One Love Picture Classics presents
It’s 1987. Chiqui and Carlos immigrate from Colombia to New Jersey to find a better life for themselves and unborn son. They quickly realize that the American dream is not easy to achieve.
World Premiere: SUNDANCE 2022 (indie episodic program)
Director & Show Creator Carlos Cardona
Executive Producers Daniel Fermín Pfeffer & Sophia de Baun
Co-Writers: Carlos Cardona & Sophia de Baun
Director of Photography Rand Rosenberg
Production Designer Ana Novacic
Costume Designer Stine Dahlman
Associate Producer Miriam Gabriel
Starring
Brigitte Silva
Sebastian Beltranini
Catherine French
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) 2019
https://latinofilm.org/2019-feature-films/
https://remezcla.com/features/film/interview-daniel-pfeffer-ill-see-you-around/
Music video by X Ambassadors performing Your Town. © 2024 Nyle
Directors: Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
Producer: Sophia de Baun and Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
Assistant to Producers: Phoebe McKinley
Director of Photography: Carlos Cardona
1st AC: Rand Rosenberg
BTS: Josue (Sway) Herrera
Gaffer: Ronnie Bhardwaj
PAs: Sophia Gottfried and Michael McCarthy
Editor: Sophia de Baun
Color: Robert Wagnerman
"This song is dedicated to my teacher, mentor, and friend Todd Peterson who passed away in 2021. I owe so much of who I am to Todd. He was the first person to ever get me up on stage to sing in front of a crowd. Capturing the essence of nostalgia, loss, and the cherished memories of Todd was achieved with the unique texture and visual language of shooting on 16mm film. “Your Town” pays respect to a man I admired all my life, and where I came from. For my town. For Todd.” - @samnelsonharris_xa
“Making this video with my dear old friends the X Ambassadors and my close filmmaking family was a dream come true. We decided to use Ektachrome for the performance, to achieve that ethereal quality the stock creates. For the exteriors we used 200T to bring out the gritty beauty of our hometown Ithaca, NY. Much like the liminal space of a memory, the power that celluloid images can evoke is beautiful. We are not convinced yet that anything can emulate the quality of a dream or memory, however film comes pretty darn close.” - Director, @dannypfeffer957, DP, @carlos.cardona
YOUR TOWN for @xambassadors, directed by @dannypfeffer957 and shot on 16mm by DP @carlos.cardona. Watch in our On Film: Music playlist on youtube.com/kodak or tap the link in our bio.
Director: Daniel Fermín Pfeffer @dannypfeffer957
Director of Photography: Carlos Cardona @carlos.cardona
Producer: Sophia de Baun & Daniel Fermín Pfeffer @sophiadebaun @dannypfeffer957
Assistant to Producers: Phoebe McKinley
1st AC: Rand Rosenberg @randrosenberg
BTS: Josue Herrera @sway.y_
Gaffer: Ronnie Bhardwaj @ronniebhardwaj
PAs: Sophia Gottfried & Michael McCarthy
Editor: Sophia de Baun @sophiadebaun
Colorist: Robert Wagnerman
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One Love Picture Classics presents
Starring: Lucas Monroe & Michael Barrett
Song Written & Performed by Samora Pinderhughes
From the Black Spring EP
Music Producer Jack DeBoe
Directed by Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
Produced by Daniel Fermín Pfeffer, Sophia de Baun, & Samora Pinderhughes
Cinematography by Carlos Cardona
Edit by Sophia de Baun & Carlos Cardona
AC, Loader, 8mm Sharp Shooter Rand Rosenberg
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The Hold That Weight film is about the work that goes into trying to re-acclimate to home life and society when released from prison; battling thoughts, trying to navigate a way forward; and battling a prison system that traumatizes those it incarcerates and then gives no thought to what happens after people are released. It is also about the people that rally behind you, support you, make sure you feel love, everything you were missing when you were incarcerated. What does it really look like to support each other in difficult times?
The Hold That Weight film is loosely based on the real lives of the 2 main actors, Lucas Monroe and Michael Barrett. The film’s director Daniel Pfeffer and the 2 main actors have known each other pretty much their whole lives growing up in Ithaca, NY – this film was shot in Ithaca in the places where they live and work.
In Lucas's words: “Being a returning citizen is something that needs to be addressed so much more - it's not talked about openly as much as it needs to be. We need to show people with family lives, who are struggling and make mistakes and should be allowed to learn from those mistakes and grow."
One Love Picture Classics presents
At the height of New York City’s COVID pandemic, a young man can’t come close to his family.
Starring
Joshua Rivera, Maria Huyghue, & introducing Kenneth Rivera Jr.
directed by Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
written by Sophia de Baun & Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
produced by Dolores Lopez Rivera & Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
co-producers Heather Ryan Thomson & Sophia de Baun
director of photography Carlos Cardona
2nd Unit Photography Rand Rosenberg
costume designer & prop master Heather Ryan Thomson
editor Sophia de Baun
sound recordist En Dough
sound design & mix by Travis Devin
Director's Statement:
"Don't Come Close" is an attempt to explore a family's dilemma during the height of the COVID pandemic in NYC. In front of and behind the camera is all LatinX talent in lead creative positions. I made this to document the unprecedented times we are living in and to tell a story about our essential heroes.
MADE in NYC with LOVE
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An Independent Web Pilot
After the disappearance of her father and the return of her estranged uncle, a young Hasidic woman living in Brooklyn discovers a dark family secret.
Directed by Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
Written & Produced by Michael Goitanich
in association with OLPC
CHOSEN (2019 official teaser)
Austin Film Festival (digital series competition) 2019
https://austinfilmfestival.com/festival-and-conference-aff/2019-full-schedule/
Catalyst Story Institute I Content Festival 2019
https://www.catalystcontent.org/shortform-drama-selections-2019
Short Film
Suspicious his brother is stealing from him, Lucas goes on a search through town to confront the problem.
Directed by Daniel F. Pfeffer
Starring Lucas Monroe
Produced by Alexandra H. Brown
Denver Film Festival's Liberty Global Domestic Student Filmmaker Award Winner 2017
Dallas International Film Festival 2017
LA Film Festival (produced by Film Independent) 2017
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2017
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2017
https://www.facebook.com/WIWGShortFilm/
Short Film
Her dreams of law school are threatened when Alice, a college freshman, turns down a date with a classmate.
Starring Alison Jaye Horowitz
Directed by Daniel F. Pfeffer
Produced by Alexandra Hart Brown and Sasha John
LA Shorts Fest 2016
Reykjavík International Film Festival 2016
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5433766/?ref_=nm_knf_t1
Short Film (2015)
Secrets and butterflies make for one hell of a dinner conversation.
starring
Yainis Ynoa / Joshua Rivera / Yvette Mercedes
a film by Daniel F. Pfeffer
Winner Best Short Film at Cine con Cultura 2016
Official Latino Short Film Festival 2016
Chelsea Film Festival 2016
Short Film
On her fifteenth birthday, Maya Rivera makes the ultimate decision to run away from her abusive foster home. She confesses her escape plans to her loyal boyfriend, Josiah, but little does she know her crazed and jealous stepbrother, Johnny, is hot on their trail.
Starring Yainis Ynoa, Joshua Rivera, and Billy Conahan
Written and Directed by Daniel F. Pfeffer
Produced by Max Berger
Milk and Honey (2014)
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival 2014
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival 2014
Manhattan Film Festival 2014
Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival 2014
Harlem International Film Festival 2014
Urbanworld Film Festival 2014
NewFilmmakers New York 2014
Cine Con Cultura Film Festival 2014
Ithaca Film Festival 2015
Short Film
Starring Kristian Nekrasov & Lara Wolf
Written and Directed by Carlos Cardona
Produced by Alexandra H. Brown and Daniel F. Pfeffer
Johannes, a once successful composer, lives in solitude, until someone from his past unexpectedly pays him a visit.
