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Eephus

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Canadian Premiere

The summer is over and a small New England recreational baseball league is playing a make-up game. The Riverdogs meet Adler’s Paint on what is to be the final game played on Soldiers Field before its demolition. Despite delays (and a few too many beers), the game progresses through the day, as the men struggle to say goodbye to their beloved diamond.

Named after a slow, high-arcing pitch thrown to upset the batter’s timing, Eephus follows a similar trajectory by patiently documenting this small-stakes baseball game at a languid pace. In his directorial debut, a poetic ode to America’s favourite pastime, Carson Lund (DP on Christmas Eve at Miller’s Point, also in VIFF) tacitly examines the nature of time and the movement of light with gentle wit and great humanity.

 

Oct 5 & 6: Q&A with director Carson Lund

 

A lovely little sundowner movie… The minimal action is contained in the dugout chatter, the banter in the outfield, the beer cans multiplying in the grass, the bright sky slowly darkening, the tempers that get lost and found […] Its pearls of practical wisdom and jewels of melancholic wit make Eephus a gem, which is fitting, for a movie about a game played on a diamond.

Jessica Kiang, Variety

Director
Cast

Keith William Richards, Cliff Blake, Ray Hryb, Stephen Radochia, David Pridemore, Pete Minkarah

Credits
Country of Origin

USA/France

Year

2024

Language

English

Film Contact
18+

At International Village

19+

At Fifth Avenue

98 min
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Omnes Films

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Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Michael Tonelli, Brian Clark, Ashish Shetty, Jim Christman

Producer

Michael Basta, David Entin, Carson Lund, Tyler Taormina

Screenwriter

Michael Basta, Nate Fisher, Carson Lund

Cinematography

Greg Tango

Editor

Carson Lund

Production Design

Erik Lund

Original Music

Erik Lund, Carson Lund

Carson Lund headshot; Eephus director

Carson Lund

Carson Lund is a founding member of Omnes Films, an independent, Los Angeles-based filmmaking collective named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Film.” Lund marks his directorial debut with Eephus, which he also wrote and produced. As a cinematographer and producer, his credits include the upcoming film Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, in addition to Ham on Rye (2020) and Topology of Sirens (2021). A New Hampshire native, Lund is also a musician and film critic.

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