# Kristen Brancaccio To Direct Microdrama & Feature Adaptations Of Claren Hammond’s Short Story ‘Summer Session’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kristen-brancaccio-to-direct-microdrama-feature-adaptations-of-claren-hammonds-short-story-summer-session/
- Published: 2026-10-28T10:53:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T03:57:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/summer-session-clarence-hammond-microdrama-feature-film-1237206927/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Kristen Brancaccio will direct both adaptations of *Summer Session*.
- The story is being developed as a microdrama and feature film.
- Clarence Hammond will adapt the feature script and co-produce.

## Summary

Kristen Brancaccio will direct both a microdrama and a feature film based on Clarence Hammond’s romantic short story, *Summer Session*. The project brings the same story to vertical digital viewing and traditional film audiences, though its plot details have not been disclosed.

Brancaccio will develop the vertical version, while Hammond adapts the feature script and produces both projects with partners from Ancora Entertainment, Artists First and Select Management Group. Brancaccio has directed more than 20 microdramas and her *Screen Time* drew over 250 million TikTok views in its first month. Hammond previously worked at Overbrook Entertainment and Paramount Players.

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