Bio
Charlotte Glynn
Charlotte Glynn strives to make fearlessly honest, intimate, character driven films. She makes documentary and fiction films that have screened all over the world. Her first feature documentary, RACHEL IS, had its broadcast premiere on PBS America reFramed and has screened internationally including at the True/False Film Festival. Her most recent film, a short narrative THE IMMACULATE RECEPTION premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was a Vimeo Staff Pick, won the Hammer to Nail Short Film Contest, and the Special Jury Award at the New Orleans Film Festival among others. Charlotte was named one of the “25 New Faces in Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine and has been awarded residencies at Yaddo and the Berlin Talent Campus as well as two NYFA fellowship most recently for screenwriting. She is currently in post production on her first narrative feature THE GYMNAST which has participated in Sundance’s Catalyst Program, IFP week’s Project Forum, U.S & French Connection, and the Los Cabos International Film Festival works in progress market.
Synopsis
It's 1972 in the hard-working steel town of Pittsburgh, PA. Joey, 16, the middle of 3 boys, shy and still very much a kid, wants to grow up and be like his dad and brother, strong charismatic steelworkers. Joey has his chance to prove himself when the girl he has a crush on ends up at his house to watch the infamous playoff game between the Steelers and the Raiders.
