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Our very own Production Assistant Gabriela Brum had a class assignment where she chose to explore the disparity of female director in Hollywood. She wanted to interview someone she felt would have a valuable opinion on the matter, as well as have the potential to change the incredibly disappointing and frustrating statistics of the industry. Christina was honored when Gabby asked her to be that person. Hear what she had to say here and by watching below.
Nick Gauthier wanted to catch up with Christina after interviewing her about Summit during our Kickstarter campaign, so she spoke with him about our new short "House Near The End of The Street."
Read about it HERE.
Christina Raia is a filmmaker currently residing in Queens. She has made several short films including Do-Over, Come Here Often, and S.K.A. She is currently in pre-production on her first feature: a Kickstarter funded project called Summit. More info about Christina can be found on her website http://www.ChristinaRaia.com. For more about her upcoming feature (and how to help support the production) you can go to http://www.SummitTheMovie.com. For more about I Was There visit http://iwastheremedia.org For more New York Filmmakers Interviews Visit http://NYFilm.Tumblr.com
I first connected with Sean Mannion during the Summit Kickstarter; he was raising funds for his own film, a short experimental horror titled “Abel and Cain”.
He recently began a webseries called New York Filmmakers and invited me to be a guest. It was a lot of fun and I’m really happy with the final product. He interviewed me for an hour and asked over 35 questions, so there’s a chance some of my other answers may pop up in future compilation episodes. But regardless, be sure to check out the site every week to get to know a new filmmaker! We at CongestedCat definitely will; it’s always nice to see what our peers are working on out there, especially in our home-base of New York City.
Hello my awesomely amazing backers! I hope your day is going well. Thanks to all of you, we made it past 40% funded last night! And we’re hoping to make it to 50% by this Sunday! By 4:30pm today we’ll be halfway through our campaign and will have to work extra hard to keep the momentum going and reach new people! So please, if you have not yet, share our page with your network of people, and tell specific people you know about it. If you know someone particularly into the Horror genre or someone who really loves indie film or someone who has slightly deeper pockets than others you know and who likes to support young people being productive and shooting for their dreams, then please, start a conversation with them. The more exposure the project gains, the more likely the project is to succeed; that means that we’ll be able to make this movie, you’ll be able to watch it and you’ll receive your cool rewards!
Also, hopefully something that will gain more exposure, Writer & Indie Film appreciator, Nick Gauthier, approached me last week about doing an article for examiner.com. He interviewed me a few days ago and posted the article this morning! Check it out HERE
And thanks again for your pledges! It truly means the world to me to have such wonderful people interested in supporting both me and this film!
-Christina
Oh and don’t forget my backer promise: if we get to $6,000 by Sunday, May 27th, I will put up the entire first scene of the script as an update exclusively for backers to read! Just $10 gets you the first scene of the screenplay! It’ll give you a glimpse into how the movie will begin and leave you anticipating how the story will unfold! Please spread the word. Let’s get to $6,000 by Sunday!
Hello backers (and hopefully soon to be backers),
We’re almost at 30% and we have 39 days to go! Today we’re so happy to announce that SUMMIT has been chosen as Indiewire’s Project of the Day! Please visit the link and “LIKE” it! Write some comments and vote for us when they open the vote for “Project of the Week.” The winning filmmaker will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and will become a candidate for Project of the Month. That winner will be awarded with a consultation from the Sundance Institute!
This is huge news for us and hopefully will lead to more attention for us during this campaign!
Thank you so much for all your support!
