48 Hr Film Festival: "Throwing the cross" feat. Me :)

"Throwing the Cross" was submitted to the San Francisco 48 hour film festival and debuted this Tuesday at the Luminiere Theatre in San Francisco. I am one of the actors!



The movie has a great script and it was a fun change from the usual stuff that I take part in. It was written by my roommate Evan Tsao (@doubleoevan) and captured within the time span of one weekend due to the restrictions of the 48 hour film festival.

All participants of the festival had to incorporate a specific genre, a line of dialogue, an object and a character name and occupation. This year it was film noir, "You're not going to believe what happened", "a plate", "Geoffrey Cook" and a consultant type of occupation (e.g. a priest).

I am very proud of all the hard work that went into this project and I am excited to be part of it. The following are the credits:

Production
Directed: Mike Zahir and Jason Tessler
Written: Evan Tsao and Mike Zahir
Music: John Mananquil
Visual Effects: Aleksandra Zvonar and Kathleen Hirai
Storyboards: by Kathleen Hirai
Story Ideas: Adi Ben-Ami, Jason Tessler, Kierstyn Werth, Jamie Deacon, Kathleen Hirai, Federico Marchetti, Artur Rivilis and Aleksandra Zvonar

Main Actors
Manuel Rappard as Martin Cross
Kierstyn Werth as Katherine Cross
Federico Marchetti as Detective Allen
Artur Rivilis as Father Geoffrey Cook
Jason Tessler as The Warden

Additional Actors
Party Goer #1: Jamie Deacon
Party Goer #2: Aleksandra Zvonar
Party Goer #3: Kathleen Hirai
Party Goer #4: Evan Tsao
Party Goer #5: Mike Zahir
Captain Sideburns: Mathew Feldstein

If you like to know more, check out the following:
Original script, 48 hour film festival