Every Day is a Journey


Every Day is a Journey is the first ever Synergistic Cinema series, a story with no predetermined arc told in six chapters, written and directed by six distinct Seattle-area filmmakers.  Each director must use the characters and threads introduced by the previous chapter to continue the story. The result is an 85-minute feature film with a narrative as unpredictable as life itself. Conceived by The RAWSTOCK Mafia (Justin Freet, William Russell, Dylan Noebels and Jason Reid), EDIAJ tells the story of small time grifters and yoga enthusiasts, quickly accelerating into an operatic crime drama involving numerous kidnappings and unexpected pathos.

The series features some of the city’s best filmmaking and acting talent, including a breakout performance by Nate Quiroga, a.k.a. Buffalo Madonna from notorious Seattle rap band Mad Rad.  The roster of directors includes Christian Palmer, director of William Never Married (2010) and producer of the Sundance hit The Oregonian (2011), and Jason Reid, director of the Webby Award-winning documentary Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team (2009) and Man Zou: Beijing to Shanghai (2010). EDIAJ is “like watching True Blood, only surrounded by other people” (City Arts). Episodes I-V of the series premiered throughout the year 2010 at the RAWSTOCK Film Festival at the ACT Theater, which is run by series co-creator Justin Freet. The SIFF Cinema screening will include all six episodes with the premiere of Ian Connors’ revelatory final chapter, “Wet Work.”

STARRING: Dylan Noebels, Nate Quiroga, Will Russell, Justin Freet, John Hildenbiddle, Katie Scheaffer, Susan Graf, Andras Jones, Nik Perleros, Stella Saint Clair, Reno DeNada

Episode I: Every Day is a Journey

Directed by Justin Freet

Episode II: Unrequited Love’s a Bore

Directed by Nik Perleros

Episode III: Damage Control

Directed by Will Russell

Episode IV: Let Me Be Yr Drummer

Directed by Christian Palmer

Episode V: The Umpire Got Back

Directed by Jason Reid

Episode VI: Wet Work

Directed by Ian Connors

PARENTAL ADVISORY: This series contains strong language, thematic violence, brief nudity and adult situations.