When Jeff Tried to Save the World

Feature Film (2018)

Writer / Producer / Director / Editor

When the manager of an old-school bowling alley discovers the owner's plans to sell, he fights tooth and nail in a race against time to save Winky's World.

Starring Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Brendan Meyer (The OA), Anna Konkle (PEN15), Maya Erskine (PEN15), Steve Berg (Drunk History), Jim O'Heir (Parks & Recreation), & Candi Milo (Space Jam: A New Legacy).

Kendall began making this film her sophomore year of college. She spent a majority of her free time while at Chapman University trying to find financing and cast the film. It was the best lesson that everything happens when it’s meant to. After four years of consistency and determination, having scouted over 40 bowling alleys, and a proof of concept short film, Kendall was able to piece together the movie by the time she graduated. She shot the film in/around the greater Chicago area for 18 days during summer 2017 and it was one of the greatest experiences of her life to this day!

Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

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