The Selectman
Co-written, Directed, and Edited by David A. Martin
In the coastal town of Picasquiddy, Maine, the death of Selectman Allenby sparks an electoral feud. Two unlikely candidates emerge: scheming intern TJ Grimsby and quirky Neo-Neo-Dadaist Billy Morgoon. Amidst a memorial, absurdity ensues as small-town politics clash with eccentric personalities in a comedic battle for power.
***OFFICIAL SELECTION OF Dances With Films NYC 2023, Mammoth Film Festival 2024, & Hollywood Just4Shorts 2023**
Catch of the Day
Co-written, Directed, and Edited by David A. Martin
The life of a lobsterman can be tough and tedious. Brothers, Penny and Dooley Trundy can attest to that. Their father left them a decrepit house, a failing business, and a mountain of debt. When a miracle falls into their traps one fateful morning, they must decide the next best course of action. Hopefully they get on the same page…
Filmed in Blue Hill, Maine in the fall of 2020, Catch of the Day represents the latest project from The Vacationland Collective.
***OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 2022 MAMMOTH FILM FESTIVAL***
Annabelle - Official Music Video
Directed and Edited by David A. Martin
While in the process of shooting Tales of the Penobscot Bay, The Vacationland Collective approached Chance Emerson about collaborating on a music video for the song Annabelle, from his newly released album, The Raspberry Men. The collaboration that came afterwards resulted in this film.
The music video was featured on the The Bluegrass Situation, and In December 2020 Earmilk selected The Raspberry Men as one of its best indie/alternative albums of 2020.
Tales of the Penobscot Bay
Produced and Edited by David A. Martin
In the summer of 2019, The Vacationland Collective began production on an ambitious anthology consisting of four short films, all taking place in and around Little Deer Isle, Maine. - Kid Captain, Annabelle, Randy’s Morning Commute, and Blood Buoy.
These four films follow the lives of a disaffected college student looking for adventure, a pair of children forced to grapple with love and loss at an early age, a down on his luck gas station employee running late for work, and a lobsterwoman looking for revenge. We are led through these slices of life by our trusty tour guide Meek, as our protagonists’ stories populate the pages of the “Penobscot Bay Times.”
The Moreland Story
Produced and Edited by David A. Martin
In 2018, The Vacationland Collective began production on its first short film. Conceived in observance and response to a shared set of experiences at Colby College, The Moreland Story follows Patrick Moreland as the oddity, redundancy, and degeneracy of his life on campus leaves him craving adventure.