Production Bank

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Fran's Daughter @ SXSW

3rd Year director Eric Martin's film Fran's Daughter will premiere at SXSW next month. Margaret takes care of her mother Fran, an Alzheimer’s patient. When a stranger arrives bearing a letter from Fran, questions arise that challenge Margaret’s most basic assumptions.

Director Dallas King

Dallas King's short film Little Soldier will premiere at the Pan African Film Festival this evening. Daniel struggles to get past his bed-wetting problem while his military Dad grows frustrated. Only Daniel’s belief in his toys coming alive to fight the monster in the closet responsible for the bedwetting will restore the love between a father and a son. Read an interview with Dallas, that first appeared in The Daily Bruin last November: 'Graduate film student Dallas King uses personal experiences as inspiration for his movies, gives back to community.'

Nisa @ Cleveland International Film Festival

Undergraduate alumni director Doug Archibald continues to enjoy the success of his short film Nisa, which he wrote and directed last year. Produced by Nacia Stevens. Cinematography by MFA DP Roberto Gudiño.

Director Lucas Mireles

It's been a great year for 3rd Year director Lucas Mireles so far. His film 'Hijo de mi Madre' screened at Slamdance in February, and his film 'Love Analysis' will screen at SXSW on March 11th at 11:30pm.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

ergo sum

The lone survivor of a failed Outerspace mission returns home. First year MFA director Alex Salinas-Albrecht is working on raising funds for his project Ergo Sum. Hear the director's pitch here.

Kapputt!

Destroyer - Kaputt from Merge Records on Vimeo. Directed by recent undergraduate alumn, Dawn Garcia.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Planting Hope

A promo for Planting Hope shot by Chris Carrea and directed by Kimberly Townes, and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Planting Hope documents Master Topiary Surrealist, Pearl Fryar and his campaign to provide funding for high school graduates that show promise despite having low test scores and GPAs. This project will be the first of it’s kind to document the virtues of the Pearl Fryar Garden and his transformational message about hard work, talent and success.

The film is an official finalist in Time Warner Cable's Short Film Contest on YouTube in association with IFC Films.

Contact: ktownes@gmail.com

Contact: chriscarrea@yahoo.com

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Documentary Trailer: Above The Fold

Above the Fold, produced by Roberto Gudino. A one hour documentary about a group of young Latino journalists who respond to negative portrayals of Latinos in the Los Angeles Times by writing their own stories. They were vindicated in 1984 when they became the first Latinos to win the Pulitzer Prize.

Contact: roberto.gudino@gmail.com

Monday, November 8, 2010

Contra El Mar

Trailer for Contra El Mar (Against The Sea), written and directed by Richard Parkin and shot by cinematographer Topher Osborn on location in the coastal towns of Baja, Mexico. A portrait of a young marriage struggling to find common ground amid hardship and uncertainty.

Contact: parkin.r@gmail.com