Premieres Thursday, November 5 · 8 AM ETNow streaming on PREVO

Chipper

Directed by Shaun MacLean

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Jury Award, Best ShortStony Brook Film Festival2023
Audience Choice, NarrativeMacon Film Festival2023
Best ActorBergen International Film Festival of NJ2023
Best Georgia ShortRome International Film Festival2023

Runtime: 21 minutes
Year: 2023
Genre: Drama
Premiere: November 5, 2026 on PREVO
Starring: Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Brittany Deneen, Rick Andosca, Kathrine Barnes
Written by: Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye

The story

After receiving a mysterious letter, a wayward son returns to his childhood home to wrestle with a dark family secret.

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The turnout

Every person who joins through this page moves Chipper up this ladder. Know Shaun? This is how you show up. Found the film five minutes ago? You count exactly the same.

10Crew passesEveryone credited on Chipper gets their own free month of PREVO to hand out, and the cast and crew get access to Filmmakers Academy, the film school co-founded by cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, ASC.

25Weekend Read SpotlightChipper gets its own piece in The Weekend Read, PREVO's weekly film magazine.

50Behind the ScenesJayson sits for a Behind the Scenes interview, published and promoted.

100PREVO PROVENThe film earns the PREVO Proven laurel, permanently.

PREVO Proven – one hundred people. Subscribers who joined through this film, plus members who watched it and left a Note. One person counts once, and nothing else counts at all.

Cast and crew10 credits

Directed byShaun MacLean

Written byRuckus Skye and Lane Skye

StarringJayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Brittany Deneen, Rick Andosca and Kathrine Barnes

Produced byShaun MacLean and Jesse Scimeca

Executive produced byRyan Wiedmayer and Jayson Warner Smith

Co-executive producerRob Mello

Director of photographyJesse Scimeca

Music byBraden Deal

Original song“Blacktide” by Rider Dan & The Highside

Production companiesWeird Brothers Productions, in association with JackBrit Films

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