Myrna takes over the MTV Snapchat
Follow her today on Snapchat @MTV and see what happens when she meets Morgan Evans..!!!
Myrna on the @MTV Snapchat today!!!
Interview with our director Andrew Ahn on NPR!
While we are deep in editing Andrew's first feature Spa Night, check out this interview that Andrew did with NPR!!!
"These are the challenges of being a queer Korean-American filmmaker, trying to make a queer Korean-American film. I understand why there are so many films about straight white people."
Nonetheless October/ November Screenings
Myrna has a busy schedule for October and November!
Excited to be part of all these amazing Festivals' lineups!!! If you're around, we hope you'll come see our film and meet Myrna!!!
CMG SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA (Canada)
SANTA FE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
SHORTS THAT ARE NOT PANTS (Canada)
TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL
MARFA FILM FESTIVAL
THE LOFT FILM FESTIVAL
DENVER FILM FESTIVAL
ITHACA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TWIN CITIES FILM FESTIVAL
OUT ON FILM
SEATTLE LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SIDE BY SIDE LGBT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Russia)
ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (United Kingdom)
PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
More coming up... For full list of screenings & festivals of Myrna the Monster please email Giulia at: giulia.caruso@nonethelessproductions.com
Also:
Norbert Shieh's short film FRANK AND KASS, that we co-produced with Norbert as part of the Visual Communications Armed with a Camera Fellowship, has new screenings!!
Cast&Crew at the premiere of Frank&Kass at LA Asian Pacific Film Festival in June 2015!
Catch Frank&Kass at this year's Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and at San Diego Asian Film Festival.
Reel Asian - "Lucky Town" Program
AGO Jackman Hall
Tuesday November 10, 2015 @ 1:00 pm
SDAFF - "SHORTS: DEARLY DEPARTING" Program
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 @ 6:40 pm
Ian Samuels's work at the South Arts - Southern Circuit
Southern Circuit is a great initiative by South Arts that "brings the best of independent film to communities across the South." With the goal of supporting and enhancing the artist community in Southern states, this screening series has brought over 200 films and engaged filmmakers and audiences in post-screening discussions in more than 50 communities across the Southern United States. According to their mission: "The tour takes the audience away from their televisions and computers to connect them with independent filmmakers. Southern Circuit transforms watching independent films from a solitary experience into a communal one."
We are honored that Ian is part of this screening series with four events entirely dedicated to his work -- including our short Myrna the Monster and his previous, beautiful short films: Caterwaul, The Eyes and the Ice, Nancy and the Dappertoad.
Ian will be at the screenings, so if you are around, check them out!!! For more info about Ian's work, see his website HERE.
Schedule:
September 15, 2015: Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
September 16, 2015: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), New Orleans, LA
September 17, 2015: Challenger Learning Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
September 18, 2015: South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Cutler Bay, FL
Myrna at her screening. Looking good!
And some comments from the staff after our last screening in South Miami:
September screenings of Myrna the Monster - European tour!
This September, Myrna is going all over - all the way to Europe and Canada!
Unfortunately we can't be at all these amazing screenings, so if you happen to be in one of these places, we hope you'll go see the film and like it - take a photo and share it with us!
BASEL FILM FESTIVAL (Swiss)
MILANO FILM FESTIVAL (Italy) - that's where our producer Giulia is from!
BEST OF FESTIVAL (France)
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Greece)
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LE LONG WEEKEND DU CORT (Canada)
And check this out: Ian will be touring with Myrna all over the Southern States as part of the Southern Circuit Tour by South Arts! You can see Myrna, but also all his previous shorts (which are great!!): CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULE!
How the Labs made Spa Night possible - Interview with Film Independent
Check out this article about our director Andrew Ahn and the making of Spa Night on the Film Independent Blog: "5 Ways Directing Labs Can Set the Scene for your First Feature"
And if you are thinking of applying to their Artist Development Programs, check out their Guidelines and Deadlines HERE.
8/12/2015 - Creator Hangout: a conversation with Andrew Ahn about our Kickstarter campaign!
Ok, so running our Kickstarter campaign was tough. Extremely satisfying, exciting, depressing, exciting - a pure rollercoaster of emotions. So much work and passion went into it and so many of you were amazing and pushed us to the goal and beyond to have an AMAZINGLY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN -- and again, THANK YOU FOR THAT!!!
Check out this Creator Hangout with director Andrew Ahn, talking about Spa Night and the campaign and more!
PS: the story about the Good-Karma yell-outs and the crying at the Griffith Observatory is very true...
Myrna the Monster in The Wrap's Shortlist Film Festival!
Myrna has been traveling a lot since we premiered in January... It's hard to keep up to her, but we are thrilled to announce that you can FINALLY see the FULL SHORT ONLINE as part of The Wrap's Shortlist!
ONLY FOR LIMITED TIME - until August 18th!
Watch the short HERE, love, share, vote!
And check out this great article on The Wrap: 'Myrna the Monster proves that all humans feel like aliens sometimes'
Watch the full short and vote for Myrna!
25 NEW FACES
Congratulations to our director Ian Samuels, who is one of the 2015 25 NEW FACES of Independent Film according to Filmmaker Magazine!!!
“I moved to L.A. a few years ago,” recalls filmmaker and animator Ian Samuels, “and it was a transition. Being in your twenties, navigating your social life, career, relationships — I made a lot of mistakes. And I wound up giving that baggage to Myrna.”
Ian Samuels - one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 NEW FACES of Independent Film
So proud to be Ian's producers, so looking forward to what's next.. We'll keep you posted!
For more, and to see the other super-talented filmmakers on the list, check out the article HERE - and in print on the newsstands!
Myrna on American Cinematographer
Amazing cinematographer Ben Kitchens talks about shooting Myrna the Monster to American Cinematographer! No digital version yet - but Myrna made it to the news stand and bought a physical copy!
Check out Ben's work and get in touch with him HERE!
THAT'S A WRAP ON SPA NIGHT!!!
After 3 weeks on set we are proud to announce that we just wrapped production on Andrew Ahn's debut feature Spa Night.
What a ride.
Before we pass out for a couple of weeks, we want to thank all of you who made this possible and wonderful: our amazing cast (some of whom came all the way from Korea), our hard-working talented crew who endured the hardships of independent filmmaking with us and poured their passion into this project, all the extras, location owners, grocery stores, everybody who let use their place, donated food to our production, came all the way to set at 1am to be an extra in a scene at the Korean Spa... THANK YOU.
Thank you to our investors, all the organizations that supported us through this journey (Sundance Institute, Film Independent, Cinereach, Panavision, CAAM, Visual Communication, Pacific Arts Movement) and our Kickstarter backers. Each and every one of you who believe in us. This would not be happening without you and we could not be more grateful: YOU ARE MAKING OUR DREAMS WITH US. It doesn't get more special than that.
We have so many stories to share with you all, and most of all cannot wait to share the finished movie.. but for the time being follow us on our Facebook PAGE for all updates!!!
SPA NIGHT - week 1!!!!
Not really sure where to start, so many things we want to share, so many emotions... On June 14th we started shooting Andrew Ahn's debut feature, Spa Night. We started working with Andrew on the story at the very beginning of Nonetheless, two years ago, and we have been together ever since through the development and fundraising process, through the Sundance Screenwriting Lab, the Film Independent Screenwriting and Directing Lab, our Kickstarter campaign. Wonderful producers Kelly Thomas and David Ariniello joined our producing team and we put everything together and... here we are!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!! It's suddenly so real.
We couldn't be more grateful to all the amazing humans (and non-humans) who made this possible and supported us in many different ways. Our investors, our backers, our crew, our cast, our interns, all the organizations who gave us grants and all the brands that donated to the project... We wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for you.
We can't wait to share Spa Night with you.
Follow our Instagram @spanightfilm and our Facebook Page through the shoot for BTS photos and more!
If you have any questions email:
spanightfilm@gmail.com or giulia.caruso@nonethelessproductions.com
Our lead actor, Joe Seo, alias David Cho
Myrna is back to LA!
Myrna the Monster is coming to LA this Summer!!!
First, for its LA Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on THURSDAY June 11th at the Regal Theatre DTLA!!! Read all about it in this interview with Ian for Film Independent!
Myrna, Giulia and friends at our LAFF screening
On June 15th, the amazing band YACHT - who did the soundtrack for the movie - is organizing a "Myrna Moondisco Party", also in DTLA, with a Spaceship/Moon themed bounce house!!! See details here and come Moon Bounce with us!!!
Myrna & YACHT Party-time!!!
Ian, Myrna and Chris
Giulia scaring Myrna away (trying to at least).
Last but not least, in July Myrna will be playing at OUTFEST on July 10th and July 14th -- see all info here.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!!
Screenings of Myrna the Monster - June
June is gonna be crazy! A quick update for the Myrna-lovers, hoping that you can make it to one of the screenings!
Myrna will be playing at:
NORTHSIDE FILM - not to miss according to The L Magazine
Awesome Lineup from Northside - see you there Brooklyn!
Myrna is playing at LAFF this June!!!
SPA NIGHT getting closer and closer to shooting...
Thrilled to announce that all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together for Andrew Ahn's debut feature that we are producing! After being awarded a Panavision New Filmmaker Grant - which includes an Alexa package for the entire duration of the shoot!!! - we received a FilmLA Grant through Film Independent that will cover our LA location permits in LA.
Film Independent has been a great supporter of SPA NIGHT and many (most) of our talented director through their different programs, labs and grants -- and we are super-grateful to them!!!
Oscar Qualifying Myrna!
April has been a crazy month for Myrna. We had so many screening it's hard to keep up with all of them!!! To keep up to date with our screenings schedule and Festival updates, please like and follow our Facebook page.
But the most important and most exciting piece of news is that Myrna won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the Oscar qualifying Florida Film Festival!!! We are so stoked!!!
For all the New Yorkers and New Jersey friends out there: Myrna is coming to you on May 3rd @ NOON at the Montclair Film Festival!!!
And in the meantime here is a pic of Ian and Myrna at a rad screening we had at the Jim Henson lot!!!
More Awards for Myrna and Ian!
"Funnily enough, I think there's something very humanizing about feeling like an alien"
More great news from Myrna the Monster's festival run! We are thrilled to announce that Myrna won BEST SHORT at the Victoria TX Indie Film Fest and our director Ian Samuels won the Filmmaker-to-watch Award at the Atlanta Film Festival!
Here are some of our upcoming screenings:
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL - FRI, Apr 3rd @ 3:15pm (From Dusk till Dawn Shorts Program)
THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE FILM FESTIVAL - FRI, Apr 3rd @ 2:15pm and SAT, Apr 4th @ 6pm
More coming soon……!
Myrna the Monster wins best narrative short at Big Muddy Film Festival!
Myrna the Monster wins Best Narrative Short at Big Muddy Film Festival 2015
Amazing!!! We are really grateful to all the programmers, jurors, staff and audience at Big Muddy Film Festival for screening our movie! Humbled and honored to be awarded "Best Narrative Short"!
Giulia Caruso selected to produce Women In Film PSA
Women In Film PSA Program 2015
Every year, the Women In Film PSA Production Program selects 4 or 5 PSAs in the US to receive a probono PSA produced by WIF. In a very competitive night, different teams pitch their proposal to the WIF committee. Our producer Giulia Caruso teamed up with director Carina Tautu and writer Emily Manthei - and was assigned to produce the PSA for Socal Crossroads, a non-profit 501c(3) organization that was created to assist under privileged individuals who come from low income families in violence plagued communities.
SoCal Crossroads
The PSA will shoot in the Summer in co-production with Nonetheless Productions, who is offering services probono for the cause.
Good luck to Giulia and her team - we'll keep you posted as the project develops, in the meantime learn more about WIF and SoCal Crossroads.
Myrna the Monster SXSW Screenings announced & Festival Updates!
"SXSW!!! 😊😊🌅🗿🗿"
Myrna the Monster will be screening at SXSW very soon! We are really excited to take Myrna to Austin for BBQ, tacos and so much more!!!
Here are our screening times, we hope to see you all there! See our project page here: MYRNA @ SXSW.
SAT 3/14 @1:30pm @ Topfert Theatre at ZACH
SUN 3/15 @11:15am @ Rollins Theater at the Long Center
SAT 3/21 @5:30pm @ Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar B
More Festival coming up:
Tomorrow, Friday 2/27 at 7pm, Myrna will be screening at Big Muddy Film Festival - see their FULL SCHEDULE. We are really sad that we can't be there in person, but we are honored to be part of this great lineup and wish everybody a great festival!!!
Atlanta Film Festival just announced their FULL LINEUP!!! So thrilled to be part of their "Other Worlds" Shorts block! Stay tuned for dates and screening times.
We have more exciting announcements coming up soon, so check back for updates!!!