New Filmmakers Showcase

Alchemist Agenda

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The Hive has completed, an Amazon Studios winning production, The Alchemist Agenda based upon an original script by Marty Weiss. The motion comic is the first full-length motion comic created from original artwork and was produced by Marty Weiss and The Hive’s Yesenia Higuera and Benjamin Price.

Two-Legged Rat Bastards

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As part of its ongoing commitment to nuture promising filmmakers, Avid recently served as co-producer of Two-Legged Rat Bastards, a short film directed by Scot Weintrob from a story by Daniel Wallace (screenwriter of the cult hit Big Fish). Currently on the festival circuit, the film is the darkly humorous tale of Eddie, an aging, ill-tempered alcoholic (Orson Bean) who tries to reconnect with his estranged son Winstead (Derek Waters).

Part-Time Fabulous

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Until very recently the cost of creating a DCI-compliant Digital Cinema Package was too high for most independent filmmakers. Now companies like Santa Monica-based Fancy Film are beginning to use QubeMaster Xport to generate DCI-compliant Digital Cinema Packages for filmmakers that are more affordable. Fancy Film recently did the color grading, laid-off to tape, and the DCP mastering for the independent movie Part-Time Fabulous. Made by filmmakers Alethea Root and Jule Bruff, the movie has already won several awards at international festivals.

La Luna

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The short film La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait.

Personal Heroes

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A short film written and produced by an Anaheim Hills resident is resonating on a deep level with audiences and winning awards. Hero, a twenty-minute short film, is based loosely on the childhood experiences of local firefighter Steve Brio, and recently won the Best Short Film - Drama at the International Family Film Festival in Hollywood. This movie also recently screened at the Riverside International Film Festival.