No Letting Go

Based on the award-winning short film “Illness”, “No Letting Go” tells the story of a young teenager struggling with a debilitating mental illness as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the rest of her family.

Director Biography

Jonathan Bucari is an award winning writer/director best known for No Letting Go (2015), Illness (2013), The Sacrificial Lamb (2011), and Max’s Fantastic Adventures – The Well of Lost Souls. Jonathan has received numerous awards for Illness, which was nominated more than 23 times in 3 countries. His feature screenplay, Max’s Fantastic Adventures, won Best Screenplay at the 2013 California Independent Film Festival, won a nomination for a Golden Palm at the 2014 Beverly Hills Film Festival, and won 2nd place at the 2013 New Hampshire Film Festival. Jonathan grew up in Paris, France and graduated from the ESRA Cinema School with a Bachelor’s degree in Editing and a Master’s in Advanced Screenwriting in New York.