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Soledad Is Gone Forever(short)
Narrative short to feature film.
Synopsis: Part of the Cannes Film Market in 2007, Soledad Is Gone Forever
is a psychological drama that explores the chilling consequences of political persecution through
the eyes of Soledad Gonzalez, a young Chilean photographer living in San Francisco.
Credits: Written, directed, produced and edited by Mabel Valdiviezo
Status:
Short version is in the festival circuit.
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Soledad Is Gone Forever (feature)
Narrative short based in a feature length script in development.
Synopsis: When an Americanized Chilean photographer learns her activist
father’s body has been found, she returns to confront his killer, unaware
of the explosive secret he holds.
Credits:Written by Mabel Valdiviezo
Status:
Award winning script seeking a producer to develop and finance the film.
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Carlos Baron
TV segment for Spark
Synopsis: Bay Area multicultural theatre evangelist,
Carlos Baron, takes us on fascinating road trip to
Chile to explore love and exile through the poetry of
Pablo Neruda after the death of Pinochet. Shadow
theatre, music and dance, run a powerful link between
Baron's life and the Nobel poet that inspires his
work.
Credits: Produced and directed by Mabel Valdiviezo
Status: Currently screening on PBS.
Visit the following website for more information on
additional screenings or to watch the film online:
http://www.kqed.org/arts/spark/episode.jsp?eid=160111
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Music Boxes: Strange Machines
Short documentary
Synopsis: This film follows Carlos Cartagena, a Salvadorian born artist, whose body of work has been gaining rapid recognition in the art world due to his
enigmatic Interactive Music Boxes. Each original music box that Carlos Cartagena creates is an exploration of dreams and memories, stories and poetry.
Credits: Produced and edited by Mabel Valdiviezo
Status: WGBH, 6:55 Open Call, finalist.
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The Water's Muse
Experimental short film
Synopsis: The Water's Muse is a surrealistic journey into the mind of a man who paints his life away into increments of obsessive desire for one woman with multiple faces.
Credits: Written, directed, produced and edited by Mabel Valdiviezo
Status: Currently seeking distribution. |
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Counting The Days
A feature length comedy produced by Colibri Productions
Synopsis: Corey Malone, an up and coming attorney finds his dream job working for the Days, a wealthy and quirky San Francisco family whose members seem dedicated to a life of opulence and excess. When tragedy strikes the Days family, Corey finds himself involved in a series of awkward scenarios leading to
the question: are all of these unfortunate circumstances mere coincidence or is someone indeed counting the Days?
Credits: Edited by Mabel Valdiviezo
Status: Currently showing in IFC Labs.
http://www.counting-the-days.com |
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Latino Arts
A television segment for "Talk Back," a weekly TV show at Peralta Television
Synopsis: An engaging profile on the vibrant Latino arts community in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Guillermo Galindo, Katia Fuentes, Patricia Rodriguez, Adrian Arias and master muralist Ray Patlan show and tell why they keep the spirit of their cultures alive while assimilate contemporary artistic influences.
Credits: Produced and edited by Mabel Valdiviezo
http://www.talkback.peralta.tv |
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Silhouettes
A series of short documentaries for video on demand
Silhouettes explores the phenomenon of emigration/immigration through the eyes of an artist as he travels to major cities throughout the Americas to help immigrants tell the stories of leaving their homelands and coming to the US. Cartagena works with immigrant populations to create silhouettes of themselves, carrying with them their most precious belongings.
Credits: Produced by Mabel Valdiviezo
Status: Currently seeking developing and production
funds
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Memories Of A Dreamer
A one-hour Canadian based documentary in post-production.
Synopsis: Memories of a Dreamer follows a Chilean exile and victim of Pinochet's era that sets himself on a journey as a refugee in Italy , becomes an immigration judge in Canada and serves as an inspiration to thousands of exiles that seek their assimilation into society.
Credits: Screenwriting and consulting editing services. |
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The California Gold Rush: Tobacco Cessation
An educational PSA for CDHA (Californian Dental Hygienists Association)
Synopsis: Launched by CDHA in 2003, this piece promotes tobacco cessation to the consumers of California . CDHA is a non for profit organization who is on the cutting edge of providing access to cost effective dental hygiene care throughout the state. Credits: Editing services
Visit the following website for more information on the project:
http://www.cdha.org |
