SHORT FILMS – 19

FILM TITLE: THE KIDS MENU

PRODUCTION YEAR: 2017
GENRE: Comedy, Dramedy

PREMIERE STATUS: NY
RUNTIME: 10 minutes 12 seconds

COUNTRY: USA
DIRECTOR: Paul Borghese
CAST: Vincent Pastore, Nyle Lynn, Mario Macaluso

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: George Mitas

PRODUCER/S: Michelle F. Hartley
PRODUCTION BUDGET: $20,000

SYNOPSIS:
'The Kids Menu' is a short comedic film about Old School Brooklyn vs. New School Brooklyn, clashing in a local pizzeria. When set-in-his-ways Italian pizzeria owner Pete 'Pugs' Puglisi (Vincent Pastore)

FILM TITLE: Paco
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2017
GENRE: Drama
PREMIERE STATUS: NY
RUNTIME: 00 11´20¨
COUNTRY: Mexico
DIRECTOR: Javier Blanco
ORIGINAL IDEA/SCREENPLAY: Osvaldo Rousseaux
CAST: José Sefami/Luis Alberti
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Antonio Riestra
PRODUCER/S: Leonardo Senderos
SYNOPSIS:
Paco in his dark innocence and simplicity questions us and makes us ask ourselves questions which are both necessary and pointless. What gives your life meaning? Could it be that the meaning we are looking for is not found with the approaches we are using? When I give it all, is there still something that terrifies me? Am I still running away? If I had all the answers to these questions, would they be meaningful or would they just be somebody else’s answers and thus they have no meaning for me? Perhaps -and it’s just another useless hypothesis- the meaning we are looking for, the love and dedication as well as the path itself are not different or separate things and can only be found when there is nowhere else to run to, when there is nothing left of whom we were. This is Paco’s story.

FILM TITLE:FILM TITLE: Kintsugi - The Line of Destiny
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2017
GENRE: SHORT DOCUMENTARY
PREMIERE STATUS: NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
FILM RUNNIG TIME: 28 MINUTES
COUNTRY: USA/ITALY/MOROCCO
DIRECTOR: ALAN GRIMANDI & VIVIANA PUELLO
CAST:
Viviana Puello, Carlan Robinson, Jill Love, Ed Moret, Rashid, Amed, Massimo Grimandi, Massimilliano Tracci, Federico Tracci, Mattia Tracci.
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: ALAN GRIMANDI
PRODUCER/S: ALAN GRIMANDI
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SYNOPSIS:
Is it too late to change the future of our planet? This stunning documentary takes viewers to the most remarkable places on earth. Filmed in Morocco and Italy, with no shortage of incredible views, the film features the touching lifestyle of the Berber people who live in the Sahara desert and the Atlas Mountains, who turn to natural resources as their only source of livelihood. Narrated by Viviana Puello, with a profound and inspiring environmental message, the viewer will be blown away by stunning images and breathtaking scenery. The movie is a reminder that any positive change begins in the most intimate place: our heart.

FILM TITLE: Too Young for Tonight
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2019
GENRE: Family, Drama, Thriller
PREMIERE STATUS: USA Premiere
RUNTIME: 23Min
COUNTRY: ITALY
DIRECTOR: Vittoria Rizzardi Penalosa
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Vittoria Rizzardi Penalosa
SYNOPSIS:
After a fight with her mother, a troubled 15-years old girl living in Verona (Italy), runs away from home and meets up with her group of friends. In the desperate attempt to fit in, forget about the fight she had with her mother, and in trying to suppress the notion of being part of a lower social class than them, she hides behind alcohol which will eventually only worsen her situation.

FILM TITLE: “People Like You”
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2018
GENRE: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Melodrama
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premier
RUNTIME: 17 minutes 28 seconds
COUNTRY: USA
DIRECTOR: Blake Winston Rice
CAST: Josh Mayes, Gabriella Piazza
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Hilarion Banks
PRODUCER/S: Megan Mayes
SYNOPSIS:
"In this thrilling tribute to the iconic melodramas of Old Hollywood, a socialite and an underdog are drawn into the cover-up of a Beverly Hills murder, each afraid to implicate themselves and uncertain of the other’s innocence.”

FILM TITLE: ETERNITY
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2018
GENRE : Sci-Fi

PREMIERE STATUS: NY
RUNTIME: 23:49
COUNTRY: Ukraine
DIRECTOR: Anna Sobolevska
CAST: Oleg Moskalenko, Darya Plahtiy, Roman Khalaimov
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Denys Lushchyk
PRODUCER/S: Vladimir Yatsenko, Anna Sobolevska
SYNOPSIS:
2058. Humanity has conquered death. It has happened that with the help of new technologies, corporations can digitize the souls of the dying and place them in the digital world beyond the grave forever. The digital worlds are very expensive. But there are also simple social worlds guaranteed by the state, where everyone is afraid to be. That’s why,

FILM TITLE: Life of Jess
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2018
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: North America
RUNTIME: 43 mins for all five episodes – each episode approx. 9 mins
COUNTRY: Australia
DIRECTOR: Laura Clelland
CAST: Jessica Holsman, Yasmin Honeychurch, Parker Little, Isabella Procida, Samantha MacGillirvray, Liam Head, Laura Stejskal, Joe Klocek, Sarah Kathleen
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Brendan Shambrook
PRODUCER/S: Sandra Makaresz, Laura Clelland, Elle Croxford and Jessica Holsman
SYNOPSIS: Successful YouTuber, Jess Holsman, gives advice on study, success and life… but was her own life always this together?
Life of Jess takes us back to Jess’ high school days to see how she survived high school and developed her positive approach to life.

FILM TITLE: BFF
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2018
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
RUNTIME: 7:11
COUNTRY: USA
DIRECTOR: Megan Macphee

CAST: Maggie Politi, Manon Mathews, Spiro Marcos, Matt Steiner, Iliana Inocencio
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Jordan Battiste
PRODUCER/S: NikoFrank Productions

SYNOPSIS:
Steve and Brittany are on the perfect first date. They have an intense connection, but not nearly as intense as the bond between Brittany and her BFF, Marcos. They're really close friends, but how close is too close?
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FILM TITLE: Freedom Education Project Puget Sound : College in Women’s Prison
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2017
GENRE: Documentary Short

PREMIERE STATUS: NY
RUNTIME: 10:38
COUNTRY: USA

DIRECTOR: Greg Westhoff
CAST: Rosa, Synae, Autumn & Victoria Thomas
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Greg Westhoff & Brad Curran
PRODUCER/S: Greg Westhoff & Kailin Mooney

SYNOPSIS:
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound is a Seattle-based nonprofit providing a rigorous college program for incarcerated women, trans-identified and gender nonconforming people at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Washington state. This documentary short drops into the daily lives of three women at different stages in their journey to self discovery through the FEPPS program.

FILM TITLE: Awkwardly
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2018
GENRE: Web series
PREMIERE STATUS: NYC
RUNTIME: Entire Series: 99 min./ Episodes average 4.5/5 min
COUNTRY: USA

DIRECTORS: Rebecca Benzell (E08 & E09), Nikki Coble (E01,
E11 & E20), Jennifer Dean (E07 & E10), Jessica Alexandra
Green (E02, E13 & E14), Annalise Leonelli (E06 & E15), Kristin McCarthy Parker (E03 & E16), Margaret Reed (E04 & E17), Stephanie St. Hilaire (E05 & E18), Kate Wetherhead (E12 & E19)

CAST: Main cast (in episode order): Kate Wetherhead, Nick Ong, Sinem Gulturk, Barbara McCulloh, Peter Saide, Dana Watkins, Kate MacCluggage, Dori Legg, Luis Núñez, Whitney Hudson, Debargo Sanyal, Clyde Baldo, Margaret Reed, John Wernke, Nikki Coble, Natalie Roy, Rose Pedone, Stephen C. Bradbury, Michael Piper-Younie & Maurice McRae

Supporting Cast (in episode order): Richard Prioleau, Nalina Mann, PJ Sosko, Ashley Lovell, Jennifer Plotzke, Richa Verma, Liz Lark Brown, Marta Reiman, Ryan Metcalf, Dawn Young & Simon Pearl

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Ryan Metcalf
PRODUCER/S: Nikki Coble, Omar Khan, Nalina Mann, John Yonover

SYNOPSIS: A heartbroken New Yorker’s search for something special at the liquor store, unfurls a chain of mighty, quirky connections distilled by life’s awkward moments. Featuring twenty main characters in a delightfully satisfying loop, this series was directed by women and flows from sweet to silly, to absurd, to poignant… because we do. Because life does.
We’re all connected… Awkwardly.

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