BRINDISI is an Italian-American comedy & romance about three young couples in the south of Italy whose varied lives intersect on a boat to Greece, as they run from their responsibilities, the public eye, and the police. All three couples will be played by the same two actors.
BRINDISI is an Italian-American comedy & romance about three young couples in the south of Italy whose varied lives intersect on a boat to Greece, as they run from their responsibilities, the public eye, and the police. All three couples will be played by the same two actors.
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Story
Mission Statement
50% of speaking roles in the film are female. Nearly all of our department heads are female, including writer, producer, costume designer, and sound. The challenges of ascending into adulthood vary greatly across the 3 socio-economic classes, which we will explore through each of our 3 couples.About The Project
We have 60% of our budget secured.
All of our locations, the script, the directors, the actors, most of the flights, picture vehicles, productions vehicles are paid for.
We are looking for support to close the remaining gap in the main categories of production and post-production.
BRINDISI is the name of a beautiful city on the south-east coast of Italy, in the region Puglia. Our co-writer, director, and star Alessandro Marino was born and raised in this town. His incredible community has joined us to make our story come to light and show the beautiful Brindisi to the world.
In the style of the Academy Award winner of 1965 "Oggi, Ieri, Domani," starring the legendary on screen pair of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni,
all three couples will be played by the same actors.
This gives the classic farcical commentary of "Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors," which we will employ to emphasize our exploration of how vastly different one person's life could be if they were born in to different circumstances.
The film explores what it is like to be 25, when you have only the experiences of a child & the responsibilities of an adult.
Ma anche riguardo l'ambizione americana ed il cuore italiano, la paura di rimanere soli e non essere adeguati, il desiderio di partire lontani e ricrearsi una vita.
BRINDISI is an ode to Mediterranean Cinema of the 1960's -- character is king and dialogue is the court. Each couple has a scene:
In their CAR
In their HOME
And on a BOAT. The same boat.
BRINDISI is a comedy and a romance, but not a rom-com. We will present three nuanced and modern realtionships between man and woman. Life long friends. Boss and employee. Business partners. Friends. Lovers. Accomplises.
Incentives
$5
GRAZIE!
Thank you so much for supporting our film. Supporting young artists and international cinema is an incredibly generous pledge, and from the bottom of our hearts, grazie.
$10
La Musica
Get a link to our BRINDISI playlist -- music that we wrote the script to, music that inspires us, and that inspired the film.
$15
Social Media GRAZIE
We will shout you out on the mood-board instagram @brindisithefilm to give you the loudest digital "thanks" we can think of!
- Brindisi Playlist
$30
Scena Uno
We will send you a digital copy of the first scene of the script. You will meet our first couple, Vera and Cristiano!
You will also receive:
- Grazie Mille on Social Media
- Brindisi Playlist
^ This is our full DIGITAL GOODIE BAG ^
$50
Segnalibro
A BRINDISI bookmark! We will mail you a bookmark featuring the beautiful hand painted posters by our designer Emilie Hahn.
- Full Digital Goodie Bag
$100
Foto Digitali e Cartolina
We will send you a digital folder of exclusive Behind the Scene photos from our time on set in Italy and a postcard size print of all 3 Brindisi posters!
- Full Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
$200
Locandina del Film
We will ship you a fresh print of 11 x 14 Poster of one of our 3 Emilie Hahn hand-painted designs!
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
$500
Fotographie Mediterranee
10 5x7 prints of photographs shot on film by cinematographer Christian Klein and director Nika Burnett during their travels through the Mediterranean. They will hand curate a selection just for you.
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11 x 14 Poster
$800
Da Brindisi a Te & Lezioni di Lingua
Language lesson!! If you are a native Italian Speaker we will do a 20 minute English lesson skype. If you are a native English Speaker, we will do a 20 minute Italian lesson skype.
AND
We will personally write you a handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy while on set. You will also receive an online-screener of the film once editing is completed!
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
$1,000
Chiamaci
A Skype call with BRINDISI creators Alessandro Marino and Nika Burnett after they return from shooting the film.
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
- Handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy
- Online-screener of the film once editing is completed
$2,000
Produttore Associato
Associate Producer credit on BRINDISI, we are forever grateful and want you to be credited as a part of the team. We could not do this without you.
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
- Handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy
- Online-screener of the film once editing is completed
- Skype with Ale and Nika
$5,000
Produttore Esecutivo
Executive Producer credit on BRINDISI. Support at this level is the greatest gift we could hope for, and you are executive producer of our films and of our hearts!
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
- Handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy
- Online-screener of the film once editing is completed
- Skype with Ale and Nika
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Wishlist
Use the WishList to pledge cash and loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an incentive directly.
$5
GRAZIE!
Thank you so much for supporting our film. Supporting young artists and international cinema is an incredibly generous pledge, and from the bottom of our hearts, grazie.
$10
La Musica
Get a link to our BRINDISI playlist -- music that we wrote the script to, music that inspires us, and that inspired the film.
$15
Social Media GRAZIE
We will shout you out on the mood-board instagram @brindisithefilm to give you the loudest digital "thanks" we can think of!
- Brindisi Playlist
$30
Scena Uno
We will send you a digital copy of the first scene of the script. You will meet our first couple, Vera and Cristiano!
You will also receive:
- Grazie Mille on Social Media
- Brindisi Playlist
^ This is our full DIGITAL GOODIE BAG ^
$50
Segnalibro
A BRINDISI bookmark! We will mail you a bookmark featuring the beautiful hand painted posters by our designer Emilie Hahn.
- Full Digital Goodie Bag
$100
Foto Digitali e Cartolina
We will send you a digital folder of exclusive Behind the Scene photos from our time on set in Italy and a postcard size print of all 3 Brindisi posters!
- Full Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
$200
Locandina del Film
We will ship you a fresh print of 11 x 14 Poster of one of our 3 Emilie Hahn hand-painted designs!
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
$500
Fotographie Mediterranee
10 5x7 prints of photographs shot on film by cinematographer Christian Klein and director Nika Burnett during their travels through the Mediterranean. They will hand curate a selection just for you.
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11 x 14 Poster
$800
Da Brindisi a Te & Lezioni di Lingua
Language lesson!! If you are a native Italian Speaker we will do a 20 minute English lesson skype. If you are a native English Speaker, we will do a 20 minute Italian lesson skype.
AND
We will personally write you a handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy while on set. You will also receive an online-screener of the film once editing is completed!
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
$1,000
Chiamaci
A Skype call with BRINDISI creators Alessandro Marino and Nika Burnett after they return from shooting the film.
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
- Handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy
- Online-screener of the film once editing is completed
$2,000
Produttore Associato
Associate Producer credit on BRINDISI, we are forever grateful and want you to be credited as a part of the team. We could not do this without you.
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
- Handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy
- Online-screener of the film once editing is completed
- Skype with Ale and Nika
$5,000
Produttore Esecutivo
Executive Producer credit on BRINDISI. Support at this level is the greatest gift we could hope for, and you are executive producer of our films and of our hearts!
- Digital Goodie Bag
- Brindisi Bookmark shipped to you
- Digital BTS from the movie set
- One 11x14 poster
- 10 hand chosen Mediterranean 35mm photos
- Handwritten postcard from Brindisi, Italy
- Online-screener of the film once editing is completed
- Skype with Ale and Nika
- Updates
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Current Team
About This Team
ALESSANDRO MARINO - co-director, co-writer, co-star
Alessandro is an actor from Brindisi, Italy. He moved to Los Angeles and received his degree in acting from the New York Film Academy, after achieving his degree in Business in Milan, Italy at Boconni. He previously acted for Nika in her bi-lingual American-Italian comedy short film SPONSORED, and they moved forward to collaborate on Brindisi together as writers and actors after such a joyous collaboration.
NIKA BURNETT - co-director, co-writer, co-star
Nika is a writer and actor from California. Brindisi is the fourth feature film script she has written. Nika trained on stage as an actor for 15 years before transitioning to film. She has written, directed, and starred in 12 short films. She achieved a degree in Philosophy from UC Santa Barbara, and spent one semester during that time in Italy, where she learned how to speak Italian.
CHRISTIAN KLEIN - director of photography
Christian is an accomplished cinematographer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He has shot 2 feature films, and countless commercial content in his budding career. He has shot for Buzzfeed, Samsung, American Major League Soccer, and more. He is committed to pursuing diverse and artistic narrative collaborations, and has served as cinematographer on 5 short films written and directed by Nika Burnett.
SAMANTHA PANGANIBAN - producer
Samantha Panganiban is a producer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She has produced close to a dozen short films and has experience on many productions with positions ranging from Unit Production Manager to on-set/office PA in projects ranging from corporate shoots, Netflix TV series, music videos and narrative short films. Her ambition and determination brought her to LA to pursue greater challenges and new projects, including Brindisi.
CASSIDY COOPER - costume designer
Cassidy Cooper is an accomplished Los Angeles costume designer, having worked in the costume designer on major motion pictures and television shows. She has her own up-scale vintage clothing shop, and is thrilled to travel to Italy to design her first feature film in BRINDISI.
MIRKO MATERA - composer
Mirko is an accomplished jazz composer, music producer and pianist from Puglia, Italy. He graduated with honors in Piano at “Conservatorio di Musica N.Piccinini”.
You will find him teaching Acoustic and Psycho-Acoustic in Taranto in the morning and performing at concerts around the country at night. His last two albums,Intimo Gaudio and Stanic Boulevard are set to be published in Fall 2018.
He has played with the most important jazz artists in Italy. Brindisi is his second project as a film composer.
EMILIE HAHN - multi-disciplinary graphic deisgner, painter
For Emilie Hahn, design and play became one in the same, permanently coloring how she understands and interacts with the world. She has carried this love of creation and overactive imagination into her adult life, using her love of storytelling as a tool to create unique, emotionally resonant work as a graphic designer. Emilie is currently an MFA Candidate in Graphic Design at ArtCenter College of Design (expected graduation April 2020). She hold a BFA with Distinction in Graphic Design, and Designmatters Minor in Social Innovation from ArtCenter College of Design, and a BFA in Film/Animation and Fashion Design from School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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