Once on a hot summer day, Harold traps a frog while his mother devises a plan to escape. Based on a true story.
Caryn’s thesis film God is Good (2004), written by Dennis Lee, was awarded the New Line Cinema Award for Best Director (Columbia University Film Festival), Kodak Film Grant, Special Jury Prize (USA Film Festival), and was a Narrative Short Finalist in the IFP Market. At the Rhode Island Film Festival, Waechter received First Prize for Editing. She also received Top Prize at the Chinese-American Festival of Film and Culture, where she was flown to China to talk about cultural diversity in American film.
This short film then developed into a Dennis Lee’s directorial feature film starring Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Emily Watson, Willem Dafoe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ioan Gruffudd and Hayden Panettiere.
FIreflies in the Garden was released in theaters nationwide Oct 14, 2011. Caryn assisted and shadowed Dennis during production.