Excited and proud to share our new feature project, Columbus, directed by the brilliant filmmaker Kogonada!
Check out the announcement on Variety.
Our AMAZING cast: John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Michelle Forbes, Rory Culkin.
Honored to be producing with Danielle Renfrew (Superlative Films), Chris Weitz and Andrew Miano (Depth of Field), and Aaron Boyd.
John Cho and Parker Posey
After 3 weeks on set we are proud to announce that we just wrapped production on Andrew Ahn's debut feature Spa Night.
What a ride.
Before we pass out for a couple of weeks, we want to thank all of you who made this possible and wonderful: our amazing cast (some of whom came all the way from Korea), our hard-working talented crew who endured the hardships of independent filmmaking with us and poured their passion into this project, all the extras, location owners, grocery stores, everybody who let use their place, donated food to our production, came all the way to set at 1am to be an extra in a scene at the Korean Spa... THANK YOU.
Thank you to our investors, all the organizations that supported us through this journey (Sundance Institute, Film Independent, Cinereach, Panavision, CAAM, Visual Communication, Pacific Arts Movement) and our Kickstarter backers. Each and every one of you who believe in us. This would not be happening without you and we could not be more grateful: YOU ARE MAKING OUR DREAMS WITH US. It doesn't get more special than that.
We have so many stories to share with you all, and most of all cannot wait to share the finished movie.. but for the time being follow us on our Facebook PAGE for all updates!!!
Not really sure where to start, so many things we want to share, so many emotions... On June 14th we started shooting Andrew Ahn's debut feature, Spa Night. We started working with Andrew on the story at the very beginning of Nonetheless, two years ago, and we have been together ever since through the development and fundraising process, through the Sundance Screenwriting Lab, the Film Independent Screenwriting and Directing Lab, our Kickstarter campaign. Wonderful producers Kelly Thomas and David Ariniello joined our producing team and we put everything together and... here we are!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!! It's suddenly so real.
We couldn't be more grateful to all the amazing humans (and non-humans) who made this possible and supported us in many different ways. Our investors, our backers, our crew, our cast, our interns, all the organizations who gave us grants and all the brands that donated to the project... We wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for you.
We can't wait to share Spa Night with you.
Follow our Instagram @spanightfilm and our Facebook Page through the shoot for BTS photos and more!
If you have any questions email:
spanightfilm@gmail.com or giulia.caruso@nonethelessproductions.com
Our lead actor, Joe Seo, alias David Cho
Women In Film PSA Program 2015
Every year, the Women In Film PSA Production Program selects 4 or 5 PSAs in the US to receive a probono PSA produced by WIF. In a very competitive night, different teams pitch their proposal to the WIF committee. Our producer Giulia Caruso teamed up with director Carina Tautu and writer Emily Manthei - and was assigned to produce the PSA for Socal Crossroads, a non-profit 501c(3) organization that was created to assist under privileged individuals who come from low income families in violence plagued communities.
SoCal Crossroads
The PSA will shoot in the Summer in co-production with Nonetheless Productions, who is offering services probono for the cause.
Good luck to Giulia and her team - we'll keep you posted as the project develops, in the meantime learn more about WIF and SoCal Crossroads.
Panavision's New Filmmaker Program loans camera packages to film students, film schools and independent filmmakers.
Very proud and excited to announce that our project SPA NIGHT was awarded the New Filmmaker Grant from Panavision - which includes an Alexa package for the duration of the shoot!!! The value of the grant is about $50,000 and we are honored and humbled to share this news.
Producer and DP Ki Jin Kim is beyond thrilled to be shooting on the Alexa and we will be doing some tests soon… More on that when the time comes!
For now, huge THANK YOUS to Panavision and Mike Dallatorre for their incredible support.
Learn more about this amazing program HERE.