ENERGY 11105

Documentary

The boat graveyard is one of the largest collections of historical boats in the United States. They all have their own life story, but many of these stories have disappeared with the crew and captains. This short documentary brings audience to an amazing journey to the mysterious shipyard, revealing complex layers materials of boats’ constructions. This is part of their unique language, which the film explores visually.

Credits

Writer/Director: Uladzimir Taukachou

Producer: Uladzimir Taukachou

Director of Photography: Uladzimir Taukachou

Editor: Uladzimir Taukahcou

Sound Designer: Uladzimir Taukahcou

Production Assistant(s): Noriko Sugiura
Special Thanks: Dave Davidson

Featuring

Additional Camera:
Kjerstin Rossi, Marcelitte Failla, Veronika Savitski, Noriko Sugiura

Uladzimir Taukachou

Uladzimir Taukachou born and raised in the former Soviet Union and immigrated to the US from totalitarian Belarus in his twenties. An accomplished cinematographer specializing in scripted, unscripted, documentary, fiction, short and feature films. He brings his unique vision to his work and problem solving having lived in two opposite systems communism and capitalism.

Specialization

Writing & Directing Documentary

Quote

There are no rules in art

Contact Uladzimir

http://www.utcinema.com

Picnic

Fiction

Through a little boy’s magical journey in life, his expectations of “family” are always set very high. After failing to achieve this many times, we find that he is repeating the life of his parents…

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Credits

Writer/Director: Fan He
Assistant Director: Yifeng Li
Producer: H.C Fang/ Bingqiao Zhou/ Zirui Lv/ Liu He/Fan He
Co-Producers: Yinghua Wong
Director of Photography: Gordon Yu
1st Assistant Camera: Jeanette Sears
Gaffer(s): Muge, Xaisongkham Induangchanthy
Editor: Yung-jen Yang
Sound Designer: William Hsieh
Sound Mixer: Youngki Jin
Production Designer: Seungwon Park, Esther Pang
Script Supervisor: Kanchalee Wijakpaisarn, Jingyang Cheng
Production Assistant(s): Bendi Liu, Zhifan Jia
Special Thanks: Youngki Jin, Felicia Bradford

Cast

Colin Chen, Monica Liang, Fenton Li, Alestair Shu, Seunghyun Hwang, Xin-Zhong Du, Sarah Polen, Geoff Lee, Yoyo Yang

Fan He

Fan He is a MFA candidate at City College of New York. Born from Hubei, China, Fan is now exploring his creative career in New York City. His short film Morning Song won Best Fiction at CUNY Asian American Film Festival in New York and got selected by festivals both in Beijing and Taiwan. In 2013, Fan made another short film Red Fog which represents the air pollution problem in China, the film catches attention from audiences both in China and abroad. It has been selected by Student Academy Awards- Regional Semifinalist, Palm Spring International ShortFest and other festivals all over the world.

Before film, Fan He was once vice chief editor at soufun.com (NYSE: SFUN) and vice chief editor at Mtime.com (Biggest movie website in China). In 2012, Fan He started to take charge of the new media distribution works at Huayi Brothers Media Group. He is a pioneer of short film international distribution. In 2013, Fan He launched his own distribution company EnMaze Pictures LLC in New York City. enMaze Pictures focuses on short film production and new media distribution, helps amazing short films to find their global audiences.

Specialization

Writing & Directing Fiction

Credits

Sunny Side – Producer
Red Fog – Producer/Director
Morning Song – Producer/Director

Portraits Of An Incest Survivor

Documentary

A picture is worth a thousand words. PORTRAIT OF AN INCEST SURVIVOR, will paint a picture and each stroke will be a brief look into the lives of five extraordinary and courageous people from different cultures, backgrounds and walks of life who have survived the trauma of being sexually abused not by a stranger, but by a member of their family. Poetry and an interview with Rachel Lloyd, author of “Girls Like Us” and founder of GEMS (Girls Educational Mentoring Services) weave the film together as Alviria, Angelia, Ashton, Jamillah and Soyini break their silence to tell their stories of surviving incest.

Credits

Writer/Director: Sonya Denise Reed

Producer: Sonya Denise Reed

Director of Photography: Brad Toms
1st Assistant Camera: Uladzimir Taukachou
2nd Assistant Camera: Noriko Sugiura

Editor: Somaliah “Trinity” Williams

Sound Designer: Cuetrax
Sound Mixer: Cuetrax

Production Assistant(s): Michelle Reaves and Gail Harry
Special Thanks: Pastor A.R. Bernard and Christian Cultural Center Church

Featuring

Soyini Crenshaw, Alvira Key, Jamillah Z. Peyton, Ashton Pina, Angelia Williams, featuring Rachel Lloyd

Sonya Reed

Sonya Denise Reed is a graduate student at The City College of New York and the founder of Alabaster Box Productions.

Her background in both newspaper and broadcast journalism opened the doors to becoming a documentary film maker.

She has worked as freelance writer, producer and director, and is currently a part time production associate for Maysles Documentary Film Center in Harlem, New York.

Her previous film credits include the documentary short film “The Story of Joan, Angel Advocate” about the brutal rape and murder of 8 year old Joan D’Alessandro by a high school math teacher and her mother’s relentless 30 year battle to change the laws of imprisonment for child killers, and the narrative short films “The First Lady” and “HIV, Happiness Is Vanished”.

As an artist, Sonya remains true to her calling by knowing who she is.

Specialization

Writing & Directing Documentary

Quote

“I do not “want” to be a filmmaker, I “am” a filmmaker.” “If you know who you are, you will remain true to yourself and create films that are authentic and not like someone else’s.”

Credits

“Double Take-Director”

Sunnyside

Fiction

Fernando, a Latino day laborer tries to find a job on the streets of Queens in New York City, however, he fails to do so. Instead of waiting on the street to find his next job he tries to find one himself. Finally, he finds a job as a snow-shoveler. This film follows a day in the life of a day laborer.

Credits

Writer/Director: YoungKi Jin
Assistant Director: Natasha Soto
Producer: YoungKi Jin
Co-Producers: Fan He
Director of Photography: Roberto Collado
1st Assistant Camera: Jeanette Sears
2nd Assistant Camera: Yung-Jen Yang
Gaffer(s): Warut Snidvongs, Xaisongkham
Editor: Sarah Kim
Sound Designer: YoungKi Jin
Sound Mixer: Napat Snidvongs
Production Designer: Seungwon Park
Script Supervisor: Kanchalee Wijakpaisarn
Production Manager: EunSeok Choi
Production Assistant(s): Arum Jung, Seunghyun Hwang, Jonah Park, Jinyoung Huh, Jaewoo Park
Special Thanks: Haesun, my wife, my parents and sister, Melissa Butler, Dulce Navar

Cast

New York Cast

Fernando – Israel Islas Bustamante
Flesh guy – Plinio Villablanca
Subway Girl – Melissa Butler
Subway Guy – Fan He
Pick up guy 1 – Donghwan Lee
Pick up guy 2 – Jaewoo Park
Deli Owner – Donghun Park
Korean Girl – IVY Yoon

Mexico Cast

MARIA – Blanca Leticia Guerra
SOL  – Ismael Fernandez
LUNA – Dora Elizabeth Morales
ABUELA – Maria Orfelinda Trejo
COYOTE  – Javier Trevino
AMIGO – Max Morales

Youngki Jin

YoungKi Jin (B, in Seoul, South Korea) is a Writer/Director. After studying film at Jeonju University, he worked as a writer and Assistant director for Korean Production Company. He is studying for his MFA in Film directing at The City College of New York. He has made movies related to family problems such as how characters can sustain and love their families.

Specialization

Writing & Directing Fiction

Credits

Sunnyside – Writer & Director
A Saturday Morning – Production Sound
The Fate of Fruit – Production Sound

Contact Youngki

http://vimeo.com/filmmakerjin

Small Talk

Fiction

A young phone sex operator named Al’s career takes a strange turn as her more unpleasant clients begin dying under mysterious circumstances after speaking with her.

Credits

Nicole Solomon: Writer/director/production designer
Flavio Alves: Producer
Chih-Hsin Lee: Producer
Jeanette Sears: Director of photography
Heidi Mueller: Assistant director/videographer
Liam Billingham: Assistant director
Cristina Cordero: Editor/production manager
Jim McCabe: Associate Producer
Lailah Bragin Pepe: Associate Producer
Karen Moran: Production Coordinator
Yessica Curiel Montoya: Gaffer
Chris Ungco: 1st AC
Chris Montgomery: 2nd AC
Frank Huang: Sound recorder/grip
Alex Leu: Sound recorder
Aina Segui: Script supervisor
Chelsa Molloy Salesman: Costume design
Robert Bentacourt: Hair/makeup
Janice Lindo: Additional makeup
Lisa Forst: Visual effects/special effects makeup
Xia Sheng: Grip
Ian Phillips: Grip
Ian Bibby: Grip
Dada Shikako: Car rigger
Rommel Genciana: Additional AC
Montgomery Brown: PA
Michael Davern: PA
Sha Huang: Still photography
Tara Themis Brown: Still photography
Matt Turner: Sound Designer

Cast

Manini Gupta: Al
Ruthellen Cheney: Tania
Anthony Casertano: Mike
Anthony Perrelli: Chuck
Ian Bibby: Angry Caller
Martin Bisi: Tommy Levine
Richard Wilt: Jay Starks
Harmony Stempel: Caroline MacArthur
Jean Grae: Reporter
Robert Bentacourt: Bartender

Nicole Solomon

Nicole was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Ithaca, New York. She graduated from Eugene Lang College (part of the New School University) with a BA in cultural studies. Nicole often partners with social justice organizations like Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Ma’yan, and Jewish Voice for Peace on video projects. She recently directed and edited the short documentary That’s Not Fair! about a political theater apprenticeship for teenage girls, and her music video for The Shondes’ “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” was an official selection of the MIX Milan LGBT film festival in 2010. She has written for AfterEllen, Heeb, Prefix, On The Issues, $pread, and New York Magazine among other websites and publications. She loves cooking and watching good television.

Specialization

Writing and Directing Fiction

Quote

“Gold lamé has consequences.” – Phil Ochs (post-“Gunfight at Carnegie Hall” Nudie suit kerfluffle.)

Credits

Small Talk – Writer/director/production designer
The Longing – Production manager/makeup/costume design/production design/script supervisor
Mainland – Art director
Future Perfect – DIT

Contact Nicole

NicoleWitteSolomon@gmail.com
www.NicoleWitteSolomon.com
www.SmallTalkMovie.com

i live In Life

Documentary

When his mother begins to decline into advanced Alzheimer’s, the film-maker becomes caretaker to the apartment she lived in for almost 40 years, and her beloved dog, Oskar. In the process he’s forced to confront her mortality – and his own. Combining techniques from theater and puppetry, his film delves into the question of who are we if we don’t remember who we are?

Credits

Liam Billingham – Story Consultant, Co-Producer
Cristina Cordero – Editor
Yessica Curiel Montoya – Director of Photography
Jeanette Sears – Additional Photography
Heidi Mueller – Assistant Director
Ian Bibby – Assistant Camera
Xia Sheng, Niav Conty and Jon Olson – Location Sound
Lars Fuchs – Sound Design

Cast

Anna-Riitta Fuchs
Anneli Fuchs
Lars Fuchs
Martin Fuchs
Peter Fuchs
Oskar

Lars Fuchs

Danish-born filmmaker Lars Fuchs came to the United States as an infant in the ’60’s, and has made New York City his home ever since. He was irredeemably lost to film at Cornell University, where an introductory film-making course tempted him away from a career as a computer programmer. Now, after over twenty years’ experience as an editor for film and television, he looks forward to graduating with a City College MFA and the challenge of making his own films.

Specialization

Directing, Documentary

Quote

“Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment. Unreasonable men persist in trying to adapt their environment to themselves. Therefore, all progress is made by unreasonable men.”
— George Bernard Shaw

Credits

Producer – “Future Perfect”
PA/Grip – “Lost in the City”
Color Correction – “Small Talk”
DIT & Location Manager – “Outworld”

Contact Lars

director@klipper.tv

Murray Hill

Fiction

June-young, a 30-year-old Korean woman, goes on a short trip to Murray Hill, Queens, in an attempt to take a break from her life problems such as her relationships, money and the effects of her radical point of view. However, when she encounters a variety of people – friends and strangers, who have their own problems, her plans for the peaceful break unravel.

Credits

Writer, Director: Juhui Kwon
Producer: Juhui Kwon, Ian Phillips
Director of Photography: Niramon Ross
Assistant Camera: Jeanette Sears, Greg Star
Assistant Director: Jim Pasuthip, Carey Hu
Gaffer: Derrick Raphael
Sound Recording: Eric Perez, Anthony Hang, Andrey Radovski
Production Assistant: Seungjae Lee
Editor: Juhui Kwon
Production Designer: Juhui Kwon
Sound Designer: Miguel Celis

Cast

June-young: Juhui Kwon
Sung-eun: Hyojeong Lee
Bo-yeon: Misun Kim
Myoung-hoon: Jongman Kim

Juhui Kwon

Born in South Korea, Juhui flew to New York after graduating from college in Seoul and started studying and making films in New York. She started working as a creative director for a local TV advertisement company in Queens, while writing and directing her own ‘no-budget’ films. Last year, Juhui completed her first featurette film, ‘Feature Movie’. The film was listed as one of the top ten 2012 films in the magazine, ‘Sense of Cinema’, and Juhui was featured as a 2012 ‘New filmmakers’ in Desistfilm magazine.

Specialization

Writing & Directing Fiction

Quote

“I want to look at thoughts rather than actions, dealing less with what people do than what is going on in their minds while they are doing it.” – Éric Rohmer

Credits

LONGING: Sound recording
LOST IN CITY: Production Assistant

Contact Juhui

kwonjuheefilm@gmail.com
917.288.0662

Faded

Fiction

When a declining marriage is threatened by infidelity, a husband and wife struggle to forgive everything and stay together; but when their old ways threaten their future, they are forced to make a final choice before they can move on.

Credits

DP: Niav Conty
Producer: Alex Leu, Greg Starr
Editor: Alex Leu
Production Designer: Ludmila Leu
Sound Designer: Alex Leu

Cast

Noelle Mauri
John Crandall
Lexi Moeller
Alexander Wright

Alexandru Leu

Born in Eastern Europe, Moldova – Alex Leu spent his childhood emerged in music. Majoring in accordion at an early age, he won numerous awards as a soloist and member of different accordion orchestras both at home and abroad. Constantly looking for new ways of self expression, Alex started playing guitar, string bass and saxophone and began writing original music. As he concentrated on music composition, he discovered film music and the power of storytelling, which led him to study film at City College. In his quest to explore life through the arts, Alex hopes to merge music and writing into a tandem of expression and truth.

Specialization

Writing and Directing Fiction

Quote

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Credits

Outworld – Sound Recording
Small Talk – Sound Recording
Faded – Writer & Director | Producer

Contact Alexandru

avl.sound@gmail.com