Siren's Tale Productions

News

February, 2011 - THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME Director of Photography Bobby Webster was DP for the film GOD OF LOVE which won the Oscar for best live-action short!

January, 2011 - IN MONTAUK receives a post-production grant from Queens Council on the Arts.

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

September, 2010 - Production wraps on THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME, directed by Cummings, starring producer/writer Kate Greer.

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.

April, 2008 - The 80's Dance Party raises $1100 for "Weeki Wachee Girls."

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.

January, 2008 - Cummings signs on to direct THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME, a delightful short about Carly North, a NYC painter. After an “other-worldly” visit from Johnny Cash, and the unlikely inheritance of an old Leisure Van; she is propelled on a surreal trip throughout the wilds of Upstate New York, to find the father she has never met ...

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."

November, 2007 - Cummings raises over $4000 from her first benefit toward the making of "Weeki Wachee Girls."


Praise for “Weeki Wachee Girls” (the short)

Reeling Palms   PGLFF Palms  CBRF PalmsPalm Springs Palms

  Taos Palms  Florida Palms


"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


Kim at QCA

Cummings at the 2011 Queens Council on the Arts Awards Ceremony. Photo by Arianys Wilson