Sundance Institute

Institute History

2020 Sundance Film Festival

Description

Meet Kurt, from @KurtsWorld96. He dreams of one day sitting atop a social media empire, but he’s not there yet. He currently drives for the rideshare company Spree, which is cool for him because he gets to hang with so many dope people all day long. Fortunately, Kurt has come up with the perfect way to go viral: #TheLesson. He’s decked out his car with cameras for a nonstop livestream full of killer entertainment. In the middle of all this madness, a stand-up comedian with her own viral agenda, Jessie Adams, crosses Kurt’s path and becomes our only hope to put a stop to his misguided carnage.

Prolific indie director Eugene Kotlyarenko makes his Sundance Film Festival debut with this gonzo satire of demented social media obsession. Adopting the ambitious style of a continuous social media feed, Spree manages to keep surprising us with its ingenuity, its insights, and an energetic pulse driven by the lead performance of actor Joe Keery. If you follow @KurtsWorld96, he’ll follow you back.

— C.S.

Screening Details

Section: NEXT
Film Type: US Narrative Feature
Country: U.S.A.
Run Time: 93 min.

Credits

Executive Producer
Actor
Producer
Director of Photography
- Jeff Leeds Cohn
Casting
- Rebecca Dealy
Director
- Eugene Kotlyarenko
Screenwriter
- Eugene Kotlyarenko
- Gene McHugh
Production Designer
- Carlos Laszlo
Costume Designer
- Natasha Newman-Thomas
Editor
- Benjamin Moses Smith
Sound Design
- Jonathan Wales

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