Sans Diego Film Shorts
SHORT FILMS (from 10/14 Screenings)
Links to other work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZC0qsLgGa8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1HOJQBpLuQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV8Jlnb8Zck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0AXrGu5I4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmU1463Ok6M
Standing On Our Own Two Feet
Photographer and Editor: Virginia Allyn
Vocalist: Aaron Cooke
"Standing On Our Own Two Feet" tells a story of the place and the community of Far Rockaway, Queens, New York in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
We meet a mail carrier, a resident of public housing, a librarian and others who share their experiences. Jose looks at the devastation about him and remarks "no more memories" while Stephanie states "you see the coming together of a community" where everyone standing is a survivor.
Far Rockaway, once a popular resort, is a peninsula where an abundance of public housing now stands and where many residents are low income making them all the more vulnerable to the wrath of a storm that damaged or destoryed homes and left people without power, water and heat.
Ola Nā Iwi: Hāloa
Director: Michael Q. Ceballos
Executive Producers: Keikio‘ewa Kaōpua, Michael Q. Ceballos
Producer: Ty Robinson
Production assistant: Frances Oshiro
Screenplay by Keikio‘ewa Ka‘ōpua
Art and Animation crew:
Matthew Kawika Ortiz, Kana‘ina Warren, Michael Q. Ceballos,
Jessica Bogac-Moore, Jonah Cabudol-Chalker, Kokia Chandler,
Ridge Hirano, Austin Chun, Marissa Meyer, Malia Rossetti
Recorded at Blue Planet Sound
Lead Engineer: Lindly P. Cannon
Assistant Engineer: Jules Washington
Editor: Michael Q. Ceballos
“You ask me.
Who are you?”
Hāloa (pronounced: Haa-lo-ah) tells the story of how the first Hawaiian came to be and how the Hawaiian people's bond is forever linked to the Kalo (taro) plant, the Aina (land), and the Kanaka (people). Haloa is produced by Twiddle Productions in Honolulu Hawaii, and is brought to life with a unique blend of
animation, Hawaiian chants, and Hawaiian language.
Twiddle Productions is an animation, game and multimedia studio located in beautiful Honolulu Hawai‘i. The company has a diverse, multi faceted and multi cultural workforce, whose primary focus is on creating projects that perpetuate Pacific Island culture and values both locally and around
the globe.
Carnival Autumn
Director/Editor/Producer/Director of Photography:
David DiLillo
Original Score/Sound Design: Stephen DiLillo
"Carnival Autumn" depicts the fevered daydream of a young man as he recalls old memories and places of nostalgia. The short film explores the sacred spaces of his past and images and sounds that linger in his imagination. A surreal narrative without dialog, the film was shot on location in Pennsylvania and upstate New York.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3036362/
www.stephendilillo.bandcamp.com
LANA
Director: Berman Fenelus
Cast: Shannon Lucio, Charlie Hofthiemer
Crew: ALex Bergman ( DP )
LANA is the story of one woman's struggle to find her true self and overcome her addiction.
Lana, a long-time heroin addict, begins her daily routine of self-destruction. Prostituting herself outside a seedy motel in Skid Row to afford her daily dose, she’s chasing a high that can only leave her further broken. Her co-dependent, aggressive boyfriend adds fuel to the fire. He needs her to prostitute herself so he can also get his fix, but he resents her for performing her illicit activities. Lana desires to be anywhere but her current state.
Beginning to withdraw and no longer able to quiet her true emotions, Lana realizes that her drug addiction has lead her towards this downward spiral of self-loathing and destruction. She looks to her past, desiring to heal the old wounds that got her here, and begins to envision her road to recovery. Her thirst for a sober life becomes clear in her eyes, with the hope that it may just happen.
A family intervention, although not the first attempt, guides her resurgence. Lana begins to see the brighter side of life for the first time. However, her drug life is never far behind her. Taunted by her dark lifestyle and cravings, she becomes unsure if she can ever overcome her addiction. Being pulled on both the positive and negative aspects of life, Lana is frozen in this moment, full of expectations for a new beginning and fearful that may never happen.
L'Ignoble Rosso (Despicable Red)
Animator: Francesco Orazzini
Musician: Matteo Lenzi
An ironic and sharp video animation dedicated to a poor and desolating human genre. Going through several vicissitudes, people with no head chase frantically, with all the means at their disposal, their craving for power, becoming slaves of compromises. Each one of them prostate before this call that becomes ever more strong and powerful, while the freedom for which they had been longing for is ever farther.
There
Animation by Francesco Orazzini
Music by Matteo Lenzi
Sound Engineer Andrea Tempestini
"Chairs March" played by Giulia Costagli
A weird sailor runs a ship across the waters in a foggy and desert world to find his final destination.
AMBULANCE
WRITTEN - DIRECTED AND EDITED BY CAROLINA PIEDRAHITA
SVEN: OSCAR PRETEL
SVENS VOICE: JOHN GILLESPIE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BRIAN CHASE
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: JOHN GILLESPIE
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: MARIA MEDINA
CAMERA: ROBERT VERDI AND CAROLINA PIEDRAHITA
A DYING YOUNG MAN FALLS IN LOVE OF A NURSE WHO IS TAKING CARE OF HIM. BASED ON A RAFAEL CHAPARRO MADIEDO TEXT.
Memoirs of Marques
Director: Blensley PointduJour
Cast: Marques PointduJour
Crew: Blensley and MarquesPointduJour
Edited by Blensley PointduJour
A short film of a young man's life of his transition from New Jersey to Florida and the family he left behind.
Overs
Writer/Director Irina Varina
Cinematographer Aharon Rothschild
Editor Lorena Ospina Diaz
Sound design Alex Acevedo
Original Music Humberto Olivieri
Actors: Irina Varina, Lucas Beck
Poetic exploration of a relationship between two people.