22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025

Rats!

United States, 2024: 93 minutes: International Premiere
Archives 2024
Special Guest!
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Globe Cinema
Sat, Apr 20 7:30 PM Buy

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The first feature film from CUFF alumni Maxwell Nalevansky (A CHEST OF DRAWERS, JAZZBERRY) and Carl Fry (WITH PLEASURE) is a hilarious story of a young Texan stuck on a turbulent rollercoaster of misguided chaos.

Summer just got a lot shorter for Raphael Tinski. It's 2007 and the peak of emo-culture is in full swing. Raphael just got arrested by a psychotic cop. Raphael just fell in love with a girl at community service. Raphael might get blown up by nukes. He’s a good kid, so you can't blame Raphael for the events that unfold after his arrest. None of it is Raphael's fault, but it is his problem.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Cucalorus Film Festival 2024
Florida Film Festival 2024

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Maxwell Nalevansky and Carl Fry are long-time collaborators and best friends heralding from New York and Austin, respectively. While working on set together on the critically acclaimed LINGUA FRANCA that Maxwell production designed, they realized they shared a common artistic vision. They've since been working together non-stop, uniting Carl's background in VFX and dark humour with Maxwell's background in production design and offbeat filmmaking style to create rich visual experiences driven by captivating narratives. For both Maxwell and Carl, RATS! is incredibly personal: the events that occur in RATS! are all rooted in their experiences.

details

Comedy / Crime / First Feature / Narrative

English
93 minutes

special guest

Director Maxwell Nalevansky and Lead Actor, Producer Danielle Ploeger in attendance!

credits

Directors
Maxwell Nalevansky
Carl Fry

Executive Producers
Maxwell Nalevansky
Danielle Ploeger

Producers
Alison Moses
Harrison Nalevansky
Adam Levin

Screenwriters
Maxwell Nalevansky
Carl Fry

Cinematographer
Carmen Hilbert

Cast
John Ennis
Luke Wilcox
Danielle Ploeger
Jacob Wysocki
Larry The Pig
Khali Sykes
Darius Autry
Shelby Quinn

Music
Germán Suane

Official website:
https://vimeo.com/841697925/676fd055db?share=copy

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ratsthefilm/

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