LALIFF INCLUSION FELLOWSHIP SPONSORED BY NETFLIX
https://laliff.org/fellowship/2022/fellows/
Hollywood, Ca / San Antonio, Tx
White Rhino VFX is proud to have collaborated and utilized our visual effects skills for the Los Angeles International Film Festival Inclusion Fellowship. This year, we were thrilled to have been a part of not just one but TWO female-directed films.
White Rhino VFX worked alongside the post-production teams of Directors, Kristi Uribes for “The Record” and Nicole Mejía for “Mancha”. We value inclusion and strive to support female voices in film and storytelling. Within both films, each director had a unique vision and direction. We were happy to see their vision come to life on the big screen and are now ready for the world to view and experience it themselves.
“LALIFF’s Inclusion Fellowship Series, sponsored by NETFLIX, is an ongoing program focused on building a more inclusive and equitable industry for all members of the Latino community.”
MANCHA
Directed by Nicole Mejia
United States | 13:18 | 2022
Cursed by generations of La Mancha, Cory must fight this dark presence to protect her daughter from the same fate.
Centered around a family of Latin women who own a restaurant in Alaska. Mancha, follows Cory, the matriarch who starts to have premonitions of a curse that has set its eyes on her daughter, Lucy.
THE RECORD
Directed by Kristi Uribes
United States | 18:35 | 2022
A fairytale set in the 1930’s, when his brother Pete’s mysterious illness returns, Zack must battle sleep and his brother’s demons, armed only with the magic of a phonograph.
The Record is a fairytale based on a true story, set in 1930’s rural California. Two Indigenous Latino brothers visit their mother’s grave and each struggle in their own way with dealing with her loss. Zack, the younger brother, seeks out a way to connect to his late mother by placing paper flowers on her grave while Pete’s grief manifests as a mysterious illness. When Pete’s illness returns with the discovery of a dead snake, Zack is tasked with keeping the phonograph playing throughout the night as it is the only thing that comforts Pete. As the night progresses, Zack struggles to stay awake and keep the music playing. He finally gives into sleep, only to be jolted awake as chaos engulfs the brothers. Zack is forced to make a difficult decision in order to save his brother from his cycle of grief.
