A film by Reed Harkness

What happens when a boy and his brother go on a road trip in search of their missing mom? 

“There are very few projects as impactful as Sam Now. Balancing a dynamic energy with haunting emotions, the film is a focused slice of real life that captures a truth so powerful and complex that it simply can't be fully understood in the realm of fiction. The feature is touching in all the right ways and stands tall as one of the best films of the year.”
- Carson Timar, Clapper

"Reed Harkness has made a wonderful once-in-a-lifetime film. Filled with intimate family footage, Sam Now feels like a novel or a well-crafted drama, but it’s all too true."
- Marc Glassman, POV Magazine

“A meticulous excavation of a family that's riveting from the jump, delivering the full spectrum of emotions in a fantastically artistic, honest and satisfying package."
- Movie Pie

“The film that changed my life... I hate to sound dramatic but my viewing of Sam Now felt almost supernatural. I had read about how sometimes great art can make you feel that way, how it can totally gut you, transform you, chew you up and spit you out in the best of all ways, but I had never experienced that phenomenon myself, not until that moment."
- Jennifer Julia, Telluride Daily Planet

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EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Zurich Film Festival
​Zurich, Switzerland
September 24 - 9:00pm at Corso 4
September 25 - 6:00pm at Kosmos 4
September 28 - 3:30pm at Arthouse Piccadilly
October 1 - 7:15pm at Kosmos 4

Indie Memphis Film Festival
Memphis, TN
October 22 - 2:30pm at Studio on the Square

Heartland International Film Festival
Indianapolis, IN
October 13 - 7:15pm at Living Room Theaters 2
​October 14 - 3:15pm at Glendale Landmark Theater 12

New Haven Documentary Film Festival
New Haven, CT 
October 15 - 9:30pm at Bow-Tie Criterion Cinemas 2

Doctober
​Bellingham, WA
October 12 - 7:20pm at Pickford Film Center
October 17 - 5:15pm at Pickford Film Center

Orcas Island Film Festival
​Orcas Island, WA
October 8 - 7:00pm at Black Box Cinema OC
October 9 - 11:30am at Black Box Cinema OC

Bend Film Festival
​Bend, OR
October 7 - 2:30pm at Regal 6
October 8 - 1:00pm at Regal 1

Santa Cruz Film Festival
​Santa Cruz, CA
October 6 - 6:30pm at Scotts Valley Performing Arts Center
October 7 - 2:30pm at Scotts Valley Performing Arts Center

Port Townsend Film Festival
​Port Townsend, WA
September 22 - 9:15pm at Rosebud Cinema
September 25 - 9:30am at American Legion

Boston Film Festival
Boston, MA
September 22-26 - Virtual Regional Screening

Crested Butte Film Festival
​Crested Butte, CO
September 22 - 3:00pm at The Center

Portland, OR
​August 5 - 7:00pm at PAM CUT Whitsell Auditorium

Gimli International Film Festival
Gimli, Manitoba
​July 23 - 6:30pm at Gimli Lutheran Church Theatre

Seattle, WA
​July 21 - 7:00pm at SIFF Cinema Egyptian
Afterparty benefit for AGE UP at Life On Mars

U.S. PREMIERE
Mountainfilm
Telluride, CO
May 27 - 5:00pm at Nugget Theater
May 28 - 3:00pm at Palm Theater 

WORLD PREMIERE
Hot Docs
Toronto, Ontario
May 1 - 5:45pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 
​May 5 - 2:45pm at Varsity 8 Cinema

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