Confessions: The Priest
Los Angeles, California | Series
Horror
A priest is confronted by the sins of his past.
Confessions: The Priest
Los Angeles, California | Series
Horror
1 Campaigns | California, United States
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A priest is confronted by the sins of his past.
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The Story
THE STORY
In the middle of his sermon, Father Horne is interrupted by one of the few attendees of mass. This young man forces the priest to confront some very unpleasant truthes from his past. What happens when a catholic priest is confronted by the son he never recognized or accepted? The son that he betrayed?
THE INSPIRATION
This happens so often in the Catholic Church that there is a name for those offspring - Children of the Ordained. And breaking the vow of celibacy is so widespread that the church has guidelines in place. They suggest that a priest leave the church and raise the child that they fathered. But to deny that duty is not a cannonical crime.
The wreckage they leave behind are children being raised by financially insecure single mothers who are reluctant and ashamed to ask for child support. They get labeled whores by their community and their children are ostracized as bastards.
I remember as a young child, my mom knew such a family. And I've never forgotton the story she told me about the pain they suffered by those who were so closed minded. This story is my love letter to them.
It is time to bring this “invisible legion of secrecy and neglect” into the light to overcome the the self-harming habits that so often accompany these victims of the Church and hold those who hide behind the cloth responsible.
TONE AND STYLE
This story is a serious, dark, grounded story about the nature of hell. Symbolism drawn from art and literature accent the subtext and compose the creepy tone of the Priest's world.
Betrayal is by far the worst sin. Betrayers are doomed for all eternity to freeze in the Nineth Circle of Hell.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
The budget for this production is being kept intentionally low because many of the more costlier items are being split among the different CONFESSIONS episodes in this series.
If THE PRIEST is something you'd like to see and are financially willing and able, please contribute to our campaign. We would like you to be enticed by the perks including a script consult package with either myself or Producer Roberta Munroe, or a trailer edit by our Editor Nelson Torres.
Please share THE PRIEST’s Seed&Spark campaign with anyone you think would be interested via email, social media, or your favorite method of communication.
AND PLEASE FOLLOW this campaign for the latest info on bringing it to life. Hit the little heart button!
We are so excited to include you as part of our team.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Lunch for the Cast & Crew
Costs $990
We need to feed the cast and crew a healthy meal otherwise they get grumpy.
Camera Package
Costs $1,675
We need a camera to capture the moving images so that we can share them with you at a later date.
Stunt Coordinator
Costs $700
You can't have actors punching each other without supervision.
Crew
Costs $5,275
Film is a collaboration. I need collaborators. That's where we need your help.
Grip and Electric
Costs $640
Without equipment, the Best Boys have nothing to play with. They make everything cinematic.
Share this update!
About This Team
Christine M. Torres - Writer/Director
Born in New York, Chris spent her formative years constantly relocating. Her father worked for Puerto Rico and his job took the family around the US and eventually to Germany. After a childhood of being denied her fundamental right of sitting in front of a TV every Saturday, she convinced her parents that the best way to learn German was to watch television. Once permission was granted, she squandered the opportunity by watching Tom and Jerry cartoons, which had no dialogue and thus held no value in learning German, but was particularly instructive in visual storytelling.
After way too much formal education, Chris joined the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office as a Prosecutor. Never one to stray too far from the drama, Chris continued her education by taking classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts under the auspices of improving her trial skills. After all, courtroom trials are like a production – just a lot more improv.
After an epiphany while volunteering at the Sundance Film Festival, Chris made the career decision to move to Los Angeles and become a filmmaker. She’s never looked back.
Chris is an award winning writer and producer and has worked in various capacities in the film/TV industry. She has served as a legal consultant for numerous films and television projects. She worked both for Universal and Disney in their business and legal affairs departments. She also consulted on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit before joining their staff as a writer.
Chris produces and develops film, documentary, and television projects for legendary horror filmmaker, Sean S. Cunningham at Crystal Lake Entertainment. She is also the co-founder of filmtorres, where she writes and produces independent projects
Chris graduated from Hamilton College, with a B.A. in Philosophy, and received her J.D. from Washington and Lee University, School of Law. She is a Member of the New York State Bar Association and the Writers Guild of America, west.
Evette Vargas - Creator of Confessions, Horror Anthology Series, Producer
Vargas is an award-winning writer, director, producer and immersive storyteller. Named by the New York Times as an “Artist to Watch,” Vargas’ has produced series for Amazon, MTV, Bravo, DirectTV; and interactive content for Fast And Furious, Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Madonna. Vargas executive produced, wrote and directed her digital series Dark Prophet, starring Henry Rollins, which was in contention for two Emmys. Vargas sold her drama series, Muses, to TNT Super Deluxe. Vargas is creating a drama series for MGM Television with Marc Guggenheim and Rosario Dawson serving as executive producers and penning the Mix Master Mike feature biopic. Vargas wrote The Current War VR Experience, a companion piece for the film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. A staunch activist for inclusion and equity, Vargas founded The Writers Room 5050 to mentor storytellers and create opportunities for their next-level success. A member of the Writers Guild of America, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Producers Guild of America, Vargas was born in the Bronx and learned to tell stories at the dinner table where the imagination ruled. Vargas collects action figures, typewriters and shoes; has past lives as a DJ, a fashion designer and is a recovering New York City advertising Art Director.
Roberta Marie Munroe - Producer
Roberta Marie Munroe has produced and/or directed over 30 award-winning shorts film and several features for companies such as Fox Searchlight, AT&T and the United Nations (UNFPA), that have played at festivals worldwide, (Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW and Tokyo Short Film Festival), won many “Best Of” awards, and/or enjoyed a theatrical release and television broadcast. For a complete list: IMDB LINK. Ms. Munroe produced a series of films with for the 2017 AT&T Hello Lab Mentorship Program: an emerging filmmaker partnership where she was a creative mentor alongside Octavia Spencer, Shelby Stone (Freedom Road Productions), Common, Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) and James Lopez (Will Packer) and she also moderated their BFF Summit 2017 panel: Sending The Elevator Back Down, and The Blackhouse @Sundance 2018 panel, Hustle, Strategy & Perseverance: Make It Permanent. One of the projects, The Lost, won an Artios Award for Best Short Film casting (Lessall Casting). Ms. Munroe is the author of How Not To Make A Short Film: Secrets From A Sundance Programmer, (Hyperion 2009), which has been translated in several languages including Chinese, Korean and Spanish. Her latest book, How Not To Sign A Film Contract: Know What You’re Saying Yes To, provides indie filmmakers with an overview of film industry contractual law. Roberta is a Co-Founder of The Blackhouse, an educational and celebration space for Black filmmakers and their supporters at Sundance, and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). As a film festival consultant & programmer, Roberta spent 5 years programming film for the Sundance Film Festival helping to launch the careers of Aurora Guerrero (OWN’s Queen Sugar), Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Beast Of No Nation), the Duplass Brothers (Togetherness, Room 104), Tiffany Shlain (The Tribe, Connected), Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit, Hunt For The Wilderbeast, Thor), and many others. In addition, she has programmed film at IFP New York (No Borders co-production section), Tampa LGBT Film Festival, Sundance, and the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF). She was Sales & Industry Theatre Manager at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and Managing Director of the Niagara International Film Festival (NIFF – Niagara on the Lake).
Nelson Torres - Editor
Nelson Torres has completed a wide variety of projects for clients including Showtime, SciFi, USA, NBC, HBO, Food Network, Rainbow Networks, Universal, Warner Brothers, and Paramount Pictures. As a post production veteran, he helped create the popular children’s show Blue’s Clues for Nickelodeon and has a close on-going editorial relationship with feature director Sean S. Cunningham (Friday the 13th franchise).
Nelson won a Gold award at the 2008 US Film Festival, a 2009 Gold Telly, 2016 NY Screenplay award, and has been nominated for numerous Emmy’s and Promax awards.
Harry Manfredini - Composer
Harry Manfredini is an American film composer and jazz soloist, who has scored more than one hundred films, including the Friday the 13th film series, save for Jason Takes Manhattan, Freddy vs. Jason, and the reboot. He has had years of classical training, as well as twenty years in the popular music scene. In conversation with Russian journalist and composer Tony Vilgotsky, Harry Manfredini said that his musical tastes and style were influenced by such composers like Giacomo Puccini, Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel and others.
Pablo Borges - Costume Designer
Venezuela native Pablo Borges received his Associate of Arts Degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising from the International Fine Arts College in Miami in 1996. Pablo graduated at the top of his class and received the award for Outstanding Fashion Design Student, as well as winning the prestigious "Jeunes Createurs de Mode International Fashion Design Competition" in Paris, France two years in a row (1994 and 1995).
Pablo worked in New York City as a Fashion Designer for five years before moving to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue his dream of working in film as a Costume Designer. He started his career in Hollywood as a Workroom Assistant for John David Ridge, Inc in 2003. He quickly became a Sketch Artist for several designers and eventually a Costume Illustrator for Academy Award/Oscar Winner Costume Designer, Colleen Atwood. Pablo has worked with Hollywood top Costume Designers in numerous Films and Television Series.
A member of The Costume Designers Guild, Local 892 as well as a member of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/Prime Time Emmys, Pablo has an impressive resume that speaks for itself.
When it comes to designing a costume, Pablo knows exactly how to bring a character to life by creating specific shapes and choosing the right fabrics, as well as using interesting textures, fabulous colors, and if the character requires it, using aging, dyeing and material-break-down techniques to create the perfect costume for a specific project, and always keeping the integrity of the character as well as the Director’s vision.
From a pencil sketch to a finished garment, Pablo’s design ideas always translate flawlessly from concept to finished product, both on screen and on stage.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
THE STORY
In the middle of his sermon, Father Horne is interrupted by one of the few attendees of mass. This young man forces the priest to confront some very unpleasant truthes from his past. What happens when a catholic priest is confronted by the son he never recognized or accepted? The son that he betrayed?
THE INSPIRATION
This happens so often in the Catholic Church that there is a name for those offspring - Children of the Ordained. And breaking the vow of celibacy is so widespread that the church has guidelines in place. They suggest that a priest leave the church and raise the child that they fathered. But to deny that duty is not a cannonical crime.
The wreckage they leave behind are children being raised by financially insecure single mothers who are reluctant and ashamed to ask for child support. They get labeled whores by their community and their children are ostracized as bastards.
I remember as a young child, my mom knew such a family. And I've never forgotton the story she told me about the pain they suffered by those who were so closed minded. This story is my love letter to them.
It is time to bring this “invisible legion of secrecy and neglect” into the light to overcome the the self-harming habits that so often accompany these victims of the Church and hold those who hide behind the cloth responsible.
TONE AND STYLE
This story is a serious, dark, grounded story about the nature of hell. Symbolism drawn from art and literature accent the subtext and compose the creepy tone of the Priest's world.
Betrayal is by far the worst sin. Betrayers are doomed for all eternity to freeze in the Nineth Circle of Hell.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
The budget for this production is being kept intentionally low because many of the more costlier items are being split among the different CONFESSIONS episodes in this series.
If THE PRIEST is something you'd like to see and are financially willing and able, please contribute to our campaign. We would like you to be enticed by the perks including a script consult package with either myself or Producer Roberta Munroe, or a trailer edit by our Editor Nelson Torres.
Please share THE PRIEST’s Seed&Spark campaign with anyone you think would be interested via email, social media, or your favorite method of communication.
AND PLEASE FOLLOW this campaign for the latest info on bringing it to life. Hit the little heart button!
We are so excited to include you as part of our team.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Lunch for the Cast & Crew
Costs $990
We need to feed the cast and crew a healthy meal otherwise they get grumpy.
Camera Package
Costs $1,675
We need a camera to capture the moving images so that we can share them with you at a later date.
Stunt Coordinator
Costs $700
You can't have actors punching each other without supervision.
Crew
Costs $5,275
Film is a collaboration. I need collaborators. That's where we need your help.
Grip and Electric
Costs $640
Without equipment, the Best Boys have nothing to play with. They make everything cinematic.
Share this update!
About This Team
Christine M. Torres - Writer/Director
Born in New York, Chris spent her formative years constantly relocating. Her father worked for Puerto Rico and his job took the family around the US and eventually to Germany. After a childhood of being denied her fundamental right of sitting in front of a TV every Saturday, she convinced her parents that the best way to learn German was to watch television. Once permission was granted, she squandered the opportunity by watching Tom and Jerry cartoons, which had no dialogue and thus held no value in learning German, but was particularly instructive in visual storytelling.
After way too much formal education, Chris joined the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office as a Prosecutor. Never one to stray too far from the drama, Chris continued her education by taking classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts under the auspices of improving her trial skills. After all, courtroom trials are like a production – just a lot more improv.
After an epiphany while volunteering at the Sundance Film Festival, Chris made the career decision to move to Los Angeles and become a filmmaker. She’s never looked back.
Chris is an award winning writer and producer and has worked in various capacities in the film/TV industry. She has served as a legal consultant for numerous films and television projects. She worked both for Universal and Disney in their business and legal affairs departments. She also consulted on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit before joining their staff as a writer.
Chris produces and develops film, documentary, and television projects for legendary horror filmmaker, Sean S. Cunningham at Crystal Lake Entertainment. She is also the co-founder of filmtorres, where she writes and produces independent projects
Chris graduated from Hamilton College, with a B.A. in Philosophy, and received her J.D. from Washington and Lee University, School of Law. She is a Member of the New York State Bar Association and the Writers Guild of America, west.
Evette Vargas - Creator of Confessions, Horror Anthology Series, Producer
Vargas is an award-winning writer, director, producer and immersive storyteller. Named by the New York Times as an “Artist to Watch,” Vargas’ has produced series for Amazon, MTV, Bravo, DirectTV; and interactive content for Fast And Furious, Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Madonna. Vargas executive produced, wrote and directed her digital series Dark Prophet, starring Henry Rollins, which was in contention for two Emmys. Vargas sold her drama series, Muses, to TNT Super Deluxe. Vargas is creating a drama series for MGM Television with Marc Guggenheim and Rosario Dawson serving as executive producers and penning the Mix Master Mike feature biopic. Vargas wrote The Current War VR Experience, a companion piece for the film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. A staunch activist for inclusion and equity, Vargas founded The Writers Room 5050 to mentor storytellers and create opportunities for their next-level success. A member of the Writers Guild of America, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Producers Guild of America, Vargas was born in the Bronx and learned to tell stories at the dinner table where the imagination ruled. Vargas collects action figures, typewriters and shoes; has past lives as a DJ, a fashion designer and is a recovering New York City advertising Art Director.
Roberta Marie Munroe - Producer
Roberta Marie Munroe has produced and/or directed over 30 award-winning shorts film and several features for companies such as Fox Searchlight, AT&T and the United Nations (UNFPA), that have played at festivals worldwide, (Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW and Tokyo Short Film Festival), won many “Best Of” awards, and/or enjoyed a theatrical release and television broadcast. For a complete list: IMDB LINK. Ms. Munroe produced a series of films with for the 2017 AT&T Hello Lab Mentorship Program: an emerging filmmaker partnership where she was a creative mentor alongside Octavia Spencer, Shelby Stone (Freedom Road Productions), Common, Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) and James Lopez (Will Packer) and she also moderated their BFF Summit 2017 panel: Sending The Elevator Back Down, and The Blackhouse @Sundance 2018 panel, Hustle, Strategy & Perseverance: Make It Permanent. One of the projects, The Lost, won an Artios Award for Best Short Film casting (Lessall Casting). Ms. Munroe is the author of How Not To Make A Short Film: Secrets From A Sundance Programmer, (Hyperion 2009), which has been translated in several languages including Chinese, Korean and Spanish. Her latest book, How Not To Sign A Film Contract: Know What You’re Saying Yes To, provides indie filmmakers with an overview of film industry contractual law. Roberta is a Co-Founder of The Blackhouse, an educational and celebration space for Black filmmakers and their supporters at Sundance, and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). As a film festival consultant & programmer, Roberta spent 5 years programming film for the Sundance Film Festival helping to launch the careers of Aurora Guerrero (OWN’s Queen Sugar), Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Beast Of No Nation), the Duplass Brothers (Togetherness, Room 104), Tiffany Shlain (The Tribe, Connected), Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit, Hunt For The Wilderbeast, Thor), and many others. In addition, she has programmed film at IFP New York (No Borders co-production section), Tampa LGBT Film Festival, Sundance, and the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF). She was Sales & Industry Theatre Manager at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and Managing Director of the Niagara International Film Festival (NIFF – Niagara on the Lake).
Nelson Torres - Editor
Nelson Torres has completed a wide variety of projects for clients including Showtime, SciFi, USA, NBC, HBO, Food Network, Rainbow Networks, Universal, Warner Brothers, and Paramount Pictures. As a post production veteran, he helped create the popular children’s show Blue’s Clues for Nickelodeon and has a close on-going editorial relationship with feature director Sean S. Cunningham (Friday the 13th franchise).
Nelson won a Gold award at the 2008 US Film Festival, a 2009 Gold Telly, 2016 NY Screenplay award, and has been nominated for numerous Emmy’s and Promax awards.
Harry Manfredini - Composer
Harry Manfredini is an American film composer and jazz soloist, who has scored more than one hundred films, including the Friday the 13th film series, save for Jason Takes Manhattan, Freddy vs. Jason, and the reboot. He has had years of classical training, as well as twenty years in the popular music scene. In conversation with Russian journalist and composer Tony Vilgotsky, Harry Manfredini said that his musical tastes and style were influenced by such composers like Giacomo Puccini, Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel and others.
Pablo Borges - Costume Designer
Venezuela native Pablo Borges received his Associate of Arts Degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising from the International Fine Arts College in Miami in 1996. Pablo graduated at the top of his class and received the award for Outstanding Fashion Design Student, as well as winning the prestigious "Jeunes Createurs de Mode International Fashion Design Competition" in Paris, France two years in a row (1994 and 1995).
Pablo worked in New York City as a Fashion Designer for five years before moving to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue his dream of working in film as a Costume Designer. He started his career in Hollywood as a Workroom Assistant for John David Ridge, Inc in 2003. He quickly became a Sketch Artist for several designers and eventually a Costume Illustrator for Academy Award/Oscar Winner Costume Designer, Colleen Atwood. Pablo has worked with Hollywood top Costume Designers in numerous Films and Television Series.
A member of The Costume Designers Guild, Local 892 as well as a member of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/Prime Time Emmys, Pablo has an impressive resume that speaks for itself.
When it comes to designing a costume, Pablo knows exactly how to bring a character to life by creating specific shapes and choosing the right fabrics, as well as using interesting textures, fabulous colors, and if the character requires it, using aging, dyeing and material-break-down techniques to create the perfect costume for a specific project, and always keeping the integrity of the character as well as the Director’s vision.
From a pencil sketch to a finished garment, Pablo’s design ideas always translate flawlessly from concept to finished product, both on screen and on stage.