselves as newlyweds to great effect.
Despite his resistance, Joe recognizes himself in Willow when he discovers that they are both on the run from abusive home lives yet still hold out hope for a brighter future.
Joe vows to buy themselves a home of their own with the money from the Mickey Mantle. But just yards away from the baseball card convention where he can cash in the Mickey, the law guns them down.
Through their ordeal, the teens discover the inexplicable resilience of life and that the home they were seeking was within each other all along.
Adams will also premiere the podcast that was the proof of concept for the film.
“Working on the podcast was amazing,” she says. “The talent in Albuquerque is amazing. The two main actors are going to be at the screening. I’m excited to have them on stage with me.”