News & Updates

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We’re thrilled to announce that Alice-Heart is an official selection of ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (AIFVF)! We will have two screenings at the academy award-qualifying festival, playing at the historic Athena Cinema in Athens, OH: 

• Thursday, April 10th, 2025 @ 7:30PM 

• Saturday, April 12th, 2025 @ 7:00PM 

If you, your friends, or your family happen to be breezing through Athens on these dates, check out this page for more information on screenings and ticket purchases! It was incredible to fill so many seats in Los Angeles at Slamdance, and we can only hope to do the same for our Ohio premiere <3

Additionally, we've started an Alice-Heart digital newsletter if you or anyone you know would like to keep up with the film outside of social media. If you want to be amongst the first to receive the latest Alice-Heart news, sign up on this page to get the good word! And of course, we’ll continue to update our Instagram and Facebook with any and all exciting information!

From February 20th - 26th, sixteen members of our cast and crew attended Slamdance Film Festival to represent and support Alice-Heart’s World Premiere in Los Angeles, CA. It was an unforgettable experience to finally introduce Alice-Heart to the world and we were so, so fortunate to receive positive feedback and reception from Slamdance programmers and audience alike. 

While at Slamdance, not only did we sell out our second screening, but our team was awarded an Honorary Mention for the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize, AND Lissa Carandang-Sweeney took home the festival’s Outstanding Acting Award as Alice-Heart! We couldn’t have asked for a better world premiere, and we’re forever grateful to everyone who helped us get there <3

If you'd like to read more on our experiences and reviews, take a moment to check out a handful of incredibly gracious articles highlighting Alice-Heart in regards to our time at Slamdance below:

• IndieWire : "16 Slamdance Films to Check Out as the Indie Fest Hits L.A."

• SPIN Magazine : "Slamdance Soars West"

• In Review Online : "Alice-Heart — Mike Macera [Slamdance ’25 Review]"

• Film Threat : "Alice-Heart"

• Hollywood Chicago : "Red Carpet World Premiere of ‘Alice-Heart’ & Actor Lissa Carandang-Sweeney of ‘Alice-Heart’"

• IndieWire : "Slamdance Film Festival Announces Award Winners from Inaugural Los Angeles Edition"

• Horror Movie Uncut : "Slamdance 25' Alice-Heart - Movie Review"

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you again to our team and supporters. Working on Alice-Heart has been one of life's greatest honors and we're excited for the future of our humble, little movie.

Long live indie film!

We're beyond excited to announce that Alice-Heart will debut it's world premiere under the sunny skies of Los Angeles at SLAMDANCE, 2025! 

As advocates of affordable, accessible filmmaking, we are so honored to be a part of THE festival for filmmakers, by filmmakers. Alice-Heart was selected as one of the festival's Narrative Features, which you can read more about on Slamdance's Indiewire article found here! 

We will have two screening dates:

• Friday, February 21st at 12PM PST 

• Sunday, February 23rd at 9:45PM PST

Purchase your tickets TODAY from Slamdance's Eventive Page found HERE! 

On July 7th, 2024 we pictured wrapped Alice-Heart after three months of principal photography. The script had been written in early 2022. The first ten minutes were shot in Fall 2023 as a proof of concept spec. And pre-production for the rest had begun in January 2024. It took over two years for Alice-Heart to finally come to life.

After wrap, our team sought a quick turn around time to deliver a finished product for Fall film festival deadlines. In August, editor Adam McAlonie and writer/director Mike Macera locked themselves in their apartment for weeks to crack at the edit, with the goal of a picture locked cut by the end of the month. Multiple rough cut viewings were held in New York City with cast and crew and total strangers alike. Feedback and notes were gathered on how to make Alice-Heart the best it could be. By the end of the month, Alice-Heart was fully cut and ready to be sound mixed and color graded.

Throughout September, Alice-Heart was sent off to our re-recording mixer and sound designer, Trevor Misplay, while our director of photography, Matt Connelly worked on bringing out a rich contrast for our color grade. An early sound and color pass was tested at the Hiway Theater right outside Philadelphia, where our lead actor and producer, Tony McCall works. This was attended by a few members of our core team.

By October, Alice-Heart was completely finished and submitted to festivals! What a journey it has been!