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Eve Symington

Sundown

2023 First Look Project - Runner-up (Horror & Thriller)

Sundown

2023 Screenwriting Contest - Finalist

Eve started making films when she discovered a video camera in her basement at the age of eleven. Her first feature film Brut Force, a wine country thriller distributed by XYZ Films, is available to rent/buy on Amazon, AppleTV and more! Brut Force has a 100% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes and comes recommended by the New York Times.

Eve has backpacked solo to nineteen countries and visited twenty more. After graduating with a B.A. in Film Studies from Columbia University, Eve’s twin passions for film and travel came together at New York University’s Tisch Asia program in Singapore, where she earned her MFA. Her thesis short Tether, filmed in Guatemala, screened at Palm Springs, Rhode Island, and Newport Beach. Eve is based in Los Angeles, where she spent several years assisting producer/director Rob Lorenz (American SniperMillion Dollar Baby). She directs commercials, produces branded videos for BuzzFeed (clients include McDonald’s, Subway, Visit California, General Mills), and has produced films for the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and the Alliance of Women Directors.

Eve’s debut screenplay Californias was an Academy Nicholls Fellowship Semifinalist and a Slamdance Competition Semifinalist. Her comedy Orientation was an Austin Competition Finalist and was selected for the Women at Sundance Financing Intensive. She is developing and packaging a horror feature titled Sundown, which was in the 2023 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Top 10, a Shore Finalist, a Slamdance Semifinalist, a Vail Semifinalist, and in the top 1% on Coverfly.

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