Austin Nichols | The Utopian Society

• Directed by: John P. Aguirre
• Written by: Jason Preston
• Produced by: John P. Aguirre, Robert Mankowitz
• Executive Producer: James M. Oddo
• Starring: Sam Doumit, Austin Nichols, Malin Åkerman, Mat Hostetler, Kelvin Yu, Kirsten Ariza
• Music by: Eric Hester
• Produced by: James M. Oddo
• Release date: April 11, 2003
• Running time: 95 minutes

The Utopian Society is about a group of college students who are put together by their professor to complete a final project: create a utopian society. Like most college students, they’ve waited until the night before it is due to start working on it. They each come from different backgrounds and have pre-existing assumptions about the others, causing them to want to spend as little time working with each other as possible. But since they have waited until the last minute to start working, they are forced to cram an entire semester's work into one night, whether they like it or not.

AWARDS

• DV Awards x1
• RAD Digital Film Festival x1
• Independents Film Festival x1
• Texas Film Festival x1
• Fargo Film Festival x1
• DIY Awards x1
• The Honolulu Film Festival x1
• Back East Picture Show x1
• Wine Country Film Festival x1
• Great Lakes Film Festival x1