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T H R E E W E E K S O F
P R E M I E R I N D E P E N D E N T P R O G R A M M I N G
I N Y O U R O W N H O M E
A T T E N D T H E V I R T U A L F E S T I V A L F R O M Y O U R
L A P T O P , T A B L E T , R O K U , O R A P P L E T V !
S H O R T F I L M S
F E A T U R E F I L M S
V I R T U A L P A R T I E S
F I L M M A K E R Q & A ' S
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provided a plethora of film production services from television and
commercial shoots to consulting narratives and film distribution.
Their collective and creative vision has been responsible for the pro-
duction of numerous feature films such as Calvin Marshall (2009) star-
ring Steve Zahn, and Redwood Highway (2012) with Shirley Knight
and Tom Skerrit. They also collaborated with Leslie Griffith (former
Bay Area anchor) to create a sobering documentary, When Giants Fall
(2015), about the slaughter and poaching of elephants for ivory.
The recent release of the film Phoenix, Oregon (2019) in theaters nation-
wide was the result of the collaboration between JOMA Films and
local film Producer, Luis Rodrigues. The production involved over
thirty cast and crew members and eight executive producers. The film
included a number of familiar actors such as James Le Gros (Drugstore
Cowboy, Living in Oblivion), Lisa Edelstein (Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce,
House), Jesse Borrego (Fame, Blood In Blood Out), Reynaldo Gallegos
(Triple Frontier, American Sniper), Diedrich Bader (Napoleon Dynamite,
Office Space, Veep) and, Kevin Corrigan (The Departed, Pineapple Express,
True Romance).
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