Erin McGarry
Five friends go to a beach house on the Oregon coast for the weekend. Allison is clearly troubled by something but the others don't say a word or intervene. And then she vanishes.
A Standing Still revolves around a young woman, Allison, as she struggles with the future in the midst of loss and displacement. Allison works as a fire lookout in the Willamette National Forest. When she is called down early for a medical emergency with her father, she is forced to face the dynamics that have lead her to lead such a recluse life.
Marty, a middle-aged man, awakens to his life and doesn't like what he sees. After attending the theater with his wife and co-worker, Marty's long-buried love of the arts is stirred. Facing great odds from his wife and family, he takes a risk and auditions for a play. Without realizing it, Marty has set his life on a new trajectory from which there is no return. A trajectory that is often funny, yet heartbreaking.
Max finds himself separated from his family on Christmas Eve. He ultimately comes to the conclusion that his wife has left him and taken their children along with her. One year after the disappearance, he begins to discover that he might have one last risky chance to get them back.
