Film News: ‘Relative’ World Premiere at Gasparilla International Film Fest, March 12, 2022

Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 10, 2022 - 4:46pm

CHICAGO – In more good news on the road to normalcy, one local writer/director – Michael Glover Smith – produced his fourth feature film last year in Chicago and now it’s ready for its World Premiere. “Relative” will screen at the Gasparilla International Film Festival (Tampa Bay, Florida) on March 12th, 2022. For more information, click RELATIVE.

“Relative” is a film about transition, as a family gathers for the youngest son/brother’s college graduation. Each individual family member is dealing with a situational crossroads, and the family togetherness both modifies and challenges them. The film features Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Cameron Scott Roberts, Keith D. Gallagher, Emily Lape, Melissa DuPrey, Elizabeth Stam and Clare Cooney.

’Relative’ World Premiere on March 12th, 2022
Photo credit: GasparillaFilmFestival.com

Writer/Director Michael Glover Smith is also an author and film studies instructor (at Oakton Community College and elsewhere), and is based in Chicago. His first feature film, “Cool Apocalypse,” premiered in 2015, the same release year as his first book, “Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry.” His next two films were “Mercury in Retrograde” in 2017, and “Rendezvous in Chicago” in 2018. He filmed “Relative” last August in the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago.

”Relative,” a film by Michael Glover Smith, makes its World Premiere at the Gasparilla International Film Festival on March 12th, 2022. Click MGS PODTALK for a previous article about the film on HollywoodChicago.com.