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Small Talk Short Film

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Small Talk Short Film

Small Talk Short Film

Small Talk Short Film

Small Talk Short Film

Small Talk Short Film

Love, Coffee & Internet

Love, Coffee & Internet

Love, Coffee & Internet

Love, Coffee & Internet

Carla Gil
Carla Gil
Carla Gil
Carla Gil
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Brooklyn, United States
$6,391 USD by 92 backers
$6,361 USD by 91 backers on May 9, 2016

THE STORY

What happens you feel lonely  and connecting with other people seems imposible?

In a world where we are so busy with our lives, work and careers, loneliness has become a reality in pretty much everyone’s life. In Small Talk we will see  how Connor and Lucia using an online service decide to have a blind date on Christmas Eve as their last resort to find that magical connection that makes life worth living.

From the producer of “Datin’ Marvin” (Cannes Short Film Corner 2015), Monica Palmieri, brings you Small Talk, a story about two very lonely people, Connor, an awkward rumbling guy  and Lucia, a sarcastic, stiff know it all.

The script is based on a play by known writer Steven Simoncic and it was directed by Monica as a stage reading for the Flores Play Festival for the Around the Block Company, last summer in New York City. The audience's reaction was so positive and engaging that along with the writer and lead actress, they decided to bring it to life once again but as a short film.


WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP

We need your help to finish the post production and other expenses we need to cover of the film. Editing, sound design color correction,subtitles, as well film festival submissions and screenings. We are nearly done, help us make Small Talk the quality film we've envisioned from the get go.
  • Editing: This is really where the movie is made.
  • Sound Design and mix: Without sound you will be watching a silent movie.
  • Music and composer: Musics brings out the soul
  • Color Correction: As New Yorkers we love Black and white but we are going for a splash of color this season.
  • Festival Submissions: We want the movie to travel around the world in 180 days.
  • Screenings:  We want you to see the movie
  • Trailer, subtitles and titles: We want our international friends to enjoy the movie
  • Translation: Well, someone has to work and translate it
  • Film Copies : For all the old school lovers and festivals
  • Posters and print: Who doesn't want to be seen and admired
  • Hardrives: You need a roof over your head, Small talk needs somewhere to live as well.
  • Graphic Design: Sorry Monica and Carla have no clue on Graphic design on that thing called a computer.

THANK YOU! GRACIAS!  with your support we will bring Small Talk to life! <3

If you can't contribute in $ it doesn't mean you can't help. Please share our campaign with lovers, friends and family, and #SpreadTheLove

THE TEAM

Small Talk's crew is a team of Latina women who are fiercely working in the film industry in New York. They all come from different backgrounds, Guatemala, Spain and Cuba, but have immigrated to New York with the same purpose: continue to make films about human connections or the inability to form one. Each one bringing to the table a different vision and experience in storytelling that we have brought from our countries. 

The team is also composed by amazing talented men without them, this film would have never seen the light of day. 

We want to make this film our first step into forming a Collective of  Young Women Filmmakers of diverse backgrounds. This film is an invitation to build this initiative and show what we can create together.


Monica Palmieri Director/ Producer

Monica has been in a passionate relationship with filmmaking for the past 10 years of her life.

Mónica has directed and produced short films "Small Talk",  "Complete Sentences" and "Black Hole" (Official Selection Icaro International Film Festival and Corto Circuito Short Film Festival ). She has also directed the stage readings of "Late Bloomers", "Space Behind Your Heart (Small Talk)", "Office Hours" and " for the Flores Play Festival in New York .

Mónica became part of the Labyrinth Theatre Company Workshop Ensemble, where she directed her first on-stage show "I Just Want To Look Good Naked" in 2012.

Palmieri has produced short films "Datin Marvin" which will have it's world premier at the 68 Cannes Film Festival 2015,"Locked in You", "Underwater", "Meet Me Here" and "Derailing" in which she also played the lead.  Monica worked as Line Producer alongside award winning director Deborah Kampmeier for feature film "Split".  She has worked as Production Manager for "MTV Untitled Fashion Pilot" and Lorelei Taron and soccer player Falcao's music video "No me rendire" . She was Assistant Director for Wu-Tang Clan 's documentary promo video. 

More about Monica: www.monicapalmieri.com


Carla Gil Actress/ Producer

Carla (Spain) has been working in-between New York and Spain for the last 10 years. 'Small Talk' is her first tittle as a Film producer. Between the years 2007 and 2012 Carla has produced several theatre plays  in both  Spain and New York. Forming this women collective is a platform to continue with her passion for producing.
As an actress her credits include Small Talk, The Nick, By Any Means,  stage reading for the Flores Play festival and several National Commercials. Carla has worked in theatre film and Tv in Spain, England and New York.
She's an Alumni of The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute New York, The London Metropolitan University and The American Academy of the Dramatic Arts.

Gilliam de la Torre Director of Photography

Gigi is a DP who studied cinematography at the Art Institute ISA in Havana. With a photography background, she has worked as still photographer for feature films and publicity, as photographer for theaters magazines and as cinematographer for short films, music videos, and documentaries back in Cuba. Since last year she has been mostly involved as DP in the process of two feature documentaries: “Me, Japanese”, winner of the 2015 WaveMaker Grant, supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and “Garage Rendevouz” about the recently demolition of the oldest flea market in New York city. Originally from Cuba, she is now based in New York. She completed the fellowship program at the Flaherty Seminar. She attended documentaries studies at NYU Film School, cinematography workshops at EICTV Film School San Antonio de los Baños and has past studies in Dramaturgy. 

More about Gilliam: www.gigidelatorre.com


Steven Simoncic Writer

Steven Simoncic’s plays have received productions, readings and workshops at The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, The Second City, Pegasus Players, The Baruch Center for the Performing Arts, Stageplays Theatre, and The Soho Theatre in London. Steven’s play, Once Upon a Time in Detroit, was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2013 Eugene O’Neill Theater 

Center’s National Playwrights Conference and Heat Wave was recently selected for Steppenwolf Theatre’s 2015 Garage Rep season. Steven recently completed critically acclaimed productions of Broken Fences with Ballybeg in New York and 16th Street in Chicago, which was featured in The Chicago Tribune’s “Best of 2013.”


Jakob Von Eichel Actor

Jakob von Eichel is a New York actor of film, television and stage. He was born in Canada, raised in Washington DC with a German father and a Canadian mother, but has made New York his home for the last decade. He is known primarily for his roles as accented criminals on such classics as Law and Order, Person of Interest, The Americans, White Collar and Blacklist withmore recent and less sinister work on HBO’s Doll & Em. This is, however, his very first time on film playing a nice “normal guy”, a part closer to how he hopes the world actually sees him. He is very excited to be working on such wonderfully romantic material with such a talented team of artists and is greatly relieved to not carry a gun or speak a Slavic tongue.


Idalmis Garcia Assistant to the Director


Idalmis is a cuban actress that recently moved to New York. In her natal Havana she has been part of important cuban films and has worked with well know film, tv and theater directors. 
Her Film credits include: "Los Dioses Rotos", "Conducta" (Goya award nominee) from director Ernesto Daranas and "Larga Distancia" by Esteban Insausti. 
In New York she is a cast member of Repertorio Español were she has been performing for the past year in productions like "Aire Frío", "El Loco Por Fuerza " y "Hierba Mala Nunca Muere". Her theatre credits also include several plays in Havana and Germany, like "Blue Orange", "Zement" and "Our Town".
She has been a producing partner and assistant to british director Stephen Bayly in several productions in Havana.
In 2013 Idalmis worked as assistant director to Ernesto Daranas for the teaser of his upcoming feature film.


Melany Walter Production Coordinator

Graduated from Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute and Marcelle Bonge Ballet Company. She was a ballerina for 14 years, then took some tap, jazz and funk lessons. She first learned how to dance Cuban salsa in Italy, then danced in the prestigious Salsa In Montion Academy (2009) in Guatemala. When she moved to New York she took salsa classes with Eddie Torres and Chris Rogicki. Recently performed as Christina in the play "Donde esta Chin?" (2014). Was part of the musical "Golden Cacao Bean" ( 2012) as Coy, a FELT production, at LATEA Theater. She played the Miller's Daughter in "Rumple Who?" (2012) at the 13 St. Repertory Theater. Her theater credits also include Pam Sakarian in "Baby" (2011) and Anita in "West Side Story" (2011) directed by Jeffrey Ferguson and Jan Douglas at the Marilyn Monroe Theater. Film credits include the leading role in the short films "Absence" (2013), "Black Hole" (2012) (official selection of Corto Circuito Film Festival and Icaro Film Festival) and many others. Also appeared in "Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale" (2013) with Ian Harding and Evanna Lynch and in "The Following" (2014) with Kevin Bacon.

She has worked in The Hanava Film Festival in New York as well as at The Americas Film Festival New York. She also works in production in many films like "Salome", "Wake Up Despierta", "Black Hole", "Jannah", "Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale", "Datin Marvin" and many others.

She lives in New York, acting, dancing, singing, producing and writing. She owns a production company MMW Productions with her two sisters. She's writing a play to be produced by FELT Inc. and she's also writing a screen play that she will be producing with her own production company "MMW Productions" and her two sisters.


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Thank you for the bottom of our heart
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You know you want to try it!

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Our gratitude! & a group Thank You on our FB page :)
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.... in the online dating world. The first step is creating your profile by adding your name. And we will share our love for you with a individual thank you on our Facebook page.
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We have a MATCH

$50 USD
Its clear we both like each other! To show you our love we will send you a personalized video on Facebook & Instagram. Aren't you excited? I know we are!
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Waiting for a txt...

$60 USD
Nobody likes waiting! So to make you smile & your wait worth while we will post a video of Monica or Carla dancing Salsa, bachata o merengue. Everyone loves kitty videos, this will be better, I promise ;)
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Still waiting, Need Some help?

$80 USD
Well, you got it! You just got yourself a 30 min private Acting Lesson with Monica via Skype. Bring a monologue or a scene you feel you need to work on. Don't be shy you will still have a screen in between!
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You've Got Mail !

$100 USD
Remember the first time you received a txt, PM or email from your crush! WE can't get enough of you, & to show you, your name will appear in the VIP credits in our Movie. We will also get personal & post a video in our Facebook & Instagram showing you our love.
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First Date

$200 USD
Finally after all the small talk we are meeting face to face. You will get an exclusive invite to our NY premier of Small Talk, & finally share our gratitude to you in person. To keep showing you our love we will post a personalize video on our FB & Instagram and have your name on our VIP credit section. To spice things up we will give you a autographed picture of behind the scenes xo
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Our eternal LOVE. How can we show you this. You will get a personalized video on our Facebook & Instagram an autographed pic. of behind the scenes, an executive producer credit in the movie titles and an invite to the New York movie premiere and after party.
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