Alice-Heart
Director: Mike Macera
United States, 2024, 93 min
Shooting Format:Digital
Festival Year:2025
Category:Narrative Feature
Genres:Comedy, Drama, Mumblecore, Coming of Age, Dramedy
Cast:Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, Tony McCall, Adam McAlonie, Kelsey O'Keefe, Gabriel W. Elmore, Lauren Serafica, Will Bricca
Crew:Writer: Mike Macera; Producers: Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, Zach Rineer, Adam McAlonie, Matt Connelly, Tony McCall, Alfred Giancarli; Photography: Matt Connelly; Production Design: Meghan Cavanaugh; Editing: Adam McAlonie; Music: Anthony Graceffo and Oddy Knocky
Email:aliceheartfilm@gmail.com
Synopsis
Alice-Heart is an aimless college student residing in Philadelphia. She aspires to be a successful writer but drops out of school in her last semester of senior year on a whim. Immediately cut off from her disappointed Filipino mother and dumped by her studious boyfriend, she finds that she has to pay bills on her own for the first time. Distraught, she takes solace in her neighbor Tony, a self sufficient freelance photographer who encourages her to pursue her passions and hold onto her friendships. With this in mind, Alice-Heart navigates the beginnings of adulthood and combats “adult baby” allegations along the way.
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About the director
Mike Macera is a screenwriter and filmmaker from South Jersey. His work is strongly influenced by mumblecore and from growing up in New Jersey and going down the shore. With Alice-Heart, Mike aims to capture an authentic snapshot of Philadelphia and reflect on his own aimless time spent there in college.
Filmmaker's note
Alice-Heart is a coming-of-age love letter to the city of Philadelphia, ruminating on the unique concerns of obliviously privileged Gen Z city transplants. With Alice-Heart, our entire team hopes to rekindle the liberated spirit of mumblecore filmmaking and encourage more young Gen Z artists to tell stories that are true to them, no matter how seemingly trivial or grand.