“A strange and timeless world.”

SPRINGFIELD, USA (2024)
68 min // Shot on Hi8 // Directed by Daniel Carolan & Eva Harris

A place that exists in every state. SPRINGFIELD, USA provides a glimpse into the lives of an array of citizens who share their dreams and stories of a timeless world that is small-town America.

Entirely filmed on a Sony Handycam, we witness a wedding, a high school graduation, and the daily life of small-town individuals. Here, young boys can’t wait to shoot a gun, and old ladies recount stories of presidential assassinations and first loves. A roadside carnie for the stars is ready to settle down, and a man with a player piano impersonates singers from the birth of the American Century. All of this and everything else is Springfield, USA.

Official Selection at The Downtown Festival (October 17, 2025)

Official Selection at Film Diary NYC 3 (January 24, 2024)

Premiered at Woodbine Community Center, Ridgewood (June 28, 2024)

A man in a black chef's uniform and red apron standing inside a kitchen or food stand, with a clipboard or black object in his left hand, arms crossed, and a tattoo on his right forearm that reads "FUK". Behind him are bags of potato chips hanging on a line, a window showing green trees and a body of water outside, and a steel counter with various kitchen items including a fryer and a bottle of Dawn dish soap.
A young boy with glasses, dressed in a white shirt, dark vest, and tie, holding a red licorice candy in his right hand, standing outdoors on a cracked pavement with green trees and a parked jeep in the background.
People dancing and celebrating inside a tent with string lights at night.
People dancing and mingling at a party or celebration under a tent with string lights and hanging decorative lights.
Older man in a white suit and wide-brimmed hat standing inside a large white tent, smiling and gesturing with his right hand, illuminated by warmyellow lights at night.