Union County

  • Monday, Aug 24

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Union County

Opens August 21—Q&A with filmmaker Adam Meeks and Producer Sean Weiner on August 24

In the debut feature from former JBFC Creative Culture Fellow Adam Meeks, Will Poulter (The Bear) and Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) deliver pitch-perfect performances as two brothers navigating a court-mandated drug rehabilitation program in a pocket of rural Ohio hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Provided with hope for the first time since their struggles began, and with the support of a tireless counselor (Annette Deao), the brothers work toward a brighter, sober future. 

Poulter and Centineo blend seamlessly with a supporting cast composed predominantly of non-professional actors as they share their actual experiences, pain, and optimism as they, themselves, navigate the program. Ohio-born filmmaker Adam Meeks creates a film imbued with realism for an honest, compassionate portrait of a battle being fought across America and the solidarity that flowers on its front lines.

"The make-or-break ingredient turns out to be British actor Will Poulter, whose immersive commitment dovetails beautifully with Meeks’ unvarnished sensibility."
Peter Debruge, Variety
"At every turn, the film earns every emotional, lived-in development, instilling this slice-of-life portrait with such a quiet humanity that it can feel like you’re sitting at the tables and in the meeting rooms along with all the characters."
TheWrap, Chase Hutchinson

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Q&A with filmmaker Adam Meeks and producer Sean Weiner Q&A with filmmaker Adam Meeks and producer Sean Weiner

Q&A with filmmaker Adam Meeks and producer Sean Weiner

Monday, Aug. 24 2026, 6:45

  • Adam Meeks is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. His short film Union County (2020) premiered at the 70th Berlinale and screened at festivals worldwide. He is a 2023 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellow, a 2021 Yaddo Artist-in-Residence, and a graduate of NYU Tisch. Union County (2025) is his first feature film. 
  • Sean Weiner is an Emmy-nominated producer, editor, and nonprofit arts leader based in the Hudson Valley of New York. He has produced and edited award-winning films selected by Berlinale, Sundance, SXSW, Guanajuato, and acquired by Criterion, Fox Searchlight, HBOMax, NYT Op-Docs, and POV. He is a co- founder and co-director of the filmmaker support nonprofit, UFO. Previously, Sean was the Director of Programs and the founding Director of Creative Culture at the Jacob Burns Film Center. He is also an assistant professor in Film & Media Studies at Purchase College. Recent credits include Adam Meeks’ Union County starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo which premiered in U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival; Arielle Knight's The Boys and the Bees which played in the Shorts Program at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival; Ash Goh Hua's Full Month 满月 which world premiered in the Shorts Program at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival; and César Martínez Barba's Más y Más y Más Flores which was distributed by the New York Times: Op-Docs and nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy in 2025. 

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