Meredith Cole's Floating takes on the internal dynamics of a half-dozen over-educated and under-fulfilled Washington D.C. twentysomethings as the writer among them, Paul, resists the group's pressure to relinquish his literary ambitions for a more conventional career path.

Paul's convinced he can write the book that will define his generation, but his anti-slacker friends - a lobbyist, law student, programmer and p.r. maven - say he's avoiding reality. When his actress girlfriend dumps him, conflict erupts.

Cole, currently a promo producer for The Learning Channel in D.C., grew up on a commune in Scottsville, Virginia where television was banned but classic films were a weekly staple. At Smith College she spent her junior year as an exchange student in N.Y.U.'s film program and interned at Good Machine, earning a P.A. spot on Pushing Hands, Ang Lee's first film. As a Smith scholar, she got to design her own senior year and returned to the commune to make a feature documentary about its 20th anniversary. She met David Vergano, Floating's co-producer, editor and co-screenwriter, while writing a short film - The Salon - with his brother in 1995.

Floating was shot over 30 days of nights and weekends between March and May last spring so all involved could keep their day jobs; most actors were experienced members of the local theater scene eager for a shot at film. "We'd been working in film and video in the city long enough to have a list of pros we could call on to donate days," Vergano points out. Actual cash went for a Betacam transfer so the filmmakers could cut on-line at a Beta suite where Vergano works. All rights are available.

Cast: Todd Alexander Kovner, Jeffrey Bankert, April Cantor, Anne Simons, Carleton Robinson, Rhea Seehorn, Shari Lindsay Lewis. Crew: Producers/Screenwriters, Meredith Cole, David Vergano; Director, Cole; Cinematographer, Parrish Smith; Steadicam, Dennis P. Boni; Casting, Kimberly Skyrme/Capital Casting; Art Director, Shari Lindsay Lewis; Editor, Vergano. Contact: Meredith Cole, Mass. Ave Productions, P.O. Box 33045, Washington, D.C. 20033. Tel: (202) 319-7302, Fax: (703) 750-0566.

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