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Watksy – „Brave New World“ by Carlos Lopez Estrada


Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada
Produced by Kimberly Stuckwisch and Corinna Martinez
Director of Photography: Albert Salas
Editor: Taylor Brusky
VFX: Jordan Allen
Production Designer: Fernanda Guerrero
Additional VFX: Tim Hendrix, Andres Jaramillo, Derek King, Ryan Ross and Tanner Merrill
Additional Photography: Alonso Mejia
Makeup/hair: Sandra Miguelli
Wardrobe: Fernanda Vélez
Sound: Michael O’Connor
Production Companies: Diktator (US) and Contenido Neto (MX)

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I Am Sun Mu by Journeyman Pictures


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I Am Sun Mu: The life and work of North Korean defector turned political pop artist

Sun Mu, a senior North Korean propaganda artist, escapes to the South and now uses his talent to make fun of the Supreme Leader through satirical political pop art. Offered a high profile solo exhibition in China, he could never have expected the hostility he would attract from the authorities. As he puts his exhibition together the forces against him grow. A tense narrative coupled with powerful imagery defines this unusual documentary.

“It all happened very suddenly.“ A crowd of bystanders gather in the closed-off streets that surround an art gallery encircled by police cars, anxious to understand what the commotion is. Behind the gallery walls lies the first ever solo exhibition of propaganda-artist-turned-defector Sun Mu, who has fled from North Korea to Beijing in search of refuge.

As a young child growing up in North Korea, Sun Mu always had a burning desire to represent the unrepresentable. Artistically influenced not by other painters but instead by dictators, Sun Mu recalls locking himself in his room to paint a picture of Kim Il Sung. “Before it was even dry, I burned it.”

Years later, Sun Mu’s satirical political pop art has admirers, and when he is offered his first solo exhibition in Beijing he knows that he is dancing with the devil. His provocative work is sure to stir conflict with the authorities who are nervous of upsetting their sensitive North Korean neighbours.

As he looks over a painting of Kim Jong Il stood proudly in front of an upside down flag – a bold and blatant reference to a backwards nation – he remembers how his hands trembled as he painted: “I always had a fear that someone might sneak up behind me and stab me.” Sun Mu’s anxious wife, on the other hand, is kept awake at night by the fear of the family being taken hostage.

As the opening day of Sun Mu’s exhibition finally arrives, police and government officials turn up at the gallery in search of the man behind the paintings, ready to interrogate…

The film is a powerful portrayal of a man who searches for freedom while concealing his own identity in the face of an oppressive political regime.

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Odonis Odonis – NEEDS (Official Video) by Scott Cudmore


directed & edited by Scott Cudmore
produced by Rob Allan
photography by Peter Hadfield
art direction by Thea Hollatz
wardrobe by Muska Zurmati
make up by Natalia Zurawska
fx by Jake Owens
colour by Clinton Homuth at Alter Ego
casting by Ashley Hallihan

1st AC: John Ker
2nd AC: Rico Moran
gaffer: Julian Samuals
best boy electric: Bryan Angarita
key grip: Adam Belyea
best boy grip: Jeff Kaczmarek
location manager: Gary Nicolucci
production coordinator: Piper McCutcheon
production assistant: Jade Woo Giroux
executive producer: Richard Cureton
executive producer: Luc Frappier

CAST
Female Android – Avaah Blackwell
Male Android – Chuck Ezeokonkwo
CEO – Victor Roy
Young Male Company Employee – Connor Kivi
Older Male Company Employee – Ted Shier
Female Company Employee – Alexandra Milne
Female Sleeping Android – Alexandra Hames
Male Sleeping Android – Steve Rausa

KESY by Julian Marshall


Jack Kesy emigrated from Poland to the United States as a young child in search of a better life. He grew up on the streets of New York City where day-to-day survival was the norm. Unbeknownst to him, this was where his training as an actor took roots.

Jack is an avid boxer and a world class actor. This is his story.

Director: Julian Marshall (Julianmarshall.tv)
Producer: Alex Liebman
DP: Josh Kraszewski
Steadicam: Korey Robinson
1st AC: Christian Carmody
Gaffer: Patrick Knight
Key Grip: Jimmy Brown
DIT: Brendan Engle
PA: Justin Snow, Ian Slakas, Lily Balatincz
Editor: Ien Chi
Composer: Trevor Doherty
Sound Designer: Eric Hoffman @ Bronx Audio
Colorist: Kath Raisch @ Company 3

Executive Producers:

Andrew Simkiss @ Acres
Matt McLaughlin @ Acres
Christian Silberbauer @ Acres
Julian Marshall
Brian M Feldman
Erica Bernhard

Special Thanks:

Acres, Bruce Silverglade @ Gleasons Gym, Chase Hall, Lauren Rodriguez, Hunter Baker, Jake Oleson, Paul Hairston, Jared Rosenthal, Todd Martin, Lily Balatincz, Austin Purnell, Lance Oppenheim, Harrison Nalevansky, Tim Sessler, Dan DiFelice, Bronx Audio, Clare Movshon & Katie Andrews @ Company 3

Where You Are by Graham Parkes


When Jen’s son disappears in a game of hide-and-go seek, she unwittingly embarks on a journey through time in order to find him. Starring Sarah Burns.

Where You Are premiered at South By Southwest in 2016. Since then it’s been screened Nashville Film Festival and at the Capalbio International Film Festival in Italy, where it received the Grand Prix for Best Short.

Writer/Director: Graham Parkes
Producers: Oliver Lewin, Brendan Garrett
Director of Photography: Christopher Ripley
Production Designer: Eloise Ayala
Composers: Oliver Lewin & Trevor Estes

Starring:
Sarah Burns as Jen
Eric Edelstein as Lenny
Brendan Scannell as Kid on Bike/ Katie
Lewis Pullman as Adult James
Hudson West as Young James
Jacob Melton as Teen James

Casting Director: Dylan Jury
Costume Designer: Kim Sheree
1st AD: Margaret Fitzpatrick
2nd AD: Jesse Orrall
Production Sound Recordist: Jack Sobo
Boom Operator: Trevor Estes
Co-producers: Griffin Libby-Bleser, Natalie Berkus
Associate Producers: Chiara Towne
Visual Effects: Isaac Morhaim
Colorist: Christopher Ripley
Sound Editor: Jack Sobo
Production Associates: Cal Brisbin, Simona Kessler.
Art Department: Alex Stamm
Makeup Artist: Wren Witting
Additional Makeup: Veronica Davy, Ann Beckett
Photography: Madeline Wilson
Set Teacher: Maureen Estes

Her Friend Adam by Ben Petrie


— A boyfriend’s jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom. —

2016 Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance by Grace Glowicki

Written, Directed, and Edited by Ben Petrie
contact: niceiscoolfilm@gmail.com // @benpetrie

starring Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie & Andrew Chown
produced by Kristy Neville
cinematography Kelly Jeffrey

1st AD Andrew Jeffrey
production design Michaela Kurimsky
sound recordist Gus Harris
edited by Ben Petrie
original paintings by Gordy Bond & Grace Glowicki
1st acs Tommy Kieth & Charles Hutchings
dmt Brendan Mills

sound design Matt Chan
sound edit Brent Pickett
dialogue editor Martin Gwynn Jones
colorist Cem Ozkilicci
music supervisors Sean-Michael Hamilton & David Hayman
music coordinator Cody Partridge
vfx Andrew Scott & Jack Feore
assistant art director Russel Curk
executive producer Jennifer Gilgan

16 mins / colour
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