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Project Description:
A team of filmmakers based in Los Angeles in New York are looking for additional monies to aid in the production and post-production of low-budget feature film MARIA MY LOVE, set to begin shooting in April. Our last films premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and will be opening in theaters in 2010 (please see bios below for more details). We currently have enough money to shoot the project ultra low budget, but are hoping to expand in order to serve the story and the potential financial return. We are looking for additional investments in which to cover the cost of interested established talent and post-production costs.
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Brief Synopsis of the film:
24-year old Katie is working as a waitress in Pasadena, CA. Once upon a time she aspired to be a performer, but her passions were put on hold when she spent a year in the hospital caring for her dying mother. Despite having a sister nearby and a father just a train ride away, Katie is unable to let go of resentments and come together with her family. Now it’s the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death, and, instead of dealing with the loss, Katie throws herself into a relationship with a man she meets on a train. Katie’s looking for a distraction; Ben’s looking for love. The two are swept up into a whirlwind romance. While Ben proves instrumental in helping Katie heal, she is soon convinced she is meant to help another human being. What seems like a noble quest, however, causes friction with a reality more complicated than her ideals allow. Katie meets a woman with the same name as her mother— Maria and thinks she’s finally found the person she was meant to help. But when she discovers the woman is a compulsive hoarder who seems to be gradually loosing touch with the world outside her modest home, the challenge of helping her becomes more difficult than she ever imagined.
MARIA MY LOVE is a portrait of a woman in mourning and a study of loss— how it informs everyday interactions and permeates the lives of those left behind. It is a story about reconnection and recovery, about the small things people do to help each other, and the big dreams that sometimes run afoul of the real world.
The film is inspired by true events.
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The Filmmakers:
Jasmine McGlade (Writer/Director) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Littleton, Colorado and London, England. Jasmine graduated Harvard University in 2007, where she worked closely with award-winning filmmakers Gina Kim, Alfred Guzzetti, Robb Moss and Jan Schütte. After college she worked for Kimberly Peirce, writer/director of BOYS DON'T CRY and STOP LOSS. Jasmine recently produced the critically acclaimed feature-length jazz musical GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009, won the Special Jury Prize at the Torino Film Festival, and was nominated for a Gotham Award. NBC called the film “maybe the best movie ticket you buy all year,” Time Out New York named it “the true gem of 2009,” and Filmmaker Magazine said of the film, “this is the finest U.S. indie movie of the past year.” GUY AND MADELINE will be released in theaters in Summer 2010. (For more information visit www.guyandmadeline.com.) Jasmine currently lives in Los Angeles where she is in post-production for her first written and directed feature-length film entitled ACTRESSING.
Jennifer Glynn (Producer): Jennifer Glynn’s career has spanned employment in television news at the Voice of America, documentary film production at LucasFilm, and grassroots marketing for the Landmark Theatre Company. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Producing from the American Film Institute Conservatory and a BA in Film & Electronic Media from Bard College. Her first feature film, TiMER, recently had its world premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and will be opening in theaters in 2010. (Please visit www.TiMERthemovie.com for more information) In addition to TiMER, she has produced and written numerous short films, videos & webisodes. Jennifer currently works and resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Tiana Matthews (Producer): Tiana Matthews was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and grew up splitting her time between Nigeria, where her parents are from, New York City, and the Hudson Valley Region of New York. Throughout her younger years, Tiana was active in front of the camera, both as a child model and actress, appearing in many stage and film productions, including the feature film, BOOK OF LOVE. While attending Harvard University, Tiana ventured behind the camera, working with filmmakers such as Alfred Guzzetti, Robb Moss, and Ross McElwee. After graduating in 2008, she worked as an assistant to producer Rachael Horovitz, on the HBO Films Production GREY GARDENS, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. She currently works as a Producer for the Gates Foundation in New York City. MARIA MY LOVE will be Tiana’s first feature film production.
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We are looking to raise a total amount of $50,000. We have succeeded in raising enough capital to begin shooting in April as an ultra low budget film, but are looking for investments to cover the cost of established talent salaries and post-production costs, as well as bring the project to the next level.
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