Fort Tilden

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Fort Tilden is an independent comedy written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers. The pair premiered the film at last year’s South by Southwest Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize in the Narrative Feature competition. The cast includes Bridey Elliot, Claire McNulty, Neil Casey, Alysia Reiner, and Peter Vack.

Fort Tilden: New York City’s secluded seaside nirvana where, like flies to honey, Brooklyn’s hip millennial set flocks on sweltering weekend afternoons for unbridled summertime indulgence. Amidst the vexing stagnation of quarter-life crises, Allie (Clare McNulty) struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper (Bridey Elliott) awaits checks from her father to fund her artistic dreams. But the two friends quickly shun responsibilities for the day when a pair of good-looking guys invites them along for a carefree Fort Tilden afternoon. As the two young women board their fixed-gear bicycles and embark on a lengthy journey to the beach, they quickly realize that, akin to their confusing, transitioning lives, they neither know where they’re going nor how they plan to get there.

“We’ve taken the trip out to Fort Tilden,” Rogers admits. “On the one hand, it shouldn’t be that hard of a trip. But on the other hand, it can be. And there’s a lot of comedic potential – two characters on a very simple journey, but they complicate it for themselves. They’re two very flawed characters trying to do something that shouldn’t be so hard.”

Fort Tilden is rated 14A.