LOGLINE
Heartbroken and suicidal after getting dumped, a girl tries to get through the day.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
I write and direct movies. Human flaws and moral ambiguity are interesting. I want to explore why perfectly intelligent people, who seem to have some sort of grasp on life, go around acting in a self-defeating way. Humans express their neuroses in many ways, and that is what makes people fascinating. I love those quirky, edgy, nonverbal, silent, tiny little moments, those powerful interchanges between people, things that almost always go unsaid, that people know are happening all the time but nobody has the courage to talk about. That's what I make movies about. The ideal film is neither prescriptive nor conclusive; it is ambivalent and it will move people when they are in the theater and make them think only after they leave. I want people to walk away with work to do, investigate, ask questions of themselves. I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or political agenda, but film is, ultimately, about narrative. It is about telling stories that are engaging and dramatic. I leave the comfortable and familiar to others. I consider it my job to make images that are difficult and strange.
Theres no reason why breaking up shouldnt make us laugh, sooner or later. As the hardest day of her break up unfolds, we watch a girl botch suicide attempts, binge, drink and cope with loneliness. If youve been dumped by a lover, youll relate to this story of heartbreak and rebirth. -Teri Carson
TECHNICAL
The film was shot with the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR and Canon L-series prime lenses.
Sylvia was born near Venice, Italy, and moved to Los Angeles to study acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. While still in school, she was invited to join the Strasberg Theatre Company, where she appeared in a variety of shows, including Beyond Therapy and Ubu Rex . After graduating she started navigating the crazy world of Los Angeles auditions and eventually landed her first role in the feature film Everybody Wants To Be Italian , with Penny Marshall. Most recent credits include the horror flick 8213:Gacy House , the role of Natalie the comedy series for the web The Clinic , and the role of Katie Malone in the upcoming Kill Katie Malone with Dean Cain.
Visit Sylvia's website
Teri Carson was born in Mexicali, B.C., Mexico. She studied art, film, photography and languages and in 2001 she attended film school in San Diego where she wrote, produced, photographed and directed several award-winning short films.
Her awards and honors include winning first prize for her short scripts Poly Esther, Chucky's Feast , her feature screenplay Ratacholo and a coveted spot on the prestigious Telluride Film Festival Student Symposium. Her short films have been shown at festivals around the world and at curated film exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego. Teri is currently on the pre-production stages of a documentary project about a Latina skater in search of a crew of her own. She lives in Los Angeles.
SELECTED FILMMOGRAPHY :
"www.flagburnersanonymous.org" (DV 2001)
"nepenthe" (DV 2001)
"Nocturnal Emissions (Part III)" (Super 16mm 2002)
"The Job" (Super 16mm 2003)
"Nosebleed" (16mm 2003)
"Poly Esther" (2004)
"So LA! with Sister Galina" (comedy web series 2007-2009)
"Heartbreak in 209 Cuts" (DV 2011)
"Dystopia In 77 Fragments and 444 Cuts" (In production)
"Prequel" (Super 8mm In production)
"subplot" (16mm; in post-production)
Visit Teri's blog
Giancarlo Ruiz is a filmmaker and an actor. His works INSECTO and IV have won several awards and have been exhibited in the Habana International Film Festival, Cuba; Los Angeles International Film Festival, Los Angeles; San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego; Mex Artes Berlin, Germany, Strange new world - Art and design from Tijuana at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego and at Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, and INSITE 2000 curated by Norma Iglesias, just to name a few.
He has worked as a director, writer, actor, producer, editor, cinematographer and production assistant in several films besides his own like the Award Winning Documentary MAQUILOPOLIS directed and produced by Sergio de la Torre and Vickey Funari. He is also co-founder of the collective"La Luciernaga Colectivo Escenico" with Raquel Presa in Tijuana and the acting troupe "The Travellin' Zoo" with Joseph J. Stephen and Wayne Shi in San Diego. Ruiz is also co-founder of the annual film festival RECORTOS48 in the city of Tijuana .
His most recent works are the zombie satire THE ZS and the drama ST. JACQUES , which premiered at the San Diego Latino Film Festival in 2010 and was showcased at the Short Film Corner Festival de Cannes 2010. His last work, IlLUZtration was selected to participate at San Diego's IN/TO CREATING Contemporary Art Fair in September 2011. He has just wrapped the production of his first feature film El Vecino ( The Neighbor ).
Visit Giancarlo's website
Starring :
Sylvia Panacione
Pepa Chus Carson
Produced by :
Henny Carson-Schwob
Teri Carson
Executive Producers :
Claudia Farias
Written and Directed by :
Director of Photography :
Giancarlo Ruiz
Assistant Camera :
Illya Haro
Sound Recordist:
Pablo Antonio Ruiz
Sound Design : Marianne Zimmer
Sound Editor : Camille Beart
Edited by : Odile Von Braun
Production Design : Natacha Monod
Titles : Madeleine Renoir
Art Direction :
Graphic Design :
Urbano Design Studio
Songs :
DAGGERS and OVER YOU
Composed and Performed by Nena Anderson
Form the album Beyond the Lights
Special Thanks :
James Shelledy
Neil Kendricks
Nena Anderson
Mario Farias
SAG Indie
Film Independent
© 2011 Dizzydent Films
Year of production: 2011
Running Time: 20 sec
Color/ Sound
Running Time: :14 sec
Running Time: 1:30 min
Music by Nena Anderson
"Over You" from her album, Beyond the Lights
March 18, 2012 _ 1:00 p.m. San Diego Latino Film Festival (San Diego, CA)
March 3, 2012 _ 3:00 p.m. The Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza (Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA)
November 3, 2011 _ 8:00 p.m. Echo Park Film Center (Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA)
October 3, 2011 _ 7:30: Max10 Performance Lab (Electric Lodge, Venice Beach, CA)
Octobert 1, 2011 _ 8:30 p.m.: Broad Humor Film Festival (Venice Beach, CA)
August 25, 2011: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego altpictureshows
Dizzydent Films
info_dizzydentfilms.com
BLOG
Dizzydent Films © 2011 / info_dizzydentfilms.com
