GHOSTLIGHT
The Illinois Premiere of the 2024 Sundance Hit
Post-screening Q&A with the stars of the film, Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen and Katherine Mallen-Kupferer!
Celebrate Opening Night of the fourth annual AfterImage Film Festival at the Charlestowne Cinema! We will be presenting the Illinois premiere(!) of the 2024 Sundance film 'Ghostlight' from writers/directors Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan.
Starting at 5:30pm, guests will be treated to an open bar and selection of heavy hor d'oeuvres courtesy of a top local chef. The film screening will begin at 7:00pm. Following the screening, we'll be joined by stars Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen and Katherine Mallen-Kupferer for a post-screening Q&A with the audience.
All tickets $50*
"A beautifully woven tale on the constructive ways that life and art reflect, propel, and imitate each other, offering human beings curious enough to welcome artistic pursuits into their lives a path forward” - Harper’s Bazaar
About the Film
Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan’s moving, gently comic collaboration is about the power of live theater to make sense of our offstage dramas and personal narratives. Ghostlight centers on Dan (Keith Kupferer), a melancholic middle-aged construction worker grieving a family tragedy. Cut off from his devoted wife, Sharon (Tara Mallen), and talented but troubled daughter, Daisy (Katherine Mallen Kupferer), Dan finds comfort and community in a misfit company of amateur actors. While moonlighting in a low-rent production of Shakespeare’s most protean tragedy, Dan is forced to confront his buried emotions. Real-life family Mallen, Kupferer, and Mallen Kupferer bring tenderness and authenticity to this poignant portrait, while Dolly de Leon — last seen stealing the scene in Triangle of Sadness — is hilarious as Dan’s irascible, improbable co-star.
*Please note that the All Access Badge does not include the Opening Night Party and Screening
SCREENING:
Thursday, April 11:
5:30pm - Opening Night Party
7:00pm - ‘Ghostlight’ Screening
Genre: Narrative
Run Time: 110
Filmmakers: Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan
Language: English
Rating: Unrated
Cast:
Keith Kupferer
Dolly De Leon
Katherine Mallen Kupferer
Tara Mallen