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LOUD AND LONGING

An indie feature

PREMIERING on JUNE 11, 2023 as the CLOSING NIGHT FILM at the 2023 LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

from writer/director Sam Ellison

co-director Ryan Guiterman

additional writing by Brian Otaño

executive producers Sterling Milan and Ryan Guiterman

producers Maria Palacio, Briar Robin Pollock, Ell Peck

directors of photography Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, Aidan Macaluso

first assistant directors Ariel Mahler, Lindsay Carter

“The fest's closing night film is the World Premiere of Sam Ellison and Ryan Guiterman's LOUD & LONGING, a stunning, powerful dissection of trauma starring Isabel Ellison, Sam Encarnación, Franco González, Ell Peck, and Max Carpenter” – Screen Anarchy

“New York City: Two childhood friends are on the verge of their career breakthrough, but as their moment arrives, both are haunted by the reverberations of childhood trauma, addiction, and loss. They must rely on their queer, diverse found-family of sex workers and artists to pull them through”

who we are

Co-Founders Sam Ellison & Ryan Guiterman

Managing Members Sam Ellison, Sam Encarnación, Franco González, Ryan Guiterman and Ell Peck

Main Collabs Briar Robin Pollock, Max Carpenter, Kevin Hourigan

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THE REST

a short film by Oliver Butler and Will Eno

An old woman lies in bed. Her grandson arrives, with the mail and news of the outside world. Reality wafts in the window. The Laws of the Universe, in terrifying, surprising, and beautiful ways, are obeyed.

starring Joyce Van Patten and Danny McCarthy

cinematography by Tymon Brown

co-produced with Butler and Wills

FOR MARTA

a short film

written by Sam Ellison | directed by Ryan Guiterman

A 2017 Grand Finalist in the Katra Film Series

Official Selection of the New York Short Film Festival, Bucharest Film Awards, Lighthouse International Film Festival & Katra Film Series. 

After a young woman named Alice jumps out of a window, her sister Marta and her ex-boyfriend Sam spend the next 24 hours dealing with her suicide.

starring Isabel Ellison, Franco Gonzalez, Kris Kling, Tony Curtis, Dani de Waal, Logan Georges and Julie Praetzel.

THE SPARK | THE WALL | THE ESCAPE

three solo theater pieces

Inside a Pocket, Behind a Wall is a gripping and imaginative new theater experience which explores the danger of indifference, the resilience of the oppressed, and the strength of human faith. Told with fierce, lighthearted, and diverse characterizations using traditional Balinese Masks, Inside a Pocket, Behind a Wall is an immediate, demanding and imaginative new theater piece.

Written & Performed by Raphael Eilenberg.

Skin Deep, Skin Tight examines how racism, the demise of the Civil Rights Movement, the conditions of economic inequality and the destruction of Hip Hop affects poor urban communities- primarily Black American Males. It’s an epic, poetic depiction of how the painful reality of racism tightly confines some Black and Latinos into spaces that leave them with little or no room to breathe.

Directed & Written by Kymbali Craig, Performed by Sam Encarnación

Empanada for a Dream is a poignant and entertaining portrait of family and neighborhood – set against the secret that destroys it all.  It’s a haunting tale about growing up by getting out. And coming back -- to one boy’s Lower East Side.

Written & Performed by Juan Francisco Villa