Pandemic Response

07/12/2021

05/13/2021

Trying out a new poster for our Filmhub submission.... what do you think?

04/27/2021

If you haven't had the chance, Pandemic Response is playing through May 31 on the Guild's online platform. Tickets $5. Please check it out & help support independent cinema! Thank you. https://www.guildcinema.com/local_films/1_pay/pandemicresponse/pandemicresponse_intro.html

On March 11, 2020, beloved actor Tom Hanks was diagnosed with Covid-19 in Australia. Within days, whole industries were shuttered and communities around the world were sheltering in place; life as we knew it changed irrevocably. At home in New Mexico, Brent Morris put out a call to action to friends...

04/21/2021

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When the Coronavirus pandemic began in earnest last March, thousands of industries shut down overnight, leaving millions of people without work. Everyone

02/19/2021

We're happy to announce we'll be screening our film online through The Guild Cinema in Albuquerque. Premiere is on March 13 at 7:00 Mountain. Filmmaker Q&A on Zoom to follow. Please check out the link here! https://www.guildcinema.com/movie/2896

07/17/2020

Poster complete. Check!

07/01/2020

Pandemic Response's FABULOUS poster, hot off the presses, by the amazing Josh Gosfield!

06/24/2020

(Director introduction #6) Brent Morris (“A Different Sun”) has produced or production managed more than seventy feature film, television and documentary projects including Smoke Signals, Monster, American Gun and the upcoming BIOS, starring Tom Hanks. He co-directed two feature documentaries, Made in New Mexico, an inside story of the state’s film industry and Flamenco School, a chronicle of Eva Encinias’ teachings and influence as well as numerous plays and live theater pieces with the L.A.-based Rough Theater.

06/23/2020

"Pandemic Response" feature trailer!!

06/23/2020

(Director introduction #5) Brennan Foster (“A Toad at the Door”) has worked in various capacities on New Mexico film productions and made "Last Night at the Drive-In," which documented the last North American drive-in movie theater using a carbon arc projection system. Also an actor, he is the Artistic Director of Albuquerque’s Mother Road Theatre Company.

06/22/2020

We've applied to eleven festivals now! Chicago, Mallorca, Santa Fe (2), Poland, Austin, New Orleans, Mill Valley, ABQ, Slamdance, Philly.... Fingers crossed!

Named one of Moviemaker Magazine's 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 7 years in a row!!! The 12th Annual Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, October 14th-...

06/21/2020

(Director introduction #4) Otgadahe Whitman-Fox (“New Life”) works in front and behind the camera as an actress and producer and is a board member of NM Women in Film. She's worked on many film festivals, accompanying Women in Film & Television International to the Cannes Film Festival 2018 and 2019. Otgadahe is Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara from the Fort Berthold reservation and advocates for telling the real storylines of Natives in the film industry.

06/20/2020

(Director introduction #3) Reinhard Lorenz works as a producer in the film industry and independently as a filmmaker. He also teaches film as adjunct faculty with the University of New Mexico and holds an MFA from the University of Arts in Berlin, Germany. Reinhard created a short documentary series as a recipient of the Albuquerque DIY Media grant and we are featuring his piece "Meals on Wheels" in Pandemic Response.

06/19/2020

(Director introduction #2) Molly McKinley, creator of "The Hungry Game," is a seasoned film editor based in Santa Fe who has worked on a wide array of topics and many genres. including unscripted series on house flipping and car restoration. Her work has aired theatrically and on PBS, History Channel, National Geographic, Discover, A&E and Travel Channel. Molly is a graduate of the University of Chicago. She studied editing under the wing of veteran doc editor Victor Kanefsky and is the mother to two amazing young adults, Leila and Eamon. Coming soon in Pandemic Response.

06/18/2020

(Director introduction #1) Noted NM Casting Director Angelique Midthunder returns to her film directing roots with Zenophobia, a docudrama short film inspired by true events involving attacks on Asian-Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic. Coming soon in Pandemic Response.

06/16/2020

Logo by Steve Maes.