SHORT FILMS

madam ooi’s finishing school for boys

A homeless romantic, Charlie, fumbles through his version of male sex work to make ends meet, but things take a turn when the enigmatic Madam Ooi recruits him into her underground “finishing school”.

  • Cristian Paluso as Charlie

    Ping Kwah as Madam Ooi

    Evangeline Shepard as Emma

    Danielle DellaPorta as Claire

    David Connelly as Ben

    Eddie Felan as Boy

    Eddie Wollrabe as Boy

    Dre Wollrabe as Boy

  • Melanie Ooi

    Director/Producer/1st AD/Locations Manager/Casting

    Cristian Paluso

    Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/Music Coordinator

    Payton Meyer

    Director of Photography

    Zach McKinley

    1st AC/Camera Operator/Key Grip/Key Gaff

    Luke Jackson

    Grip/Gaff

    Eddie Wollrabe

    Production Assistant/BTS Photographer

FAye: An Interlude

A deaf dancer reconnects with an old flame in this emotionally fueled silent film.

  • Sophia Phoenix as Faye

    Aaron Koch as Rudy Markham

    Nathan Mills as Rudy's Friend

    Evangeline Shepard as Dancer

    James Domico as Bachelor Party Friend

    Sergei Davis as Bachelor Party Friend

  • Cristian Paluso

    Writer/Director/Producer/Composer

    Melanie Ooi

    Producer/Locations Manager/Casting

    Taylor Kallnischkies

    Producer/1st AD/Key Gaff/Grip

    Julie Nhem

    Director of Photography

    Barrett Dunn

    Co-producer/Camera Op/AC/Composer

    Caitlin Crowley

    Editor

    Nic Prentiss

    Art Lead/Set Decorator

    Edgar Gocobachi Doumerc

    Sound

    Luis Leon

    2nd 2nd AD

    Jordan Hendult

    Key Grip

    Ethan Van der Wewr

    2nd AC

    Maddie Ott

    Art Assist

    Paloma Bynum

    Production Assistant/2nd AC

    Cece Stocker

    Production Assistant/Gaffer

    Payton Meyer

    Production Assistant/Grip

    John Patterson

    Production Assistant

  • “WOW! WOW! WOW! First of all: the cinematography is looking su-per-b. Absolutlely fantastic. From the shots made at night to the shots by daylight, they all just suck you into the story. All the small details like the short blurr when seeing the close-up hand in the bedroom scene, they all just combine together so nice. Normally a ''Non-Dialogue'' Film is a film as such because the director thought it was more powerful to leave the story without dialogue. But this is from a new dimension. Yes, of course it's a ''Non-Dialogue'' but with the idea of sign language. Wow.. absolutely speechless (No pun intended). But overall, great, great work!”

    - Benelux International Film Festival

The little Merman

An isolated woman makes a mysterious discovery on the beach in this psychological fantasy.

  • Melanie Ooi as The Woman

    Cristian Paluso as The Merman

  • Melanie Ooi

    Writer/Director/Producer/Locations Manager

    Cristian Paluso

    Writer/Director/Producer/Editor

    Zach McKinley

    Director of Photography

    Harlan Silverman

    Composer

Santi saves the world

A young boy’s magical world hangs in the balance of a parental decision.

  • Santiago C. as Santi

    Marcella Carrasco as Marcella

    Sophia Phoenix as Sophia

  • Cristian Paluso

    • Writer/Director/Producer/Editor

    Melanie Ooi

    • Producer/Casting/Locations Manager

    Barrett Dunn

    • Director of Photography

    Taylor Kallnischkies

    • Co-cinematographer

    Blake Hawes

    • Composer/2nd AD

    Caitlin Crowley

    • Editor

    Maddie Ott

    • Art

    Ben Hilton

    • Sound

    Russell Bowen

    • Key Grip

    Austin Carrero

    • 1st AD

    Evangeline Shepard

    • AC

    Aidan Foren-Self

    • Grip

    Jenny Lynne Torgersen

    • Mantis Wrangler/PA

    Luis Leon

    • PA

    Jeremiah Schultz

    • PA

    Tony Kell

    • PA

    Story by:

    • Cristian Paluso-Serrano

    • Barrett Dunn

    • Taylor Kallnischkies

    • Maddie Ott

    • Jenny Lynne Torgersen

    • Caitlin Crowley

    • Austin Carrero