Working in an insular farming community in Appalachia, Sal Damon, a modern-day Thoreau, seeks solace from a past relationship. After a sudden death in the community and the discovery of a feral child living on the lam, Sal must reconcile his place in a world that lives outside of the law.

Some Beasts is the debut feature of Dallas writer/director Cameron Bruce Nelson, and stars Frank Mosley (Upstream Color), Lindsay Burdge (A Teacher), and Heather Kafka (Pit Stop).

This film was made possible with the generous support and partnership of IFP, USin- Progress, the Austin Film Society, and the Dallas Video Association.

About the filmmaker:

Cameron Bruce Nelson is a 2014 IFP Narrative Lab Fellow, who has written and directed several short films that have screened widely on the U.S. festival circuit. His first feature, Some Beasts, was one of five features selected for U.S. in Progress-Wroclaw and was a recipient of an Austin Film Society post-production grant. Nelson serves as the technical director at the Lone Star Film Festival and as an assistant programmer for Videofest. He lives in Dallas, TX.