Valentino Mannias and Roberta Lanave in traditional costume of Illorai. Day 5 of 5 of our shoot this summer in Sardinia on Go Ahead Turn. Special thanks to Denise Nieddu and Maria Rosa Betti for [Read more...]

What you see on the screen is always just the tiny tip of an enormous planning iceberg. I still find it amazing, how much work actually goes into getting a few simple shots "in the can." Alas, its the [Read more...]

Back in 2011 when this project began, I was lucky enough to trip around with my dad (and some new friends!) while they were all there, back in the old country, on a government sponsored trip. If [Read more...]

Day 2 of our shoot in August '16 at Pont'Ezzu in Illorai. In the photo above, Bachisio helps Lorenzo with his lines in Sardinian. Pont'Ezzu means "old bridge" in Sardinian (in [Read more...]

Here we are at Capo Camino on the 3rd day of shooting in August 2016. Valentino Mannias improvises a modern workn' man's lament (that of the actor and film crew) sung in a traditional [Read more...]

Making films is kind of like being on a runaway train. You have a destination, but getting there never really goes the way you planned. And so the real work becomes how to stay on course while (like [Read more...]

I was honored to receive an award for the Best Experimental Film at this year's Niagara Indi FilmFest in St. Catharines, Ontario. It was great to see the selection of eclectic films and to be able to [Read more...]