Brett Hanover
Directing
Biography
Brett Hanover is a filmmaker and media arts educator from Memphis, TN, whose work explores outsider art, mental health, and queer fan communities. His documentaries and collaborative narrative film projects have been exhibited at venues including SXSW, Nashville Film Fest, SF DocFest, the Chicago Underground Film Fest, and the Austin Film Fest.
Known For
A homespun high school fairy tale comedy, What I Love About Concrete is a tour through the unbearable awkwardness, nascent cynicism, and disarming wonder that comprise the 11th grade experience, in a world where synchronized swimming breaks out in rundown motel pools, and dead swans are concealed in Mary Poppins-like bottomless book bags.
What I Love About Concrete
A father must try to save his daughter from deep within the cult of Scientology, while a young woman working for the Scientologists must question her faith.
The Bridge
A hybrid of documentary and fiction, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds.