ABOUT US
Writer Director Producer
Kenny Hargrove has written and directed four short films including "Cold Dark Night With Brilliance" and also the webseries pilot "33 Minutes To Live". He's produced or written several others, many of which have been screened at film festivals, including "The Light Dances Across The Sky" and "Falling Objects".
He's represented films at Cannes, Berlin, and other major film festivals and markets. He's been preparing this project for a decade as he studied directing through the New York University Intensive Directing Certificate Program and writing and producing through the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension Program. He has also trained with Judith Weston, Bob Bailey, and Peter Markham, the former head of the directing program at the American Film Institite (AFI).
Prior to pursuing his longstanding passion for the arts, he was a Hong Kong-based journalist reporting on economics and finance in the Asia-Pacific region, which helped to broaden his global perspective. He has been a member of the Dramatists' Guild of America and is currently a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre/Los Angeles and several filmmaking organizations.
Hargrove earned a Bachelors Degree in Geology at Princeton University (where he also received a Certificate in Theatre and Dance). While studying at Princeton, he was also a scholarship student with the Princeton Ballet (unaffiliated with the University). He later earned a Masters Degree at the Columbia University School for International and Public Affairs with a specialization in International Political Economy.
He's represented films at Cannes, Berlin, and other major film festivals and markets. He's been preparing this project for a decade as he studied directing through the New York University Intensive Directing Certificate Program and writing and producing through the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension Program. He has also trained with Judith Weston, Bob Bailey, and Peter Markham, the former head of the directing program at the American Film Institite (AFI).
Prior to pursuing his longstanding passion for the arts, he was a Hong Kong-based journalist reporting on economics and finance in the Asia-Pacific region, which helped to broaden his global perspective. He has been a member of the Dramatists' Guild of America and is currently a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre/Los Angeles and several filmmaking organizations.
Hargrove earned a Bachelors Degree in Geology at Princeton University (where he also received a Certificate in Theatre and Dance). While studying at Princeton, he was also a scholarship student with the Princeton Ballet (unaffiliated with the University). He later earned a Masters Degree at the Columbia University School for International and Public Affairs with a specialization in International Political Economy.
Producer
Emily Beach has been involved in the film industry since 2006 and is dedicated to creating stories that matter and that resonate with under-served film audiences. She has produced several feature films including “Between The Miles” and “Nathan’s Kingdom”. “Between The Miles” Premiered at the Big Island Film Festival. After winning many festival awards, “Nathan’s Kingdom” can be seen on Amazon Prime Video. Ms. Beach has also produced several short films and prides herself on making quality films that stretch production dollars as far as possible.
Ms. Beach received a B.A. in Communication Studies from California State University, Long Beach. Upon completion of her formal education and as an alternative to a traditional film school, Emily immersed herself in the local filmmaking community. She initiated this experience by interning in casting offices, and quickly accepted an internship at an indie film collaborative called Filmmakers Alliance. This organization has been the formative foundation of her career as a filmmaker and more specifically, as a producer.
Emily moved to Paris to explore and contribute her efforts and experience to a series of French student films. Her independent study of the Parisian film community widened Emily’s scope of the international influence on film and art. Pursuant to this experience, she returned to the US with a more global and cohesive perspective. She is dedicated to making intelligent, socially relevant, conversation-invoking films.
Actor
Maibritt Saerens is a popular Danish actress who starred in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winning film “Happy, Happy”. She has also appeared in several Scandinavian television series, films, and theatre productions. Her character “Oona”, a poet and academic who is initially the lover of Christina, becomes Rose’s champion and lover.
Composer
Goya Award-nominated composer Zeltia Montes is a graduate of the Berklee School of Music and has scored several award winning films in the U.S. and in her native Spain. Her films have been selected for major festivals ranging from Sundance to San Sebastian. She has twice won the Jerry Goldsmith Award and one of her soundtracks was voted among the top five in Spain in 2008. She has won awards in Europe and the U.S. for her soundtracks.
- Ms Montes was selected the composer-in-residence for the 'Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra' season 2007-08, and was commissioned a piece for the prestigious Contemporary Chamber Orchestra ALEA III, under Theodore Antoniou's musical direction.
- Her film credits include the scores to the feature films Pradolongo (2007) and Vilamor (2012, International title “Lovetown”, winner of the Film Commission Award at the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival).
- She also scored the 3D animation feature film The Happets in the Kingdom of the Sun (winner of the Gaudi Award for Best Animated Feature and nominated to the Goya Awards of the Spanish Academy of Audiovisuals) directed by Alex Colls, the main title music for the TV Series El Camino del Cid and Miguel Hernandez for Spanish National Television (TVE) and the 2012 Sundance Film Festival selected short film “Henley” directed by Craig Macneill.
Poet
- Ulrikka S. Gernes is one of Denmark’s younger poets who is published internationally. Her first collection, Natsværmer (Moth), was published in Denmark in 1984, when she was eighteen years old.
- Since then she has published an additional ten collections, all of them received gratefully in the Danish press. She is also the author of two books for children, as well as many short stories, songs, and various contributions to literary anthologies, art catalogues, magazines, newspapers and Danish National radio.
- She has just completed an international book tour for ‘Frayed Opus for String & Wind Instruments’, the second translation of Ulrikka’s work published by Brick Books (2015). This new collection was nominated for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize.
Singer/Songwriter
- Grammy Nominated singer/songwriter Alissa Moreno has collaborated with several music industry veterans who back top performers such as Tim McGraw, Chris Brown, Carrie Underwood, Macy Grey and Stevie Nicks. Her music has been featured in feature films such as the Quentin Tarantino produced "Daltry Calhoun" (Miramax), and the Slamdance Feature Film "Mall Cop" and many television shows.
- Alissa is a renowned piano and vocal talent. She was the vocal coach for Ben Affleck's award winning performance in the film "Hollywoodland" (Focus Features 2006) starring Adrian Brody and Diane Lane. She also is an actress, appearing in commercials, indie films, and creating and starring in Los Angeles Independent Film Festival short film "Superchicks.”
- Alissa performs regularly in Nashville and LA at: Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Bluebird Cafe, Listening Room, Puckett's, House of Blues, Knitting Factory, The Viper Room, Kulack's Woodshed, and The Hotel Cafe.
