The Martini Effect

Film

Language:

English

Production country:

United States

Running time (In minutes):

Theme:

Independent

Category/Format:

Short films

Student film:

Film URL Site:

http://www.dawnwestlake.com/rondecana/films/themartinieffect/index.html

Poster:

TheMartiniEffectposter_3_sm.jpg

Production year:

August, 2013

Film Credits

About the Director:

Dawn Westlake is president of Ron de Cana Prods. in Los Angeles. She's made 17 shorts since 2000 which have won 47 awards, including honors from JVC-Tokyo and Canon USA, Inc. Dawn is also an actress/producer/writer and has judged film fests in Italy, France and Poland. Recently, she directed the tv show "Look Who's Stalking" for NBC Universal. It aired on the BIO Network in March and April of 2013.

Film director:

Dawn Westlake

Producer:

Dawn Westlake

About the Producer:

<p>Dawn Westlake is president of Ron de Cana Prods. in Los Angeles. She's made 17 shorts since 2000 which have won 47 awards, including honors from JVC-Tokyo and Canon USA, Inc. Dawn is also an actress/producer/writer and has judged film fests in Italy, France and Poland. Recently, she directed the tv show "Look Who's Stalking" for NBC Universal. It aired on the BIO Network in March and April of 2013.</p>

Screenplay:

Dawn Westlake

Editing:

Brandon Bondehagen

Film photographer:

Brandon Bondehagen

Sound:

n/a

Music:

Gregory Johnson

Art Director:

Dawn Westlake

Costume:

n/a

Decor:

Dawn Westlake

Cast 1:

Emanuele Secci

Cast 2:

Dawn Westlake

Cast 3:

David Razowsky

Cast 4:

Susan Messing

Film synopsis:

<p>On this final afternoon of living the high life, a Man and a Woman struggle silently to clear the air in a house that’s completely underwater.</p>

Budget

Budget Range:

Under $10 000

Actual Budget:

6000

Technical infos

Original Film Format:

Format Ratio:

16:9

Film Sound:

Dolby SR

Video master available ?:

Yes

Video Type:

HD Cam

Number of reels:

Festival Selection, Awards...

Festival selection, awards or citation already received and other comments... :

Already selected in a Festival?:

Yes

Festival selections:

Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Fest, Minsk, Belarus, September 2013

Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, October 2013

17th Annual Underwater Film Festival, Beograd, Serbia, December 2013

Grand Junction Film Festival, Grand Junction, CO, USA, February 2014

Cluj International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, March 2014

Sardinia Film Festival, Sassari, Italy, June 2014

Jagran Film Festival, New Delhi, India, July 2014 (& touring to Mumbai in Sept. 2014)

Rwanda Film Festival, Kigali, Rwanda, July 2014

FerFilm Festival, Ferizaj, Kosovo, July 2014

Festival Internacional de Cine de Santander, Colombia, August 2014

Davis Film Festival, Davis, CA, USA, August 2014

Portobello Film Festival, London, UK, August 2014

El Saman Festicine Video Imagen, Viterbo Caldas, Colombia, September 2014

Johnstown Film Festival, Johnstown, PA, USA, September 2014

Fesancor Film Festival, Santiago, Chile, October 2014

Thess Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 2014

Cairo Video Festival, Cairo, Egypt, November 2014

Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB, Canada, November 2014

Fenaco Peru, Cuzco, Peru, November 2014

Siliguri International Film Festival, Siliguri, India, November 2014

Athens International Digital Film Festival, Athens, Greece, December 2014

Overlook 2014--CinemAvvenire Film Fest, Rome, Italy, December 2014

Visionaria Film Festival, Siena, Italy, October 2015

Film distribution

Theatre:

Open

TV:

Open

Video:

Open

International:

Open

Internet:

Open

Sales/distribution name:

Ron de Cana Productions, Inc.

Email:

dawnwestlake@gmail.com

Publicity Infos

Publicity contact:

Dawn Westlake

Publicity contact email:

dawnwestlake@gmail.com

Trailer availble:

yes