Short Term 12
WINNER—Grand Jury Award, Narrative Feature – SXSW 2013
WINNER—Audience Award, Narrative Feature Competition – SXSW 2013
WINNER—Golden Rock for Best Narrative Feature – Little Rock Film Festival 2013
WINNER—Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature – LA Film Fest 2013
Long Shot’s Involvement:
Theatrical Consultant on behalf of Cinedigm
Release Date:
August 23, 2013
Synopsis:
SHORT TERM 12 is told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson), a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge—and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason (John Gallagher Jr.)
But Grace’s own difficult past—and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself—throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility—Jayden (Kaitlyn Dever), a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection.
She and Mason also struggle to help Marcus (Keith Stanfield)—an intense, quiet kid who is about to turn 18—manage through the difficulty of having to leave the facility.
Grace comes to find – in both her work and the new teenager in her care—surprising sources of redemption. And while the subject matter is complex and often dark, this lovingly realized film finds truth—and humor—in unexpected places.
“A pitch-perfect feel-good film.”
—Vanity Fair
“Phenomenally moving.”
—New York Magazine