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OUR CITY: A Documentary Short Films

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OUR CITY: A Documentary Short Films by Exploredinary

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A documentary following LA photographers as they make photos around the city in preparation for the 2nd-annual Film Photographic show ‘OUR CITY’, which was held 7/29/17 in downtown Los Angeles at Contact Photo Lab.

@filmphotographic is an Instagram film community gallery and resource page founded by Jason Lee, who produced this film with Daniel Driensky and Sarah Reyes.

Filmed and Edited by Sarah Reyes and Daniel Driensky

Produced by: Sarah Reyes, Daniel Driensky, and Jason Lee

Executive Producers: Letitia Younger and Dustin Beatty

Original Score: Richard Carpenter and Bobak Lotfipour

With Support of Our/Los Angeles, Film Photographic, Contact Lab, and Ilford Photo

Photographers Featured: Ray Molinar, Stefanie Vinsel, Jason Lee, Matt Draper, Eric Bouvet, Ryan Akerberg, Clarke Tolton, Ty Williams, Alex Schmidt, Chris McElrath from Contact Lab, Armand Kohandani, Matt Burt, Greg Hunt, Amber Chavez, Bryce Laurino, Dan Monick, Mikael Kennedy, Cinthya Guillen

OUR CITY A Documentary Short Films by Exploredinary

Make Them Believe

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Make Them Believe

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Make Them Believe is a documentary exploring Moscow’s underground wrestling scene through the eyes of one up-and-coming performer. Follow Tim Master’s journey (who plays the heel ‘American Hope’) as he chases his dream of becoming a professional wrestler.

A WWE-obsessed Russian college kid lives out his fantasy of becoming a professional wrestling star far from the glamorous spotlight of American pro wrestling as he competes for the coveted belt in Moscow’s underground ring. #Sports #Documentary Short Films #StaffPicks on Vimeo.

In this unexpectedly relatable film, director Taimi Arvidson tackles the universal struggle of the pursuit of a dream.

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Directed by: Taimi Arvidson

Cinematography by: Nick Midwig

Edited by: Andrew Hassell

Composer: Brendan Canty

Featuring: Timofei Maltese, “American Hope” and Ivan Markov, “Locomotive”

Producers: Taimi Arvidson, Nick Midwig, Zamir Gotta

Additional Producers: Yuliya Fedyukova, Katya Gotta

Assistant Camera: Nicholas Huynh

Sound Recordist: Michael Barkovskiy

Gaffer: Nikolai Shugurov

Production Assistant: Anton Ustimov

Transportation Services: Nikolai Lavut

Title Design: Kevin Carmack

Additional Editor: Anya Prokhorkina

Post Production Services Provided by Outpost Digital, New York

Colorist: Josh Kanuck

Assistant Editor: Anna Hulkower

Post Production Sound Services by Studio Unknown, LLC

Dialogue Editor: Kevin Hill

Sound Designer and Foley Artist: Matt Davies, MPSE

Sound Effects Editors: Rich Bussey, Cazz Cercez

Foley Recordist: Rich Bussey

Pre-recording Mixer: Kevin Hill, CAS

Audio Post Prod. Coordinator: Jaime Horrigan