Short Summary
Actress/Producers, Jane Petrov and Amanda Dow, have teamed up with Harry Kakatsakis, director of the award-winning short, Admissions, starring James Cromwell, to produce a short Sci-Fi film about two topics they are passionate about- our individual health and the Earth's sustainability.
The film is about Anne, a mother who severely neglects her family and her environment when it comes to good health habits, recycling and the conservation of Earth's resources. One day, she is confronted by a time-traveling scientist, returning from the future, to convince her to change her ways.
We believe this film can build awareness about how we pollute our bodies as we do the Earth and the effect we have on our fragile eco-system.
Any donation adds up: $1, $11 or $500. Whatever you can offer will be appreciated. You can help us create an entertaining and moving sci-fi film with high quality production value. We've already assembled a professional cast and production crew for our shoot dates, November 18-20, 2012.
What We Need
Our budget of $11,000.00 will provide us with a top Sony F3 HD camera package, and cutting edge visual effects, as well as lighting, sound, transportaion, editing, sound track, music composition, insurance and food for our cast and crew for a three-day shoot.
We plan on partnering with green and sustainable companies to support our film and create awareness, but your generous contributions will be our primary source of funding. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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Bios
Amanda Dow (Actress/Writer) was born and raised in Australia, living her youth in a very small town, Karratha, her family moved to Perth Western Australia in her teenage years. At 19 she was accepted into the “Australian Film and Television Academy”. This meant she had to leave her family and move to Sydney. After graduating from the school she decided to leave Australia. Basing herself in London working and studying acting at different places in London she also used the time to travel all around Europe getting as much world experience as she could.
After returning and being home in Australia for only 13 months Amanda packed up once again and relocated, this time to California. In the time since being in America Amanda has written several short films, written a full length feature film, directed and produced two of her own films and is in pre-production for another two. Although her passion sits in her acting and still studies her craft, she keeps herself proactive within the industry collaborating with people with as much drive and passion as she has. www.amandadow.com
Hatem Elgenedy (Composer) is a composer, arranger, producer and was a soloist opera singer (Bass Baritone) at Cairo Opera House. Hatem won awards and prizes from his home country Egypt, Europe, and United States. When he came to the U.S. as a student, he was offered a full scholarship from Colorado State University at Boulder. Now Hatem is studying Music production at FullSail University, Florida. Hatem won the best sound track in 48 hours film production (Minnesota state University at Moorhead,MN) and works on projects for different independent movies and songs. http://www.audiohoundz.com/hatem-elgenedy.html
Harry Kakatsakis (Director) is a native New Yorker, raised by acting professionals. He has written and directed numerous films including "In My Country", a top finalist in Moveon.org’s “Bush in 30 Seconds” Contest and “'43 Days”, a training video chronicling a teen runaway’s descent into prostitution. He wrote the feature film "Search & Destroy" for Larry Levinson Productions. His most recent project is the short film "Admissions," starring James Cromwell, about an Israeli couple and a Palestinian who meet in the entrance way to the afterlife. "Admissions" has won several awards including the jury prize for best short at the Garden State Film Festival, the Woods Hole Film Festival and the New York International Film Festival. It was highlighted at the Zeitgeist Media Festival in Los Angeles. He is currently represented by Gage Group LA and Abraxas Management. www.harrykakatsakis.com
Elyse Mirto (Producer) is professional theatre, film, TV and commercial actress originally from Detroit and Chicago. She lives and works in both LA and New York. During the writers’ strike in 2008 Elyse moved to Manhattan to reconnect with theatre and forge ahead on her recently started producing career. She began studies at The Commercial Theatre Institute and shortly after began working with Broadway and film producing veteran Michael Alden. She received the 2009 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Actress in a Lead role, was nominated in the same category in 2010 and made her Off Broadway debut that same year.
As a producer Elyse has associated produced two indie features and the award winning comedy short “Solo Forever”. She has produced NY and LA readings and performances from the multi award winning playwright Nat Cassidy. With Michael Alden Productions Elyse is an associate producer on David Seidler’s Stage play “The Kings Speech”, which premiered in the West End this past spring. Elyse is currently raising funds for the West Coast premier of Nat Cassidy’s “Any Day Now” and collaborating on two short films. www.elysemirto.com
Andrew Petrov (Craft Service) decided he was going to be an artist at the age of 19. He became a painter, rising through the ranks of graduate school to earn the requirement to teach. Throughout his twenty five years as an artist, he spent more than half living in southern France, living what would be considered a dream life with his now ex. During his life together, they ran a bed and breakfast and operated exclusive tours initially, giving over to our bread and butter, conducting painting workshops, thus putting his extra degree to good use.
Cooking, as a trade and art form, has been Andrew's side passion. Living in France, he couldn't help but become a gastronomic enthusiast. He even hired a young French chef to come to his home to teach him anything he wanted to learn. This proved quite useful, extending Andrew's flexibility as a culinary performer. Consequently, it will be very satisfying for him to be responsible for feeding the cast and crew for this epic event. www.andrewpetrov.com
Jane Petrov (Actress/Writer) performed in regional theater and on the New York stage before driving to Hollywood in 2010 to persue work in film and tv. She is currently writing and developing a comedic web series with Harry Kakatsakis and co-producing an interview series, The Yale Project, that asks, "What does it take to succeed in television today?"
As co-owner of SkyTown Entertainment, Jane has directed or overseen the development and production of many short films including: The Fairy Princess (Best Short Film- Moondance International Film Festival), Finding a Match (Official Selection- Big Apple Film Festival) and Opposites Attract. She also served as the Artistic Director of PACT, a non-profit, theater company in NYC.
In her down time, Jane enjoys songwriting and playing her guitar.
Derek Rittenhouse (Director of Photography) is currently a cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute. His credits have included a variety of national on-air promos, commercials, short films, reality shows, tabletop photography, weekly arts programming and short-subject documentaries for WNET-NY/PBS, as well as 2nd unit green screen photography on several commercial projects. www.spectrepictures.com
