India Donaldson Picks Up Polish Film Institute Award for ‘Good One’ at American Film Festival, Reflects on the ‘Price of Obedience’
variety.comMarta Balaga India Donaldson picked up the Polish Film Institute Award for her upcoming feature “Good One” at the American Film Festival in Wrocław, coming with a $50,000 cash prize for post-production in Poland. “It’s an affirmation of how we have been working and what we have been working towards,” Los Angeles-based Donaldson told Variety after the ceremony. “Good One” – presented during AFF’s industry event U.S.
in Progress and set to be finished in January 2024 – sees 17-year-old Sam heading on a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father and his oldest friend. “It’s a very personal story, although I wouldn’t say it’s autobiographical,” said Donaldson, who wrote the film during the pandemic. “I was living at home for the first time since I was a teenager.
With my father, my stepmother and my two teenage half-siblings, who were at high-school at the time. For the most part, we were having a great time, but I found myself jealous of my sister’s ability to rebel against her parents.
She knew how to be vocal about her feelings and how to express her anger.” “When I was growing up, my dad would say: ‘You are the good one.
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