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...]