Sky Melt Film

FILM

a black rift begins to yawn

2021 | 101 mins | 1.66 | 2K | Digital Cine
Stars Sara Lynch & Saratops McDonald
Executive Produced by Mylissa Fitzsimmons & John Shorg
Produced by Sara Lynch & Matthew Wade

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2021 (World Premiere) (Winner - Honorable Mention, Breakouts)

TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL 2021 (Winner - Best Pacific Northwest Feature)

IMDb | MUBI

MANIAC LANDSCAPES

2019 | 8 mins | 1.33 | 2K | Paper + Computer + Film Scans
Produced by Sara Lynch and Matthew Wade

WORLD PREMIERE - San Francisco International 2019 (Nominated for Best Animated Short, Gold Gate Awards)

BUREAU OF CREATIVE WORKS | ARGO

IMDb | MUBI

EYES AT THE SPECTER GLASS

2019 | 12 mins | 2.76 | 4K | Computer + Film Scans
Produced by Matthew Wade

WORLD PREMIERE - Slamdance 2019 (Nominated for Best Animated Short)

DIRECTORS NOTES | BUREAU OF CREATIVE WORKS | ARGO

IMDb | LETTERBOXD | MUBI

Plena stellarum

2016 | 12 mins | 1.33 | 2K | Computer + Magnetic Tape
Produced by Matthew Wade, Sara Lynch

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Slamdance 2017 (Nominated for Best Animated Short)
GEM STATE AWARD - Sun Valley Film Festival 2016

ARGO | VIMEO | PARACME | ARGO

IMDb | MUBI

HOW THE SKY WILL MELT

2015 | 88 mins | 1.66 | 2K | Super 8mm + Beta (for select sequences)
Stars Sara Lynch, Annika Karlsen, Scott Alonzo
Produced by Sara Lynch, Jacob Kinch, Matthew Wade

2015 AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION - NoBudge 2015
BEST IN SHOW - North Portland Unknown 2015

NOBUDGE 2 | VIMEO (VOD) | VHS

IMDb | MUBI

PRESS

PLENA STELLARUM

Toon Boom Blog interview
Idaho Statesman (02) article
Screen Anarchy (02) article + online premiere
Hammer to Nail Slamdance festival preview
We Are Moving Stories interview + festival preview
Screen Anarchy (01) preview blurb
Lake Front Row review
Hammer to Nail review
UK Film Review review
The Independent Critic review
Idaho Statesman (01) SVFF coverage

Letterboxd

how the sky will melt

Brooklyn Magazine Filmfort festival coverage
Outpost Zeta review
Phipps Film review
Vancouver Film School interview
No Budge article + online premier
Film Pulse review
Filmmaker Magazine article (guest writer)
Film Inquiry review

Letterboxd

SKY MELT is a small production company formed in 2014 to house our passion projects.

After working in LA for a few years we (Matthew Wade & Sara Lynch) moved back home to make our feature film debut, How the Sky Will Melt, in late 2014. We created Sky Melt as the banner under which we would self-distributed the film on VOD, to festivals, and eventually licensed while continuing to create new work.

Our latest feature, A Black Rift Begins to Yawn, had its World Premiere at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival where it won Honorable Mention for Breakout Features, "To cinematographer, with the jury noting "To cinematographer Lila Streicher and Director/Colorist Matthew Wade for their aesthetic prowess, and excellence in design, color, transition, composition, grading, and VFX."

Since it inception, Sky Melt’s films have gone on to premiere at Slamdance Film Festival (4 times), San Francisco International Film Festival, ExGround, Alchemy Film & Arts, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Rhode Island International, Sun Valley Film Festival, GIRAF, and dozens more around the world.

Sky Melt’s films have been covered in Filmmaker Magazine, Film Threat, Deadline, iOnCinema, NoBudge, Cartoon Brew, Hammer to Nail, In Creative Company, The Journal of Religion & Film, Horror Buzz, Brooklyn Magazine, and more.

matthew wade

WRITER DIRECTOR COMPOSER

Matthew is a visual artist who cares little for the sensibilities of the masses. When he’s not writing or directing, you might find him animating or drawing his cat. He’s also a damn good ramen chef.

-Sara

Visit Matthew's ARTIST WEBSITE

Visit Matthew’s IMDb Profile

sara lynch

PRODUCER ACTRESS ART DIRECTOR

You can see Sara in reruns of stuff your parents watch on TV. After leaving LA she made the choice to only focus on producing personal content and character acting (choosing to sling cocktails in order to avoid having to audition for bank commercials).

-Matthew

Visit Sara’s IMDb Profile

TO INQUIRE:
mwade [at] falsecolour [dot] com
All material is created in house + with our collaborator friends.
We won't open or read unsolicited works.

Friends we work with:

Lila Rae

Strangecraft Grip & Electric

Mylissa Fitzsimmons

Sky Melt Sound

Filmfort