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DAYBREAK

In a collaboration between Retrograde Studios, Arts on Site and Emmy-award winning producer Joe Hill, DAYBREAK explores the traumas that force us all to question our willingness to witness and experience our own lives and the hope that we’ll be able to overcome them.

Director: Joe Hill
Producers: Joe Hill & Jake Kruty
Choreographer / Performer: Jessica Smith
Composer: Saul Guanipa
Movement Director: Travis Coe
Cinematography: Jake Kruty & Nate Brown
Set & Costume Design: Olivia Hern
Editor: Jake Kruty
Production Assistants: David Scarpetti, Xavier Townsend, Maia Schechter
Co-Produced by Arts On Site

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Before We Leave Venezuela is a personal journey that follows a young refugee who risks everything by returning home during the height of Venezuela’s national collapse. Wanting to send a message of hope, but needing to confront unfinished business, David Mendez, goes back to climb Venezuela’s highest peak and to tell his family what he couldn’t before he fled. 

Back in Venezuela, David prepares for his climb and is immediately swept up in the life he should have had. His happiness at home is tarnished by the knowledge that he will not be able to stay – and neither will his family. As he embarks on his journey to the top of Pico Bolivar, he reflects on the situation that originally forced him to flee. By confronting it head on, David hopes that his next departure will be on his own terms.

David is one of around 4-million Venezuelans struggling through one of today’s worst refugee crisis. His story is a reminder of the dreams they have been forced to put on hold. His mission is to capture the beauty of his country and to remind the world that there is too much at stake to leave Venezuela behind.

Director/Producer: Joe Hill
Editor: Maria Cristina
Composer: René G. Boscio
Producer: Shaun S. Sutton
Co-Producer: Luis David Mendez and Travis Coe
Producer: Lina Pulgarin Duque 

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Emma, a shy girl, has her heart broken as her boyfriend breaks up with her. Trying to prove to him and herself that she can be interesting, she gets involved with Eric, the local bad boy, and his group. As the days pass by, she becomes more and more far away from who she really is.

Written, Directed, Cinematography by: Kira Bursky and Mida Chu

Starring:

Kristen Lang as Emma

Joe Hill as Eric

Michael Roach as Ryan

Travis Coe, Tony Macht, and Dillon Marcusse as the bad boys.

Ophelia: A Dance Film
Thesis Film at Interlochen Arts Academy

Based on William Shakespeare's "Hamlet"

Written, Directed, & Edited by Travis Coe

Choreographers: Tony Montalvo & Emily Tarrier

Dancers: Alexis Turner, Alexander Clauss, & Trevor Misplay

Producers: Johnny Stanton & Richie Siegel

Director of Photography: Nic Weinfeld

Assistant Directors: Tyler Hoyle & Catherine Andre

Technical Director & Gaffer: Richie Siegel

The 36
Director: Nic Weinfeld

Spring, 1945. When a young Jewish girl is attacked outside her window, an old Polish woman is given the opportunity to do nothing…or the right thing. The filmmaker, 16 years old at the time he made the film, explores the Jewish concept of Lamed vav Zaddkim, that there are 36 people placed on earth in each generation to do what is right and good.

Absent: Directed by Richie Siegel.
With Ed Blackburn, Nicole Duquet, Elizabeth Jutila, Michael Liebhauser.

“Absent”, a short film by Richie Siegel, follows Jake, a 12th grader growing up in a wealthy suburb outside New York City. Jake is not fond of the culture his town exhibits: excessive spending, absent parents and limitless teens. Jake has lived through this culture his whole life. After all of this time, he begins to see the destructive nature of the culture he is immersed in. His father, Bruce, works non-stop on Wall Street and pays little attention to Jake. Jake attempts to discuss his feelings for the culture with his father, but has little success. Finally, Jake realizes the only way for him to ensure his future is not a product of his surroundings is to take control of his life, regardless of the consequences. The film stars Michael Liebhauser as Jake and Ed Blackburn as Bruce.

Chasing a Paragon
Directed by Catherine Andre
With Ethan Carlson and David Montee.

For as long as Jeff can remember, he has been running towards the light, yet time after time, arriving into darkness. One day, his eternal cycle of disappointment is interrupted by the appearance of Abe, who attempts to change the way Jeff lives his life, exploring the skewed perception of the mutual inclusivity of love and perfection.