Story: On the night of their wedding anniversary, a bohemian theatre actress and a beatnik inspired writer confront the strife of their relationship, dreams and the city they once loved.

Cast: Briana Walsh, Jordan Potch, Joanna Kay, Edward Hightower, L. Jeffrey Moore, Luke Myers

Directed by: Hassan Said
Produced by: Hassan Said & Masha Karpoukhina
Written by: Hassan Said & Lourdes Figueroa
Cinematography by: Peggy Peralta
Edited by: Mitchell Martin

Theatrical Premiere - LA - November 2023

Official Website: ThisIsYourSongFilm.com

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Among the many tragedies of extinction, there is one least spoken about. One that is easily taken for granted. It is the loss of sound; the loss of the song of life. Can you imagine a silent Earth? INTO THAT GOODNIGHT is an immersive documentary series, capturing intimate stories from around the world on the most important life matter of our time: Climate Change.

Story: Bernie Krause, music and foley artist for iconic films such as "Rosemary's Baby" and "Apocalypse Now” and legendary pioneer of Acoustic Ecology, takes us on an immersive journey to understand the roadmap that natural soundscapes can offer for overcoming the climate crisis. Through his ears, finely-tuned over decades, nature becomes the teacher, as Bernie helps us decipher her mysteries and invaluable cues. What can we learn from the sounds of a gathering storm in the middle of the Pacific, a soundscape of a forest that is destined for selective logging in order to reduce fire danger, or a lonely cry of a whale crossing the ocean? As more and more soundscapes fall silent, Bernie reminds us that it is not too late to begin listening.
This film is an intimate journey through the life work of Bernie Krause. It is a coming to terms with extinction of soundscapes that cannot be saved because of climate change, but it is also a stand for life that remains. These dying places contain our biological & cultural heritage, a wealth of knowledge and so much beauty. As we look upon them, we can muster the courage to look into the face of the storm and perhaps create a vision that is beyond loss.

Produced by: Hassan Said & Rose Wyatt
Directed by: Masha Karpoukhina
Cinematography by: Justin LaFleur
Sound by: Jon Boo
Animation by: Marco Mejia
Researcher Producer: Irina Kivolya

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

• WINNER - Natural Science Award at Jackson Wild Media Awards

• WINNER - Climate Stories Award at Jackson Wild Media Awards

• WINNER - Best Audience Award at River and Redwoods Film Festival

• Official Selection - Chagrin Documentary Film Festival

• Official Selection - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

• Official Selection - Wild & Scenic Film Festival

• Official Selection - Colorado Environmental Film Festival

• Official Selection - New Haven Doc Film Festival

• Official Selection - Chagrin Film Festival

Official Website: IntoThatGoodnight.com

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“The unsettling cinematography, the non-linear editing, and the emotionally driven performances all played off to me as a beautiful harmonic symphony. A film that is powerful from its story to its final sound mix. Everything worked together really wel and concluded a story that I will never forget.”

SYNOPSIS

Oliver, a retired single parent, comes home from the store to find his autistic daughter, Ana, brutally abused. Taking matters into his own hands, the father sets off on a hunt to reap his revenge.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

Mute is a film that speaks of perception, fear, retribution, our inner conscience and truth, a lm that follows three characters that are “mute” in their individual ways. They are afraid to speak of their inner thoughts and desires, living each day of their lives as they come.

One of the original inspirations for the lm came in 2007, when director Hassan Said read a story of a mother that decided to drown ve of her children in a bathtub. The event left a resonance that did not escape Said’s mind, and he felt that there is a story to be told about a parent’s love.

“WHAT CAN DRIVE A FATHER OR A MOTHER SO FAR AS TO KILL HIS OR HER OWN FLESH AND BLOOD? IS IT RADICAL OR LOGICAL? I STARTED SEEING AN OLD LOWER MIDDLE CLASS FATHER, WHO LOST EVERYTHING IN HIS LIFE BUT HIS DAUGHTER, THE ONLY LAST THING THAT PUTS A SMILE ON HIS FACE. IF HE WERE TO EVER LOOSE HER, HE WOULD DEFINITELY LOOSE HIMSELF”

Autism was another subject matter Said wanted to tackle in a lm, and he felt that MUTE was the perfect place for it. Said began his research by meeting with men and women who live with au- tism. As the script was written, Said only saw the color yellow bleeding throughout the lm. Re ecting a metaphor for madness, a world that is an insane asylum and how all the characters are trapped within that visual color.

“TO ME, AUTISM IS NOT AN ILLNESS IN ANY WAY, BUT A SUPER MENTAL ENERGY THAT TENDS TO BE VIEWED AS A NAÏVE CHARACTERISTIC. THE CHARACTERS TO ME ARE ALL AUTISTIC IN THEIR OWN WAY... A FATHER, BITTER, JOBLESS, WHO HAS A SOUR TASTE OF LIFE IN HIS MOUTH AND HAS NOTHING LEFT IN THE WORLD BUT HIS DAUGHTER; A PHOTOGRAPHER, WHO IS FAIRLY HANDSOME AND SUCCESSFUL BUT HAS NO UNDERSTANDING OF HIMSELF ALONG WITH A SEXUAL FRUSTRATION THAT JUXTAPOSES HIS OUTSIDE PERSONA; AND FINALLY, ANA, A TALENTED, GENTLE,

HOPEFUL, INNOCENT ANGEL, WHO HAS MORE HEART THAN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS AND A CREATIVITY THAT MAKES HER WANT TO CONTINUE LIVING IN OUR CURRENT CHAOTIC WORLD.”

As rehearsals began, the actors forced themselves to dig deep inside their souls to touch the core of these characters.Especially for Vanessa (Ana), it was quite a challenge to absorb being autistic, i.e., learning the physical mannerisms. On top of that, she has to absorb the abuse of the only two men she knows in her life.

By the time principal photography came, every single person on the set could feel the emotional impact of these scenes as they unfold. It is infront of everybody and no longer on paper alone.

The actors would be in tears between takes con- suming their intensity to release in the characters they became.

“THE UNSETTLING CINEMATOGRAPHY, THE NON LINEAR EDITING, AND THE EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN PERFORMANCES ALL PLAYED OFF TO ME AS A BEAUTIFUL HARMONIC SYMPHONY. A FILM THAT IS POWERFUL FROM ITS STORY TO ITS FINAL SOUND MIX. EVERY- THING WORKED TOGETHER REALLY WELL AND CONCLUDED A STORY THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.”

In the end, Said’s main goal was to tell a story that would not shy from brutal imagery, not try to limit itself with predictable character resolutions, not fol- low a typical lm-act structure, and psychologically push the characters to limitless extents.

CREW

Written and Directed by Hassan Said
Produced by Ryan Lough and Hassan Said
Edited by Greg Whitlow
Cinematography by Jordan Danelz
Production Design by Olivia Hill
Sound Designer/Mixing by Matt Wood

STARRING

Daniel Higgins, Vanessa Donley, Jesse Mueller.

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

• WINNER of the Jury Award for Best Editing at the Big Easy Film Festival.
• WINNER of the German Independence Award for Best foreign language short film at the Oldenburgh International Film Festival
• WINNER of the Award of Merit for Short film and Direction - The Accolade Film Awards
• Official Selection - Reel Heart International Film Festival
• Official Selection - Queens Film Festival
• Official Selection - Independents' film festival
• Official Selection - Jersey Shore Film Festival
• Official Selection - San Antonio Film Festival
• Official Selection - Indie Fest USA
• Official Selection - Atlanta Underground Film Festival.

REVIEWS

The Independent Critic [Richard Ropes]:  Read Now
Search My Trash [Michael Haberfelner]:  Read Now

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RUNNING TIME: 19 min
DATE OF COMPLETION: March 2009
SHOOTING FORMAT: Super 16mm
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: U.S.A.
FILMING LOCATION: San Francisco, CA

Shot on ARRI SR2 camera
Kodak lm stock (7218 500T, 7229 500T, 7217 200T)
Cut on Final Cut Pro
Film processing by Fotokem
Telecine by Spy Post Studios
1.85:1, Color, Stereo

“Alembamento: s.m. tribute of honor given by the groom to the bride's family. Dowry. Same as camangolo, between the Kikongos. Although based on common use is stipulated by the bride's parents. Made Portuguese from the Kimbundo word Ilêmbo, derived from Kulêmba.”

SYNOPSIS

When Matias goes to deliver his dowry to his fiance's father, an unexpected accident makes him realize how much he is willing to fight for her love.

Matias' family has prepared a sizable dowry, or Alambamento, for his future wife Mena's family, as is customary in Angola. When he drives his cousin's Toyota to deliver it to Mena in the rough shantytown where she lives, he accidentally hits a young boy who is playing soccer. The town's people quickly gather around Matias to take retribution, and he panics both for his own safety and for the safety of his dowry.
Mena's father, Tixico, starts taking as much of the dowry out of Matias' Toyota as he can knowing full well the corrupt police and local folk will help themselves if he doesn't. In order to help Matias out of danger or appearing responsible for the accident, the police expect him to pay up.
They pretend to take him away, and then they drop him off on the road out of the shantytown, taking his Toyota and anything left in it.

CREW

Written and Directed by Mario "Fradique" Bastos
Produced by Hassan Said
Edited by Greg Whitlow
Cinematography by Jay I. Patel
Production Design by Tchiyna Matos
Sound Designer/Mixing by Matt Wood

STARRING

Correia Adão, Marieta Cabuço, Dom Petro Dikota.

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

• WINNER of Best Short Film at Luanda International Film Festival
• WINNER of Best Film at GSP Film Festival
• SPECIAL SCREENING at Festin Itinerant Festival of Portuguese Language
• Official Selection Tenerife International Film Festival
• Official Selection Vancover International Film Festival
• Official Selection HollyShorts Film Festival
• Official Selection Bahamas International Film Festival
• Official Selection Cinema by the bay Film Festival - San Francisco Film Society
• Official Selection Pan African Film Festival
• Official Selection Black Harvest Film Festival
• Official Selection Capalbio Cinema International Film Festival
• Official Selection Molise Cinema Film Festival
• Official Selection Black Harvest Film Festival
• Official Selection Malibu Film Festival
• Official Selection Festival Amadis du Film
• Official Selection Africa In The Picture Film Festival

PRESS

Indiewire [Vanessa Martinez]:  Read Now
Search My Trash [Michael Haberfelner]:  Read Now

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

LANGUAGE: Portuguese. 
RUNNING TIME: 15 min
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2010
SHOOTING FORMAT: Digital
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Angola - Egypt - U.S.A.
FILMING LOCATION: Luanda, Angola
DISTRIBUTION: Shorts International & TV 5 France
Cut on Final Cut Pro
Telecine by Spy Post Studios
2.35:1, Color, Stereo

official selection at the Berlinale Talent projects

WATCH THE FILM ONLINE: Amazon  /  iTunes / Mubi

“The film is beautifully penned by Said and Lourdes Figueroa, with Paolo Trulin's lensing practically being a character all its own. Yuval Ron's original music companions the film to perfection, while Greg Whitlow's editing is essential in the film's intellectual and emotional satisfaction.”

SYNOPSIS

an aging Alberto, reflects years later confessing through an audio recorder, to his now divorced wife about their nostalgic marriage. 

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

SAL Y LIMON (Salt & Lemon) is not just a film but a surreal realization that grew out of me, to tell the story of Alberto and his wife's long lost love- which is a theme that struck close to home in that period of my life.

Set in Spain, after years away from his long lost love, his ex-wife. After years of contemplation, he realizes why they parted and the cause of their marriage to fall apart. Alberto shocked with reality, decides to record his confession in hopes that his ex-wife would hear him and be able to redeem what's left.the story is about one man coming to terms with his previous relationship- examining his regrets, and all of the things that he wishes he could take back- in a confessional manner. When you are amidst the storm its hard to see beyond the turbulence, the same applies for when in a relationship. 

I was at a point of figuring out what went wrong with someone i have loved very dearly, the one thing at the moment that felt the most true was things are not the same. When times passes, you only realize then in your own solitude and pain what exactly went wrong and then it all starts to make sense. The film was shot and composed in a manner of diving through the subconscious of our narrator as he remembers moments of his long lost relationship and him coming to the realization of what went wrong- as we dive deeper and deeper through his thoughts and memories. Words trigger memory and Alberto's journey is a fast film reel of a large part of his life.

Today with the progression in time and options of other mates at our disposal it becomes much harder to stick around through tough times in a relationship with a loved one- statistically higher rates of divorces are occurring and primarily due to miscommunication. I wanted to explore one man's way to redeem himself by the only thing he can do, which is admitting his responsibility to the outcome.

Should i have dealt with things differently? Would've she stayed then?
 
Shot in San Francisco California over the course of one day- wanting to portray a day in the love and failure of a couple's long term relationship. Shot on 35mm/16mm with practical lighting. Inspired by real events and a reflection of many voices of whom regret, blindness and redemption haunted them for years when realizing the importance of loosing a soul mate. the whole film reflects the seed of the moment of clarity when Alberto is able to finally see what went wrong and vent it out to his distant lost love. The actors would be directed separately and never to speak when not together in the room- and that methodology to help achieve the arc in such a short time and make the talent feel like strangers to one another. 

CREW

Written and Directed by Hassan Said
Monologue by Lourdes Figueroa
Produced by Hassan Said and Paola Trulin
Edited by Greg Whitlow
Cinematography by Paola Trulin
Color by Dalia Ali Musaad
Music by Yuval Ron
Sound Designer/Mixing by Matt Wood

STARRING

James Camblin, Heidi Wolff, Alberto Jorrin, Janie Oliver

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

• WINNER Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Cinematography at International Euro FIlm Festival
• Official Selection at Post Mortem Film Festival 

REVIEWS

The Independent Critic [Richard Ropes] :  Read Now
Rogue Cinema [Joshua Samford] :  Read Now

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RUNNING TIME: 8 min
LANGUAGE: Spanish
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2015
SHOOTING FORMAT: 35mm
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: U.S.A.
FILMING LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
Cut on Final Cut Pro
Film processing by Fotokem
Telecine by Film Light
2.35:1, Color, Stereo

“There are images throughout that hint at the plight of artistry, the differentiating concepts of sleep reality and what we perceive to be the real world as well as the place of technology in recording what we consider to be real… heady material, to say the least. The TV image is also very important in this regard. However, taking my very vague ideas of what the filmmaker is trying to say and enjoying it for its surface level entertainment… I have a lot of respect for the movie.”

SYNOPSIS

Eve's perception of life gets distorted after she drinks out of a flower, finding herself floating through an incoherent dream and ultimately lost in the memories of her past, present and future. In the end, Eve's mind breaks the barriers of logic and eventually transcends consciousness.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

Three years in the making. It was 2006, and being in film school, I was fed up with all the rules and guidelines I had to obey to make a film. I studied screenwriting three years prior, and I found myself not interested in making a linear, coherent, and generic narrative film. My mindset was so focused on telling a story that is very abstract, very surreal, very silent, that evoked an unsettling emotion to those who would see it through its imagery. 

I started experimenting shooting various film stocks and film formats (i.e. super 8, 16mm, 35mm) that led me to discover how endless this medium can be and how you can tell so much with just images. I felt at times the images that I wanted to shoot where hard to write about, and with techniques like triple exposures or hand processing or double projection can radically open your eyes to a new cinema of endless boundaries. I couldn’t even comprehend in writing, and my mind was trying to develop a new way of storytelling that was liberating and provocative. 

The origins of the film started with my obsession to shoot a circus. I started my research, found the San Francisco school of the circus arts and I began talks with an amazing instructor there, name Helen, who encouraged me to shoot the performances in black and white 16mm. As I watched the various stuns, acrobats, performances, the idea for the whole story of the film came to fruition. 

The idea was to tell a surreal story of a young woman’s journey, witnessing various periods in her life through worlds of her past, present and future. Also, not limit myself to boundaries of story structure or guidelines I learned in film school, but to push the film medium’s image as far as I can. 

The writing of the film came as I was shooting it, the story developed later into four chapters: The Dream, The Circus, The Bunny, and The Awakening. 

1- THE DREAM: I wanted to have that chapter convey how it is drastically different from the other ones, and show the evolution of the imagery in nature by inter-cutting close-ups of Eve as she evolves. She finds a beautiful yellow flower that is the seed of her journey, the nectar she feeds on to help her live. The hallucinations that result from the nectar take her in a deep dream that prevents her to ever return home. 

2. THE CIRCUS: It is to me the key event that Eve experienced as a child, and developed her into the person of endless curiosity. This chapter is the most abstract one, yet realistically the most romantically relevant to Eve’s life. In the beginning she dreams of her past lover, Adam, running away from her, to a pointless dream that he has been chasing, symbolized by him bowing down to a tree. The tree symbolizes his large and intangible ideologies, the object of mystery that caused their love to fall apart. From there we see ahead in the future, Eve as an old woman and her lover Adam sick in bed. They both are very different people, older and very distant. The box in Adam’s room, is the portal to the place where they first met, and when her life turned upside down, the circus. 

3. THE BUNNY: Eve wakes up from her dream, finds herself in a different time and place. I wanted to use a childhood phobia, and find a satirical way to make the phobia an antagonist of the story. The bunny haunts her till he traps her in his though, in a circus world that is also very different from the ordinary circus world she saw as a child. An organ player, and an act of a masked man petting a toy tiger lead the stage circus. Eve dances on stage for the bunny’s amusement, she notices herself trapped inside the television and right at that moment the lights go out. 

4. THE AWAKENING: Eve’s mind begins to melt as she sees her life passing in front of her very fast. Through that, she transcends consciousness, and able to view everything so clearly. She sees herself thinking calmly, in an ideal world, of what she just encountered. Eve sees her whole life slowly through a window as it passes infront of her

This film has been a wonderous three-year adventure into a world of film that is experimental, limitless, and simple. I found peace in letting myself go as an artist, with a very small crew, and years of work and conceptualization. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD indeed, and that film helped me find a norm to the over complexity of human behavior

CREW

Written, Produced and Directed by Hassan Said
Edited by Jason Michael Roberts
Cinematography by Lautaro D'amato
Music by The Strange Orchestra
Production Design by Fernando Garcia
Sound Designer/Mixing by Matt Wood

STARRING

Nicole Calhoun, Nicholette DeLon Ernest, Tony McNitt, Kacie Velie, Fernando Garcia, Damir Harasic

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

• WINNER of the silver palm award at Mexico International Film Festival
• The film first screened at the de Young museum in San Francisco as part of Night of Egyptian art and culture, and at other venues across the US with a live orchestra.

REVIEWS

The Independent Critic [Richard Ropes]:  Read Now
Search My Trash [Michael Haberfelner]:  Read Now
Rogue Cinema [Joshua Samford]:  Read Now

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RUNNING TIME: 27 min
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2009
SHOOTING FORMAT: 35mm, Super 16mm, 8mm, mini dv, HD
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: U.S.A.
FILMING LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
Cut on Final Cut Pro
Film processing by Fotokem
1.85:1, Color, Black and white, Stereo

April 2020, Los Angeles, California: The pandemic of the #COVID-19 virus outbreak has left not just the city, but the entire world at a stand still. Los Angeles became a ghost town during the pandemic, while my entire being was hidden behind the glass, deteriorating while diving into madness. I have been in isolation/quarantine since the beginnings of March- the effects on me Psychologically as well as Spiritually was not to be undermined and to be reflected. Me and a group of filmmaker friends decided to start an online film festival called THE COVID-19 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL to showcase films on the theme of Corona Virus and its effect on our day to day life. Here is my film, my vignette, my reflection, during this surreal time.

The film was shot entirely on the iPhone using practical lighting.

thank you for watching.

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Official Selection: Dumbo Film Festival (2020)

WEBSERIES  -  8 Episodes

"We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” - Charles Bukowski.

SYNOPSIS

Set in Los Angeles, after developing an addiction to a strange new street drug called Rations, a private investigator who struggles to hold on to his sanity gets entangled in a dangerous, otherworldly, criminal enterprise when accepting a job tailing a crime boss' wife. a dark-suspenseful-hallucinatory-psychological thriller web series of sorts.

CREW

Shot, Edited, and Directed by Hassan Said
(Episodes 1 & 2 by Aaron Keene)
Written and Created by Aaron Keene
Produced by Hassan Said and Aaron Keene (OhDark30) 
Music by Marc Agostini

STARRING

Aaron Keene, John Erickson, Kaiza Losch, Monica Ozarek

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

• WINNER of Best Score at Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival
• Official Selection at EL CID Short Film Night.
 

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

SYNOPSIS

A Doc. series presented by Ms. Maha Awad featuring Arab life in America and the connections to the Middle East. The episode is about Hip-hop, and how it can not be categorized a just a music genre - its influence on society can be felt in fashion, street art, dance and revolutions. According to culture experts, hip hop has grown so much as a popular culture with an influence that cannot be ignored and with artists taking the lead as civil and political leaders.

PRODUCTION STATEMENT

In this ever-shrinking world, our stories and our lives are becoming more and more connected. This show closes the loop on the Arab experience in the world by showing that when one heart beats in the U.S. another feels it in the Middle East.

This show will delve into the lives of Arab Americans of all walks of life and persuasions, interests and passions, careers, life paths and challenges and rewards. And then, we will explore their ties and counterparts in the region.

Each episode will focus on a sub-community, subculture or timely issue facing a segment of Arabs in America. Through the personal human stories of individuals, we will gain a nuanced and multi-faceted perspective on the issue or lifestyle of the episode and the links back home that make us all part of one world.

We will experience our featured characters’ worlds through extensive interviews in their homes, work spaces and natural environments. We will meet their families, friends, and mentors as well as their adversaries and critics. With visually rich and vivid B-roll, we will give our viewers an unprecedented window into the dynamic and layered lives of Arabs in America. Then we will transition to the region and get a fresh perspective to the same lifestyle through the eyes of Arabs living in their homelands.

CREW

Directed by Hassan Said
Produced by Maha Awad, Nicolas Paine, and Jeff Kline
Edited by Murad Amayreh
Cinematography by Andrew Friend, Esau Melendez, Ben Demaree, Louis Normandin, Michael Street
Sound by Gary Wright and Matt Mazzone
Original Music by Mohamed Awad
Sound Mixing by Matt Wood

STARRING

Maha Awad, Malikah, Hossam L. Hossainy, Khaled M, Zeid "Gon" Khater.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RUNNING TIME: 50 min
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2014
SHOOTING FORMAT: DSLR, DV
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: U.S.A.
FILMING LOCATION: Beirut, Lebanon - Cairo, Egypt - Chicago, USA
16:9 Color, Stereo

The film was purely done by hand, cut on a flat bed, with no digital intervention what-so-ever. The film contains of 5700 frames, made with direct manipulation, acrylic paint, scratching, bleaching, among some of the techniques.

SYNOPSIS

A surreal remembrance of the tragedy at the world trade center, on September 11th. 

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

The day of September 11th, 2001, is a day that will live in infamy. That is the name I chose for the film, for it is an event that forever changed my life. I was attending high school in New York at that time. 

I wanted to create a film that would reflect the way I remembered the event of that day and how it resonated in my mind. Seeing the buildings on fire, the rubble accumulating and the screams of the people was an overwhelming experience for me. The news channels were running the event non-stop, and the whole world was glued in front of the television. 

I tried to think of the best way to tell a story of that day, to make it stand out, not in a political light, but as a film that reflects the intensity and disturbance of the event. I started shooting images of industrial buildings, smoke, and rubble. I also decided to hand process the film, paint on clear 16mm film, and cut up super 8mm film to use the halves for the representation the twin towers. As I was working on making the film, I decided to also paint, scratch and bleach the film to reflect the explosion of images with the sound effects I gathered. I event went as far to the extent of burning the film to be able to intensify the experince. 

I hope with this film people realize that this is an event in history that changed our lives forever. I want this film to bring closure to people and see it as an awareness to something that will always live with our generation and generations to come, on a global scale. 

CREW

Shot, Edited, Sound Design, Produced and Directed by Hassan Said
Music by Edison

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

• WINNER of Best Experimental at Epidemic Film Festival
• Official Selection - Edinburgh International Film Festival

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RUNNING TIME: 4 min 30 sec
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2009
SHOOTING FORMAT: Super 8mm, 16mm
Cut on a Flat Bed
Film processing by hand.
1.33:1, Color, Stereo

A fairytale about finding love and how it can make you feel human again.

CREW

Written and Directed by Hassan Said
Produced by Alexis Nipper and Hassan Said
Cinematography by Jason Michael Roberts
Edited by Travis Schoen
Production Design by Angela Novak
Makeup Effects by Margaret Caragan and Nick Katich

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RUNNING TIME: 7 min
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2007
SHOOTING FORMAT: 16mm
Cut on Avid
1.33:1, Black and White, Stereo

a photography series compiled and shot on Canon DSLR with a 10mm Sigma Lens. total of 1320 pictures in a stop-motion/time-lapse like effect through various composition, capturing fluid motion, with very few frames. Bringing in a feel of the zoetrope effect in modern cinematography esthetic.

Photographed, Edited and Directed by Hassan Said
Music by Vangelis

SYNOPSIS

Robert arrives home finding his brother Harris waiting for him. Harris has discovered 20,000 dollars missing from his office.

CREW

Written and Directed by Hassan Said
Cinematography by Drew Nelson
Edited by Greg Whitlow
Gaffed by Colin M. Day

STARRING

Tom Cokenias, Patrick Engler

SYNOPSIS

It starts out just another day at the office for cemetery plot salesman Walter till a disheveled Dickson enters his presentation room. He will require two deep graves. Despite his numerous cell phone call interruptions Dickson discuses his purchase options and Walter tries to meet his new clients curious requirements as Dickson reveals his need is not for himself since he will be leaving the area, but for his wife's burial and the second grave is to be small and a distance from the first. Walters offers condolences thinking perhaps a child is involved but they are again interrupted by another of Dickson's wife's calls before Dickson corrects him and verifies availability and delivery timing of the graves so that he can go off and commit his crime.

CREW

Directed by Hassan Said
Written by Paul J. Gitschner
Edited by Greg Whitlow
Cinematography by Phillip Briggs
Makeup by Margaret Caragan
Music by MarK Weiner

STARRING

Tony McNitt, Tom Cokenias, Julie Day

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RUNNING TIME: 5 min
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2008
SHOOTING FORMAT: P2 DV
Cut on Final Cut Pro
16:9, Color, Stereo