Vancouver, B.C. – Renée Paillés and Alfredo Alcort, a pair of young Mexicans trying to break into the film industry, are looking to make their debut at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
“TIED” is a short film that Paillés and Alcort are hoping to premiere at the film festival this upcoming September. The film is still in the early development stages so there have not been many details released thus far. Alcort is signed on to produce the film, while Paillés is slated to write and direct.
Paillés graduated from the Mexican Association of Independent Filmmakers (AMCI) in Mexico City while Alcort got his degree from the Higher Institute of Architecture and Design in Chihuahua (ISAD). Ironically, while the two both grew up and went to college in Mexico, they didn’t meet until after college when they had both moved to Vancouver. After fate brought the pair together in another country, they started working together to develop “TIED”.
The biggest obstacle currently facing the duo’s plan for releasing “TIED” in September is funding. In order to try to overcome this problem, the two have created a page on Indiegogo where they are collecting donations that will go towards making their movie. The duo has set their goal at 10,000 Canadian dollars, all of which would go towards paying for the rest of their crew, location permits and rent.
The young film-makers are relying on generosity, and not just from Mexico and Canada, but from the entire world. Paillés, when asked how they plan on raising enough money, said “Thanks to the technology now days, we have the opportunity to get to every single country by so many social networks, such as Facebook, twitter, Vine, MySpace… our goal is to be spread the word all around the world.”
The Vancouver International Film Festival was founded in 1982 and is one of the five largest film festivals in North America both in terms of attendance and number of films screened. Each year, the festival uses 10 different screens to screen films from approximately 80 different countries. “TIED” would make Paillés eligible for the “Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film” award, which comes with a $2,000 prize as well as a great deal of prestige.
For more information about Paillés and Alcort and “TIED”, or to learn how you can help them fund their movie debut, please visit their Indiegogo page at igg.me/at/TIED-shortfilm.
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Company Name: TIED
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Website: http://igg.me/at/TIED-shortfilm
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