Press and Awards

July, 2010 - IN MONTAUK receives a finishing fund grant from the Long Island Film/TV Foundation.

January, 2010 - Director Kim Cummings is featured in the QUEENS TRIBUNE as she wraps on production of "In Montauk." See article here. Download the PDF here.

November, 2008 - "Weeki Wachee Girls" feature script wins an Honorable Mention in the ONE IN TEN Screenplay Contest.

March, 2008 - Cummings is featured in the Jackson Heights Community Journal as a local filmmaker, raising funds for a feature-film version of "Weeki Wachee Girls."

March, 2008 - Cummings is awarded an Individual Artist Initiative Grant from Queens Council on the Arts to work with a consultant on a fundraising plan.

December, 2007 - Cummings is awarded an Individual Artist Grant from Queens Council on the Arts to put on a staged reading of "Weeki Wachee Girls."


For “Weeki Wachee Girls” (the short)

    

    


"The one to watch is Cummings' WEEKI WACHEE GIRLS..."
- St. Petersburg Times

"WEEKI WACHEE GIRLS is a beautifully shot film that expertly captures a hot summer filled with growing pains and new discoveries."
– Image Out, Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival

“The [short films] that stick with me are WEEKI WACHEE GIRLS by Kim Cummings, a coming of age story with wonderfully self-possessed performances by three teenage girls...”
– THE ROAD TO TAOS by Stuart Hynson Culpepper, Film Threat Magazine

“A keenly observed coming-of-age story told with affection.”
– Orlando Weekly

 

Julie sits in the dark after a blackout in IN MONTAUK.

Short film of “Weeki Wachee Girls” now available on DVD at filmbaby.com.

Current Projects:
In Montauk feature film