A young girl fears her mother's illness is contagious.
A Slamdance Grand Jury prize winner and Student Academy Award finalist, TWITCH portrays a young girl torn between two worlds: caring for her disabled mother and escaping into the world of adolescence with her new boyfriend.
TWITCH has screened in over 200 film festivals worldwide, won a dozen international awards, and is currently airing on IFC, Channel Thirteen and Skandinavia TV.
Directed by Leah Meyerhoff
Directed by
Leah Meyerhoff
Written by
Leah Meyerhoff
Produced by
Sean Warner
Production Company
Implode Films
Cast
Emma Galvin …daughter
Toni Meyerhoff …Mother
Peter Corrie …Boyfriend
Naomi Schneider …Young Daughter
Sarah Bradley-King …Young Mother
Robert Hancock …Doctor
Crew
Leah Meyerhoff …Writer/Director/Editor
Sean Warner …Producer
J.R. Roberts …Cinematographer
Hans Ten Broeke …Sound Designer
Kevin McGarry …Production Designer
Lori Engels …Art Director
Craig Johnson …Assistant Director
Iris Young …Line Producer
Jiff Cambell …Assistant Producer
Michael Burke …Assistant Camera
Josh Winkler …Assistant Camera
Oskar Ness …Gaffer
Tom Gosser …Grip
Chris Amundson …Grip
Jeremy Curtin …Sound Operator
Rusty Osgood …Boom
Tin Fan …Boom
Dominique Lettiere …wardrobe
Emily Goodwin …wardrobe
Jeni Wolowic …Script Supervisor
Rachel Weiler …Production Assistant
James West …Production Assistant
Carlos Zerzan …Production Assistant
Director's Statement
TWITCH was largely inspired by events from my childhood. My mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis shortly before I was born and I grew up having to take care of her. I have been interested in this mother-daughter role reversal for some time, and made the decision early on to cast my actual mother in the film. By bringing as much real-life experience to the film as possible, I hope to create a more raw emotional experience for the viewer.
Filmmaker Biography
Leah Meyerhoff is a Slamdance Grand Jury prize winner and Student Academy Award finalist currently pursuing an MFA at New York University. Her short film TWITCH has screened in over 200 film festivals, won a dozen international awards and was picked up for distribution by IFC, Reelport and Skandinavia TV. Leah has since completed several music videos, including TEAM QUEEN, a Planet Out finalist airing on LOGO, and ETERNAL FLAME, on MTV Europe. Leah has received press coverage from The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Film Threat, and numerous other publications. She is also profiled in the docudrama series "Film School" which continues to air on the Independent Film Channel. Leah teaches film courses at New York University and the New York Film Academy and has been a featured panelist at a number of film festivals. She often works as a festival consultant and recently served on the Slamdance narrative jury. Leah holds a BA in Art-Semiotics from Brown University. Leah is currently in pre-production on her first feature film, a Sundance Lab Finalist called UNICORNS.