Little Fish (2020 film)
A couple's love story amid a pandemic of memory loss.
Released by IFC Films on February 5, 2021, Little Fish is an American sci-fi romance drama from 2020. Chad Hartigan directed the film, with a script by Mattson Tomlin adapted from Aja Gabel's 2011 short story. The cast includes Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Raúl Castillo, and Soko.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Chad Hartigan
- Screenplay
- Mattson Tomlin
- Based on
- "Little Fish", Aja Gabel
- Producer
- Lia Buman
- Rian Cahill
- Tim Headington
- Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
- Mattson Tomlin
- Starring
- Olivia Cooke
- Jack O'Connell
- Raúl Castillo
- Soko
- Cinematography
- Sean McElwee
- Editing
- Josh Crockett
- Music
- Keegan DeWitt
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The film was scheduled for its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2020, but the festival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- In September 2020, IFC Films acquired North American distribution rights to the film.
- Stage 6 Films acquired international distribution rights to the film.
Production
In March 2019, Chad Hartigan was announced as director of the film adaptation of Aja Gabel's short story 'Little Fish', with Mattson Tomlin writing the screenplay. Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Raúl Castillo, and Soko were cast to star. Producers included Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Rian Cahill, Tim Headington, Lia Buman, Chris Ferguson, and Tomlin, with executive producers Cooke, Fred Berger, Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman, Michael Heimler, and Max Silva under Black Bear Pictures, Automatik, Tango Entertainment, and Oddfellows Entertainment. Principal photography ran from March 11 to April 12, 2019, in British Columbia, Canada.
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