San Francisco captures the heartbreaking beauty and joy of San Francisco, and the tragedies hidden around its corners. We are five SF-based filmmakers, passionately in love with this city, whose stories have caught the spirit of the city in this moment. We need your help to get this film on screen.
San Francisco captures the heartbreaking beauty and joy of San Francisco, and the tragedies hidden around its corners. We are five SF-based filmmakers, passionately in love with this city, whose stories have caught the spirit of the city in this moment. We need your help to get this film on screen.
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Mission Statement
We are five SF-based filmmakers, three women and two men, working hard to capture the diversity of San Francisco. Our expansive cast represents the wide ethnic variety of people living here. The majority of our leads are PoC. Our crew is drawn from the Bay Area, with a wide range of PoC & LGBTQ.About The Project
Seven by Seven is an anthology film where the stories of numerous characters weave together to show San Francisco as it is today: beautiful, troubled, thrilling, melancholy, and hilarious. (After reading here, check out our websiteJ
Nina is new to the city, and her friend Mikey wants to show her its beauty before they go to Burning Man together.
(Actors Robert Henningsen "Mikey" and Linnae Dosumu-Johnson "Nina" mugging between scenes.)
Along the way we meet Plato, a homeless man whose clever signs get him discovered as an “outsider” artist;
(Actors Chris Marsol "Plato" and Bettina Devin "Grace" at the premiere for their chapter of the film.)
Marwan, a public defender trying to lift his poet cousin out of a deep depression with the Golden Gate Bridge looming in the background;
(Actors Carlos Flores "Andy," and Alex Garcia "Marwan" swap stories between scenes at the SF waterfront.)
Connie, a young tech temp-worker who can’t afford to live anywhere, and finds dates on Tinder to have a place to sleep on the weekends;
(Adrienne Thomas "Connie" discusses that most San Franciscan ritual, Sunday Brunch, with actor Tony Gapastione "Adam.")
Mel, a wealthy young socialite, her famous hippie/author grandfather, and their immigrant event planner living as an unlikely family—but torn apart by a marriage proposal.
(Bert Van Aalsburg "Ulee" regales Andrea Martzipan "Mel" with stories of the stage & screen between shots.)
Not since Robert Altman’s Short Cuts has there been a film that portrays such a wide range of human stories. A city of dreamers and immigrants, of old gold money, and new tech schemes, of people living under tarps by the side of the road, and young artists finding new neighborhoods, of bridges to the past and future.
With elements of comedy, drama, and romance, in a city known for its heart- breaking beauty, Seven by Seven unfolds San Francisco in the first quarter of the new century in a city where nothing can stay the same.
learn more at our website: https://www.7by7film.com
Incentives
$17
Telegraph Hill
We’ll telegraph a big THANK YOU on our social media channels, website, and ending credits.
$27
North Beach
Reading material when you visit your favorite North Beach cafe in the form of our shooting screenplay.
PLUS:
- Thank you on our social media and website
$47
Twin Peaks
A screener link to enjoy a peek of the finished film once it is completed and has finished its festival round.
PLUS:
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
$57
From Sourdough to Sundance
We know Seven by Seven will hit screens around the globe. Be part of this journey by sponsoring one of our film festival submissions! When we submit to a film festival you (or a company / organization of your choosing) will get a special shout out on our social media channels for helping us with submission costs.
PLUS:
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
$77
Are you going to San Francisco?
An opportunity to watch a rough cut of Flowers in Her Hair on location, a MANSION in the Bay Area (travel not included) and via screener link (for those out of the Bay).
PLUS:
- Screener link of the finished film- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
Claimed: 5 of 100
$107
The Mission
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch a rough cut screening and offer feedback via Q&A, in person in the Bay Area (travel not included) and via screener link (for those out of the Bay).
PLUS:- Rough cut screening of Flowers in Her Hair
- Screener link of the finished film
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
Claimed: 13 of 100
$777
Western Addition
Get added on our team as an Associate Producer! Receive Associate Producer credit on our closing credits and IMDb.
PLUS:- Rough cut screening of Flowers in Her Hair
- Rough cut screening of Seven by Seven
- Screener link of the finished film
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
$7,000
The Golden Gate Bridge
You’re GOLDEN! Get Executive Producer credit on our closing credits and IMDb!
PLUS:- Rough cut screening of Flowers in Her Hair
- Rough cut screening of Seven by Seven
- Screener link of the finished film
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
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Wishlist
Use the WishList to pledge cash and loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an incentive directly.
$17
Telegraph Hill
We’ll telegraph a big THANK YOU on our social media channels, website, and ending credits.
$27
North Beach
Reading material when you visit your favorite North Beach cafe in the form of our shooting screenplay.
PLUS:
- Thank you on our social media and website
$47
Twin Peaks
A screener link to enjoy a peek of the finished film once it is completed and has finished its festival round.
PLUS:
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
$57
From Sourdough to Sundance
We know Seven by Seven will hit screens around the globe. Be part of this journey by sponsoring one of our film festival submissions! When we submit to a film festival you (or a company / organization of your choosing) will get a special shout out on our social media channels for helping us with submission costs.
PLUS:
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
$77
Are you going to San Francisco?
An opportunity to watch a rough cut of Flowers in Her Hair on location, a MANSION in the Bay Area (travel not included) and via screener link (for those out of the Bay).
PLUS:
- Screener link of the finished film- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
Claimed: 5 of 100
$107
The Mission
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch a rough cut screening and offer feedback via Q&A, in person in the Bay Area (travel not included) and via screener link (for those out of the Bay).
PLUS:- Rough cut screening of Flowers in Her Hair
- Screener link of the finished film
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
Claimed: 13 of 100
$777
Western Addition
Get added on our team as an Associate Producer! Receive Associate Producer credit on our closing credits and IMDb.
PLUS:- Rough cut screening of Flowers in Her Hair
- Rough cut screening of Seven by Seven
- Screener link of the finished film
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
$7,000
The Golden Gate Bridge
You’re GOLDEN! Get Executive Producer credit on our closing credits and IMDb!
PLUS:- Rough cut screening of Flowers in Her Hair
- Rough cut screening of Seven by Seven
- Screener link of the finished film
- Shooting script
- Thank you on our social media and website
- Updates
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Current Team
About This Team
Principals (in alphabetical order):
Scotty Cornfield (Writer/Director/Producer) A former homicide detective, Scotty is now an award-winning writer/director, having written and directed features, documentaries, shorts and works for the web. He is probably best known for the documentary Children of Alcatraz. Born and raised in the Bay Area, Scotty still works as an interview and interrogation consultant for the State of California and provides technical consulting services on screen- plays involving law enforcement.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3436902
Donna Mae Foronda (Writer/Producer/Director) was
born and raised in the Bay Area. She was raised by silent, warring parents, and in that silence she was able to write her wildest, loudest thoughts on paper. She ventured into filmmaking in 2007 and learned the ropes through her time at Chapman University, unpaid Holly- wood internships, and working on Scary Cow films. She has written and produced multiple short films receiving awards from Outstanding Writing to Audience Choice.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6212432
Tony Jonick (Writer/Director/Producer) was born in Hawai‘i and raised in Fiji & Australia, before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here he married, raised two daughters, and became a filmmaker. He has directed six award-winning short films, and his last film, "The Ghosts of Highway 20" was featured at the 2018 San Diego Comicon and the Worls Science Fiction con. A published playwrite, songwriter, and trained puppeteer, this is the first feature he is co-directing and -producing.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7154623
Alisha McCutcheon (Cinematographer/Director/Producer) a West Virginia native, has adopted San Francisco as her home. She fell in love with the movies as a child sitting in the one-screen theater of her tiny home town. However, she didn’t realize that making them was a possibility until, as a lark, she took a film class at SF City College in 2005. Since then she has directed two shorts, has over 14 cinematography credits, and has worked as Assistant Director or in Camera Department for numerous other films.
IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3507826
Dana Moe (Writer/Director/Producer) is an award-winning writer and director who’s won multiple awards for her short films Guilt, Uber Mom and Rest Stop. The latter, an adaptation of a Stephen King story, had its European premiere at the Night Terrors Film Festival in Denmark (February 2018). Dana has a background in film theory and criticism and currently moderates a San Francisco-based screenwriting class.
IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6954382
We had many amazing team members supporting this film. Below are our main characters, and the actors portraying them.
Moonwalker:
Nina - Linnae Dosumu-Johnson, More concerned about solving real-world problems than she is about things she considers frivolous fun.
Mikey - Robert Henningsen, Determined to show Nina Burning Man--and how to ride a bicycle.
Sign of the Times:
Plato - Chris Marsol, a talented but homeless artist
Grace - Bettina Devin, a curator of homeless art
Randy - John Parsons, a troubled homeless man, feared by others
Shorty - Guillermo Gomez, Plato’s friend, willing to help out
Left Heart:
Connie - Adrienne Thomas, the hi-tech worker has a full-time job and earns a decent wage but the exorbitant cost of living in San Francisco still leaves her homeless and fending for herself.
Adam - Tony Gaspatione, A successful businessman looking for distraction while on a business trip to San Francisco
Deepwater:
Marwan - Alessandro (Alex) Garcia. Marwan is the public defender, who battles internal demons while worrying about his erratic cousin (Andy).
Andy - Carlos Flores. Andy is the gifted but severly lovesick spoken-word poet who's unafraid to share his problems with the world.
Mercy - Emily Chau. An astute observer, with a take-no-prisoners attitude, Mercy is always willing to say what's on her mind.
Donner - Dominic Collantes. A ski bum turned software developer, Donner is a lot smarter than he looks--or sounds.
Lucy - Clarke Hollingsworth. Lucy is the adorable free spirited one in the group and the object of both Mercy and Donner's affection.
Lionel - Tom Cokenias, Marwan’s supervisor in the Public Defender’s Office—doing what he can to keep the ship afloat.
Lourdes- Nina Martina, A mom worried about her son’s future as he navigates the legal system.
Carl - Anthony Sanchez, A father grieving after his son was murdered in San Francisco.
Flowers in Her Hair:
Mel - Andrea Martzipan, A young socialite living in a luxurious bubble with her family.
Saadi - Nicole Azalee Danielle. A refugee from Middle-East wars, she's found a new home in San Francisco with her best friend.
Ulee - Bert Van Aalsburg Mel's grandfater, a famous counter-culture author whose experiences in Vietnam & the Haight made him a voice for his generation.
Zara - Poppy Sanchez The daughter of Saadi, she is the precious center of the family made up of Mel, Grandfather Ulee, and Saadi
Del - Carlos R. Hailey Mel's childhood boyfriend whose emotional wreckage threatens to break up the family's happiness.
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