LOGLINE Two Young European Actors Leave Their Countries to Follow Their Dream to Work in the Hollywood Film Industry
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LOGLINE Two young European actors leave their countries to follow their dream to work in the Hollywood Film Industry. !YNO#!I! !haring the same dream two young actors em$ark on a journey filled with desire, determination and disappointment Alessandro, a reckless Italian and Celeste, a prudent English cross paths at an Acting !ummer Program in London. Soon after they decide to move together to L' Stepping foot in Hollywood& they have different approaches and priorities) in the end they both have to take life changing decisions *I+E(TO+,! ST'TEMENT I $egan writing .lue Hollywood in /011& when I was still an acting student in L' Many years went $y, $ut the desire of making this film $ecame stronger each year !o& when the time came to choose a pro%ect for my thesis film at the London Film !chool& I had no doubt in my mind that this was the story I wanted to tell Filled with motivation and ingenuousness& I em$arked on an extremely challenging journey to make a feature length film with all the limitations entailed $y it $eing a student production. Amongst others3 a very low $udget 4560 0007 and a tight schedule 418 days7 for it to $e filmed in two different countries while still aiming at an industry standard result .lue Hollywood is the culmination of two years of incessant work and it was made possible by the unconditional support of an extraordinary team that motivated me all the way through In particular& I need to thank my Family& my (inematographer and my #roducer Without them& this movie wouldn't exist I $elieve that you can only tell stories that mean something to you and& as a young aspiring actor& I was constantly looking for movies related to the acting world The industry is full of movies a$out dancers& singers& musicians but I couldn't find anything a$out actors Having spent the last decade studying and trying to work in the film industry, I wanted to share my experience of what I learned $eing on the standard actor,s path It doesn't involve fame, glory or success but rejections& humiliations and a constant money struggle. When I was writing the script& I never had the presumption of teaching anything to anybody I just wanted to tell a story of two young actors who are completely different from each other and have the courage to leave their home countries to follow their dream I wanted to explore their relationship& friendship& love. And how their different approach to the profession could affect their lives I wanted to tell a dramatic story in a light manner) also, I wanted to use my Italian $ackground as an enrichment rather than a limitation, $y showing the pros and cons that many people would encounter by moving to a different country. My ultimate goal is to inspire and motivate aspiring actors to never give up and keep following their dreams& keeping in mind that talent isn,t enough However& with determination, study and perseverance the results& sooner or later& will arrive. If you love what you do, you will never regret your choice .ut if you don't enjoy the %ourney& then the destination could proba$ly not be as e2citing as you expected ('!T HELEN W'T:IN!ON as CELE!TE Helen is an actress from London. !he trained at The Drama (entre London, The .oris !hchukin Theatre Institute 4-oscow7& and with the National "outh Theatre #rior to this& she read English Language & Literature at University College London. Her theatre credits include3 Twelfth Night 4=ienna’s English Theatre7& +omeo & ?uliet& Hamlet 4"oung !hakespeare (ompany)& Twelfth Night 4Fort Lovri%enac& Dubrovnik7& The -erchant of =enice 4(ambridge !hakespeare Festival7& The Tempest 4+oyal !hakespeare (ompany/ Auestors Theatre7& .lack Lives Black Words (The Bush Theatre7& 9uthering Heights 4"vonne Arnaud Theatre& Guildford)& (hloe (an 4Lyric Theatre7& !hakespeare 's "ou 4-ight7 Like It 4+osemary .ranch Theatre7& -ost #eople 're Other #eople 4Tristan .ates Theatre7 and London /01/ Olympics Team 9elcome (eremonies 4National Youth Theatre7 Her film credits include .lue Hollywood and television includes !tonehenge Empire 4..(@ October Films7 F+ANCE!(O G'.+IELE as ALE!!AND+O MI(HAEL BE'+*!LEY as HENRI -ichael is originally from Santa Cruz& California. It was there that he attended San Lorenzo Valley High School& and then went on to achieve a Bachelor of Arts degree from U( Santa Cruz. It was also during his college years that he was captured on film for the first time when he was cast in two student films. By the time he graduated, he knew what he wanted to do& and about four months after graduation, he moved to Los Angeles !ince Michael has been in Los Angeles& Michael has appeared in countless pro%ects& and played a vast variety or roles including Bo$$y Baker in LiBBie,s Borden's Revenge& Lord Nathaniel in Dr. Jekyll and -r. Hyde and Murdock in Dracula's Sorority Sisters HOLLI! DOHE+TY A! AGENT M'+Y B+O9N Hollis is an actress and writer& known for #!ocialGraces: Closet Case& Penis Envy and The Water !nobs. She starred in several national commercials and is a graduate of the Lee Strasberg Film Institute in New York (HIP C'+EY as M'DI!ON (hip is an actor based in Los Angeles. He is known for the indie films Blind (/0187 and Weight 4/0167. In addition to acting, he is a talented musician specialiBing in acoustic and electric guitar as well as piano and vocals. He is from Raleigh, North Carolina and studied at the University of North (arolina. TIAN' T<TTLE as CHEL!E' Tiana started in theatre at the age of eight& later finding a love for film at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles where she obtained an Associates degree in acting. She then went on to graduate with her Bachelors degree from Emerson College in Boston. Having spent the year after college e2panding her horiBons and traveling, she moved to Portland, O+ where she got back into theater and film after her brief post graduate hiatus. She now resides in Los Angeles where she is pursuing her acting career full time -'+(O VIRGILIO as GIU!E##E -arco was born and raised in Milan, Italy, In 2010 he attended the 2-year program at Teatro Arsenale in Milan and in 2012 Marco moved to Los Angeles where he attended the 2-year program at The 'merican Academy of Dramatic Arts. -arco is the creator and director of the show "Did YO< watch...?E available on YouTube In 2015 Marco decided to focus mainly in writing and directing and in July 2015 there is the release of E!carpette RosseE written, directed and produced by himself -'+'H F'IR(LO<GH as N'T'LIE .orn in New York& Marah's love for her craft fuels her passion both on stage and in film. Recently she starred in Avegers Grimm as Sleeping Beauty which can be seen on NETFLIX and all major VO* outlets including Amazon Instant Video and Google Play. !he is also a twoDtime Festival de Cannes Official Selection short film actress !he received honors in her conservatory Theatre studies as well being featured in A.(,s 20//0 special Sunset.L=* (+E9 F+'N(E!(O G'.+IELE – Director | Screenwriter Francesco is an Italian Award-winning Actor & Director based in London. He holds an -' in Film *irecting from the London Film !chool and is a graduate of the 'merican 'cademy of *ramatic 'rts in Los 'ngeles He also attended acting and directing courses at <!(& <(L' and L'-*' Founder and Director of the LondonD$ased production company Thespian Films& he directed and produced several short films that have been screened in numerous international film festivals His last short film, Italian -iracle& played at over J0 festivals worldwide including the Oscar and .'FT' Aualifying L' !horts Fest and it was awarded, among others& the ?ury 'ward-.est !hort at the 201K Stony Brook Film Festival in New York .lue Hollywood is his first featureDlength film. DE=O+'H CO+ON' MENDEL – Producer .orn in (aracas& =eneBuela, she completed a .' in Literature and Languages and an -' in !ocial (ommunications at the Central University of VeneBuela. She then moved to the U: and completed an M' in Screenwriting at the London Film School in 2018& where she collaborated as a writer on several grad pro%ects and took on several other pro%ects as a Producer .lue Hollywood was her first feature film as a #roducer& but after the e2perience she,s looking for the ne2t independent pro%ect& hopefully putting together again the Blue Hollywood team. !he is currently working at Freeform Productions& writing her second feature script and polishing a (omedy T= pilot which is being submitted to several production companies GIA(O-O L' MON'(' – Cinematographer Giacomo began studying film grammar at DA-!& department of film studies at the University of .ologna "'lma Mater Studiorum". After gaining a B' in "=isual Storytelling and Film History" he decided to strengthen his theoretical knowledge of film history with a more practical one& hence graduating from the London Film School in 2009 with an M' in Filmmaking.Since then he has been working as a cinematographer for different productions ranging from fiction, music videos& commercials and documentaries in London and around the World. ?'N MEINE-' – Sound Designer ?an’s knowledge and practice have been informed by his past e2perience as a musician, studio engineer and music producer ?an has worked since 1MN1 as a musician and producer& and has been involved with a wide range pro%ects and different music genres.