Fantasy A Gets a Mattress

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress is a 2023 American independent comedy film written and directed by Noah Zoltan Sofian and David Norman Lewis and produced by Sofian, Lewis, and Safiye Rose Senturk. The film stars Fantasy A and is based loosely on his life and sections of his memoir, Life in the Eyes of an Autistic Person.

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress
Directed byNoah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
Written byNoah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
Produced bySafiye Rose Senturk
Noah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
StarringFantasy A
Acacia Porter
Logic Amen
Acacia Porter
Aaron Billingsly
CinematographyNoah Zoltan Sofian
Ryan Cutuli
Edited byNoah Zoltan Sofian
David Norman Lewis
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

After coming home past curfew, Fantasy A gets kicked out of his group home for disabled adults. While searching for a new place to sleep, Fantasy A interacts with an ensemble cast of characters as he simultaneously seeks superstardom.

Cast
  • Fantasy A as Himself
  • Acacia Porter as Asia Rose
  • Logic Amen as Ramon
  • Aaron Billingsly as Zander

Production

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was filmed in numerous locations throughout Seattle. The filmmakers and most of the cast and crew members involved are also from Seattle.

Festivals

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress was selected to screen at the following film festivals:

  • 2023 Seattle Black Film Festival[1]
  • 2023 Northwest Folklife Festival
  • 2023 Seattle Film Summit[2]
  • 2023 Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings Film Festival[3]
  • 2023 Silent City Film Festival[4]
  • 2023 Tacoma Film Festival[5]
  • 2023 Poulsbo Film Festival[6]
  • 2024 Oska Bright Film Festival

Reception

Critical response

In Chase Hutchinson's review for The Seattle Times, he wrote, "the history of Seattle film has a new chapter that, while still being written, begins and ends with Fantasy A."[7]

In national film critic Robert Horton's review of the film, published on Scarecrow Video, he wrote, "Directors David Norman Lewis and Noah Zoltan Sofian and producer/production designer Safiye Rose Senturk are scrappy in budget and style, stealthily achieving two notable ends. One is a portrait of a world that fails to serve the have-nots, a portrait that emerges not through scolding or somber documentary means (those would be more characteristic Seattle modes, unfortunately) but out of its knockabout comedy stylings. The other thing the movie does is create a city symphony, one of the best to come out of Seattle."[8]

Accolades

Year Category Nominee Result
Seattle Black Film Festival Jury Awards Best Feature Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won
Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings Film Festival Jury Awards Best Feature Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won
Tacoma Film Festival Jury Awards Best PNW Narrative Feature Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Won

References
  1. Davis, Mike (June 30, 2023). "Mike's adventures in art: 'Solaris,' 'Formation,' 'Fantasy A'". KUOW-FM. Seattle, Washington. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  2. Davis, Mike; Denkmann, Libby (September 14, 2023). "'Fantasy A Gets a Mattress': Local low-budget movie gains momentum in Seattle". KUOW. Seattle, Washington. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  3. Mudede, Charles (September 13, 2023). "Fantasy A's Incoherent City". The Stranger (newspaper). Seattle, Washington. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  4. Minton, Matt (October 3, 2023). "Celebrating Ithaca's silent Hollywood past with a new film festival". The Ithaca Voice. Ithaca, New York. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  5. Wickersham, Hailee (August 23, 2023). "The Tacoma Film Festival is Back". South Sound Magazine. Tacoma, Washington. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  6. Amenn, Joan (August 27, 2023). "Review: Fantasy A Gets a Mattress". In Their Own League. Seattle, Washington. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  7. Hutchinson, Chase (September 12, 2023). "A Seattle rapper takes center stage in 'Fantasy A Gets a Mattress'". www.seattletimes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  8. Horton, Robert (September 15, 1990). "The Seasoned Ticket #237: Fantasy A Gets a Mattress". www.scarecrowvideo.org. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
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