• We are six Guatemalan students from Universidad Francisco Marroquin's Film School. For our final semester, we came abroad to Canada and are excited to be filming outside of the country.
• Loading Dock will be shot in Vancouver, Canada.
• We will begin our production at the beginning of November. Our plan is to have it edited and finished by January to be able to release it for Film Festivals by the spring.

Inés has grown up with a family with a very dry, sarcastic sense of humor. So when she read the script, she immediately connected to it. Sometimes this kind of sense of humor is used to cope with actual feelings. Instead of dwelling on the bad, it comes down to acknowledging it and making a joke out of it. This goes in hand with the main character’s perspective of the world. Just as we use humor in the real world to avoid painful subjects, this can also be a powerful tool in movies. Loading Dock will show a heavy theme, but with humor. Dark humor to be precise.

PERCY

An insensitive jerk, who usually speaks without thinking. This results in him insulting people all the time, but he is a nice guy overall.

Percy is a politically incorrect guy who has no filter to what he says. This, of course, gets him in trouble. Despite this attitude, Percy also has a surprisingly sensitive side to him.

GRANT

Grant is Percy's older co-worker who actually takes his job and life more seriously. Even though he is sometimes put off by Percy's sarcastic comments, he is a good partner to him as he noticeably always has his back.

What’s the money for?

$3,000 U.S dollars. The money we receive from this campaign will go to post-production, this includes sound mixing, editing, colorization and, musicalization.

By helping you will receive special goodies. No matter if you donate $5 or $100, you will receive a private link to watch ‘Loading Dock’ when it’s available. The more you donate, the more will be added to the package. This goes from downloadable posters, social media shoutouts, to a complete digital booklet with all the making of this exciting short film.

It would be ideal to reach our maximum goal, but we know some things in life are unpredictable. So if we don’t get all the money, we will still invest it in some areas of post-production. Especially those focusing in sound design and mixing.

Inés is a young director, writer and, editor was born in Guatemala City. She is about to graduate from Fransisco Marroquin University, with a degree in filmmaking. She’s worked in a number of short films. Including ‘About This Time’ (2016), ‘Another Glass of Wine’ (2018), where she wrote an directed both shorts.

Carlos has worked on several Guatemalan short films and features as a director, writer, and producer. He directed "Pastillitas de Colores", winner of the 2010 Icaro Film festival in Guatemala for Best School Documentary Short Film. Additionally, he won an Icaro in 2016 for producing the comedy feature film  "Otros 4 litros". 
Other Guatemalan films he has helped produce include "Trip" (2011), "Maradentro" (2018), Extraños (2019).

Daniel is a Guatemalan based filmmaker, who has been writing for the screen since 2014. He has directed a variety of short films and has worked on most departments for many other productions, such as "Minuto 103", "La última página", and "Down with music".

Diego Cofiño is a 22-year-old DP from Guatemala. He has worked in several short films like "Ningún Hijo Mío", "Otra Copa de Vino". He has participated two times in the Rode Short Film Festival Finishing in the 50th and 20th place out of 10000 participants.

Gabriela currently studies Film, Visual Arts and Entrepreneurship at Universidad  Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. She has been a production designer in various fictional short films, including "Down with Music", - a short made entirely in Guatemala that is an official selection in Los Angeles film festival. She has also directed various short films such as "Athazagora", "The lost inheritance" and "The Red Door".  She is also experienced in graphic design and has worked in educational videos as well as publicity.

Emily is a third-year film student at Universidad Francisco Marroquín. 
She has been the director and screenwriter of more than 7 fictional, publicity and educational short films. She has worked as a head writer on a children's animated web series and was also the show's voice actor-director. 
Additionally, she has produced several videos for the Oslo Freedom Forum run by the Human Rights Foundation.

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