WKTV Staff
joanne@wktv.org


WKTV will be premiering the Eclipse Award-winning short film “The Acorn” as its Midnite Movie on Friday, Aug. 30.

“The Acorn,” which was produced by Kyle Misak, Reid Petro, and Don Chase, won 12 Eclipse Awards including best director (Kyle Misak), best cinematography, best editor, best original score, best actress in a lead role (Brit MacRae), best screenplay, best actress in a support role (Chandra Michaels), best actor in a leading role (Gavin Velez), best short film, best sound design, best actor in a support role (Richard Riehle) and best production design. 

“The Acorn” is a story about a stage theater owner named Graham and a young woman named Charlotte. Both of them possess something that’s very important to each of them. For Graham, it’s a theater that his father passed down to him, and for Charlotte, it’s a ring that her mother passed down to her. But when Charlotte loses her ring, Graham is ultimately put in a position to make the choice of whether or not he will give up his theater, the thing that’s most important to him, for Charlotte’s ring to be returned to her.

Following the premier, there will be a 10-minute Behind the Scenes special.

The Eclipse Awards honor excellence in film, television and on-line content from content creators in Michigan. Each year judges, all industry peers in Michigan and the United States, screen entered works and vote for the recipient of the Eclipse Award for Excellent in Craft. Entries for 2020 Eclipse Award will be accepted starting in November.