Open Borders: Is Migration a Basic Human Right?

Open Borders is a short film directed and produced by Thales Correa. The video expresses the many positive sides of immigration.

Sabrina Percario is one of the many talented performers in the film.  Along with Anthony Moore, she also helped the production on the shooting day, as script supervisor, AD, and UPM. 

For Sabrina it was an honor to contribute to Thales' project, especially because she is from Brazil. Her participation helped her to feel that her own voice is being heard on the subject of immigration, and she hopes that the project will help more people to understand the struggles of being a migrant in the USA, while trying to work and live here.

Check it out, see for yourself, and let us know what you think!

# # # #

Sabrina Percario is available for interview by appointment, pending availability.

Contact: Steve Thompson / Thompson Communications

856-942-4434

steve@thomcomm.net

Sabrina Percario's Press Resource Page

Sabrina Percario’s Website

Sabrina Percario’s Awards

Sabrina Percario on IMDb

Introducing Multiple Award Winning Actress / Producer Sabrina Percario

PRESS RELEASE

Sabrina Percario

Press Contact:

Steve Thompson

Thompson Communications

856-942-4434

steve@thomcomm.net

Image © Joao Gomes

Actress / Producer Sabrina Percario
Makes Her Mark on Hollywood
with the Multiple Award Winning Julia
and much More to Come!

Los Angeles, CA (November, 2016) Up and coming talented actress / producer Sabrina
Percario is on a roll!

Not content to merely earn roles, she pushed ahead to produce and star in what has become a multi-award winning short film: Julia.

Julia is the story of a grieving daughter after the death of her mom that was caused by a sudden heart attack. She struggles to decide if she should pack her things and move from Brazil to Los Angeles, when she receives unexpected encouragement.

"Julia" Trailer from Sabrina Percario on Vimeo.

Julia has been nominated for six festival awards, and won three, including Best Leading Actress from the United International Film Festival, USA, 2016, Jury Mention at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, USA, 2015 and Best Drama Short Film, Sao Paulo Times Film Festival, Brazil, 2016.

Best Drama Short Film Award
Sao Paulo Times Film Festival,
Brazil, 2016

Sabrina’s own mother passed away two years ago, so her film provides her point of view of how she dealt with the tragedy.

“As an artist I want to share my point of view on how to deal with loss. It was very hard for me to accept that she was really gone. But once I did accept that she really was gone, I began to understand more about life and how she wanted me to pursue and live my dreams,” says Sabrina.

Sabrina Percario
at the Los Angeles Independent Film
Festival Awards, 2016

“I wanted to do a tribute to my mom, Olga ‘Julia’ Gomes Percario. She always believed in me and doing this movie was my way to show how grateful I am for everything she taught me in life.

For me it was really hard to leave my home and family in Brazil, move to another country and live in Los Angeles…alone. What I wanted to say with this movie is: it is important to grieve and to accept death, but once you do that, you are free to live your life and to follow your dreams.”

Sabrina earned her MFA degree in Acting in Film from NYFA (New York Film Academy) in Los Angeles, 2016. She has studied acting for film at The Barrow Group in New York (2013) and also worked as a drama teacher at Casa do Teatro from 2011-2014, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Sabrina Percario in “Tell”

directed by Jaime Torres

Upcoming for Sabrina is her first feature film, which is inspired by Julia. The temporary title is: Julia – My American-Brazilian Jewish Mother. Sabrina and her team plan to start filming in the beginning of 2017. She is writing with two other co-writers, one of them is Bella Silverstein, the actress who played her mom in Julia and also lost her own mom in the same period. Their idea is to honor both of their mothers and to merge both life experiences.

And in Sabrina’s latest news, she will be appearing in an upcoming feature film Subliminal scheduled to begin shooting in the first quarter of 2017.

We are sure to be hearing more soon about this talented and driven artist!

# # # #

Sabrina Percario is available for interview by appointment, pending availability.

Contact: Steve Thompson / Thompson Communications

856-942-4434

steve@thomcomm.net

Sabrina Percario's Press Resource Page

Sabrina Percario’s Website

Sabrina Percario’s Awards

Sabrina Percario on IMDb

Need Guaranteed Press Coverage?

If you are looking to boost holiday sales of a book, film DVD or other entertainment related product, and you need wide reaching publicity, at a reasonable rate, guaranteed, then my High Intensity Publicity Program will deliver for you.

I will create and implement a publicity program for you that includes:

Creating your press release

A page on my ThomComm.net website that will serve as your press resource. The page will include a general description, photos, any of your YouTube videos, and your press release available as a downloadable, fully formatted .pdf

Assistance with every press appearance / interview

I continue to contact journalists and broadcast show producers directly, but my High Intensity Publicity Program also guarantees:*

Your press release will appear on at least 100 media websites,* 
Be distributed by Associated Press to journalists worldwide,* 
Be distributed to 100,000 of their own subscribing journalists* 

* With press release distribution by eReleases, working with PR Newswire

The image below shows a small sampling of places where a recent release appeared on broadcast media outlets sites.  (Note: It's a screen shot so the links are not active.)

Sample of Broadcast Outlet Sites Where a Recent Release Appeared
Click Image to View Full Size

It's my goal to offer you the best possible professionally created and managed publicity program available. 

I've promoted over thirty-five films, and worked with an Academy Award Winner for ten years.

Thanks, and Best of Luck to You!

Steve Thompson / Thompson Communications 

856-942-4434 

steve@thomcomm.net 

Tatyana Figueiredo on Her Work in 'Suicide Squad'

PRESS RELEASE

Tatyana Figueiredo 

Tatyana Figueiredo Talks About 

Working in the Blockbuster 

“Suicide Squad”

Press Contact:

Steve Thompson

Thompson Communications

856-942-4434

steve@thomcomm.net

August, 2016 -- Los Angeles, CA -- Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, up and coming onscreen talent Tatyana Figueiredo is now living and working in Los Angeles.

Tatyana appears in the Warner Brothers release Suicide Squad which had a very strong opening on Friday, August 5. Directed by David Ayer (Writer of Fury, Training Day, The Fast and the Furious) Suicide Squad is the story of a secret government agency that recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.

Starring Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Jared Leto, Scott Eastwood, Will Smith, Ben Affleck, Viola Davis, and many, many others.

Tatyana Figueiredo talks about working in the film: "My experience on set was the best ever. Everyone treated me very well. I had my own wardrobe room and someone was constantly checking up on me, asking if I needed anything. Things like that are rare when you are a lesser known actor! 

Once I was scheduled to be on set, director David Ayer came to me to say thank you for me being there. What a pleasure meeting him! I want to say THANK YOU to him for giving me this awesome opportunity to be a part of this amazing production!

Clay Enos/Warner Bros.

When it was time to shoot my scene a very funny situation took place. I never received so much attention and care at the same time. I was waiting for the crew to set up the cameras and one guy, who was in charge of taking care of me, asked me if I wanted some water and I said yes. He left right away to get it for me. Next the stunt man of Adam Beach (Slipknot in the film), the actor who I interact with, asked me if I wanted water and I said that someone was already getting some for me, but he left to go get some for me as well. Then, another man who was an assistant camera man came and brought me a couple bottles of water. Seconds later one by one everyone was coming to me and giving me bottles of water! haha 

It was so funny because I had so many bottles of water on set that I had to hide them in different places in the scene so they did not not show on camera! And because my scene takes place in my bathroom, the the assistant camera man and I were playing around saying that we could fill up the bathtub just with the water everyone had brought me! I definitely wasn't thirsty anymore!

The shooting of the scene went very smoothly, Adam Beach (Slipknot) was very nice and friendly and so was his stunt man. I felt so comfortable on set that I completely forgot that I was in a really huge production with such amazing well-known actors. I had a blessed time that day. I will never forget that moment and how well I was treated. Every single person involved in that movie got my attention, my respect and my admiration. I would love to say thanks to everyone involved with Suicide Squad for such an amazing experience!" 

Next up for Tatyana is Guitars and Guns, directed by Robin Mountjoy, starring Jake Busey. 

# # # # 

Tatyana Figueiredo is available for interview by appointment, pending availability. 

Contact: Steve Thompson / Thompson Communications 

856-942-4434 

steve@thomcomm.net 

Tatyana Figueiredo Website 

Tatyana Figueiredo on IMDb 

Suicide Squad on IMDb 

Director David Ayer on IMDb 

Guitars and Guns on IMDb 

Highlight Hollywood:

‘Suicide Squad’ Pushes Warner Bros. Past $1 Billion Milestone 16 Years Running

Our Condolences to the Orlando Victims and Their Families

Everyone associated with the production and promotion of So Far are fans of action-adventure films.

The fundamental theme of all action-adventure films is good against evil, and So Far is no exception.

So Far is in no way pro-violence, but rather about defeating evil.

We express our condolences to the victims and families of the victims in Orlando, and all victims of violence for that matter.

Everyone behind So Far.

'How We Ended Up Shooting at Sunset on Point Dume State Beach' by Guile Branco

SO FAR 
by Guile Branco

How We Ended Up Shooting at Sunset on Point Dume State Beach

Day one was upon us, and after successfully finalizing some very complex boat scenes a mile off the coast of Marina Del Rey, what could go wrong? After all, I had just swam out in the open sea with a GoPro attached to my forehead despite warnings that sharks roamed on those waters. I was finally on land, all my limbs attached and well - and after puking from sea sickness I was ready to move on - onwards we had on schedule our next scene and that one has proven to be our most complicated. 

The opening of the film had called for two villains shooting machine guns at a beach. Sounds simple? Well, the number one problem was our tight budget meant we had no permits. No permits meant the shoot was illegal. 

Problem two, I had with me an M60 machine gun replica - if you don't know what it means, that is the machine gun RAMBO used to shoot helicopters and hoards of soldiers, it's damn huge and heavy. I could see the worry in my directors face - Gui Pereira was very concerned.

We were all very aware of people being arrested, innocent filmmakers being framed as terrorists. I wouldn't blame anyone for calling the police upon seeing what appears to be maniacs out in the open with guns. I had in mind this location in Malibu and the moment we arrived we instantly knew it wouldn't work. The freeway was right next to us.

Our problem number three was that it was almost sunset, and if we couldn't get that scene in the can, the whole sequence would be transferred to animation. One of our actors suggested Point Dume - and off we go, there's no time to waste. 

Well we got there and couldn't find parking. Seriously. It was 5pm, on a Thursday and all spots were taken. We wasted another 30 min circling around and I kept watching the sun as it traveled down. At this point I am almost giving up - animation it is. Art Kulik, our villain along with Lou D'Amato shouts out: "There's got to be parking near the beach, down the rocks" - I didn't believe him but at this point I'm going with the flow. 

Our convoy drives down to Point Dume, which basically is a scenic pile of rocks and that's when I remembered that there is a secluded beach down there and if we can find parking, that's our last resort. 

We did find parking. Rushing out of our cars I had the guns wrapped in plastic garbage bags to hide them. We had to run towards the rocks and do some climbing to get to the beach. 

Problem four... a POLICE car parked right there, on the sand, in front of us. Trust me, if you saw an M60 machine gun wrapped in black plastic garbage bags, you would say that's exactly what I am hiding, a giant weapon of mass destruction. I stood there in a daze. The sun was almost at the horizon. 

Suddenly as I stare at defeat they drive away, just like that. I scream: lets go!!! Art and myself grab the guns and dash toward the rocks. The director/DP Gui Pereira follows behind. We climb the rocks up and down. Art is in front of me, he suddenly turns and says: "we can't do it, there are people at the beach." I looked and there were about 15 people ready to watch the sunset. I told Art: "hold on" and gave him the huge M60. 

I approached every single person on that beach and said: " Hello, I am a filmmaker and we are about to shoot a scene with fake guns. If you are NOT okay with this we will not do it" To my surprise - or not - every single person was super excited about the shoot, we became instant celebrities. They took pictures of us - some had traveled from Turkey and couldn't believe they were watching some "Hollywood magic" We shot the scene during sunset - which wasn't planned. 

If it weren't for all the obstacles the scene would have been shot with normal daylight. BUT NO, now we have the most amazing sunset footage!

It all works! I hope you enjoy watching So Far!

Click Here for Full Information on Guile Branco's 'So Far'

Extreme Action-Adventure Film
"So Far" with Guile Branco
Completed, Entering Festivals,
Premiered June 17
on VEVO and YouTube

Guile Branco in "So Far"

Click Here to View on VEVO

(August, 2016 -- Los Angeles, CA) So Far is the graphic story of the main character Malone (Guile Branco) and his intense battle with his violent, deadly pursuers. 

Displayed in both traditional action-adventure cinematic form, along with with highly stylized animation, and backed by Guile Branco's own strong-tempo music, So Far asks the question "When you realize you've gone SO FAR and there's no turning back, are you ready to face your fears?" 

So Far is an action packed short film/music video produced by Guile Branco, directed by Gui Pereira with animation by Nic Raith. Guile and Gui are both huge action movie fans from Brazil, and have now been residing beautiful Los Angeles for many years. 

 

Writer - producer Guile Branco remarks: "When I first came up with the idea of So Far I knew I wanted to go way beyond a simple video music concept, I wanted to take it to the next level, and to be an experience! As a fan of action movies since childhood I wanted it to be a roller coaster ride! So Far incorporates animation to help make the storytelling method more contemporary, and also makes the film that much more visually stimulating, interesting, and memorable.

 . . . I kept imagining these amazing action scenes . . . 

I'm really proud of it, and I want everyone to see it!" 

Director Gui Pereira's interest in cinema goes back to before he was even a year old! Gui has continually widened his horizons, at fourteen he directed music videos for his friends, at sixteen he enrolled a summer camp at the New York Film Academy.

Director Gui Pereira on set with
Guile Branco

While in college Gui got a job as a writer for the tv show Take Unico for the Brazilian All-TV network, and most recently he graduated from the Los Angeles Film School, then from the Art Institute of California.

On their current collaboration, So Far Gui notes: 

"I've been working with Guile Branco for about six years now and I must say that he's the Johnny Depp to my Tim Burton. I truly trust him as an actor and I have the best actor-director relationship with him! It's always a pleasure working with Guile. 

I have to admit that when he pitched me the idea for So Far all I could think was: 'The guy has lost his mind!' Explosions, Ninjas, Car Chases! All of that with no budget at all! But I was up for the challenge! 

I trusted him and he had put together the best cast I could think of. We shot the entire film in just three days, and everyone gave their heart and soul. Guile is one of the best human beings alive, and his energy can get anything done. So Far is a proof of it!"

He and Guile Branco have worked together on many projects over the last few years, including the multiple-award winning The Adventures of Sheriff Kid McLain, and Pizza Me, Mafia, with Brazilian tv star Tom Cavalcante, which premiered in the Paramount Theater, the largest theater on the Paramount lot.

Actor Lou D'Amato

Lou D'Amato is an american actor of Italian descent and Co-Stars with Guile in So Far. .

While studying acting at HB Studios in NY, he was fortunate to be accepted in the late Jill Clayburgh's master class "Working on/off camera". Lou learned so much with Jill he asked her if she would continue coaching him after the class ended and she graciously accepted.

Lou is also a great admirer of Clint Eastwood both in front and behind the camera. 

Today Lou looks for scripts that encompass originality, something he says seems harder to find these days.

Lou Co-Stars with Guile Branco in Guile's So Far.  On working with Guile in the project Lou notes:  

"Guile proves over and over how talented and committed he is to his work and his passion. So Far is a project that started in Guile’s mind over 20 years ago and it entails very personal aspects of his life from when he was young to today.
  
Before Guile came to America, he not only loved stage and screen, but also was born with natural talents such as drawing/illustration and music. 

Recently Guile has been going back to his roots by writing and developing songs one of which is called So Far. When he was listening to the track at the studio, it was then he imagined that dream of his creating an action drama, but as Guile does, with a twist.

He was able to incorporate his song, his illustrating prowess along with a perfect action hero story.  This story is complete with car chases, machine guns, ninja’s and bi-planes oh yeah and torture.  

Lou in Center with Director Gui Pereira, left
and Guile Branco, right

Watching how excited he got each time he would put pencil to paper to create his animated characters all while visualizing his story along with the music in his head was special.


I’m so honored to be a part of this project and look forward to working with him on the next two projects (the prequel and sequel) which by the way, he already has it all in his head! He just needs to get that ole pencil out and start creating the magic that he does so well . . . "

Animator Nic Raith talks about what it was like working with Guile Branco on So Far: 

"Collaborating with Guile to produce the animation portion of So Far was so much fun. It was a pleasure bringing his vision to life and being able to creatively express myself.

The same goes for the fellow artists that helped us bring the animation alive and really made it their own. While animating we listened to a ton of New Wave music for inspiration and used retro album covers for reference. 

Our two biggest influences for the project were Duran Duran Album Covers and the Turbo Kid Movie. The trickiest part of the animation is the live action that cuts to the animation. We took screen grabs of the live action and drew them as animation. Getting the timing right for these shots was rough!"

So Far Car Chase

The So Far car chases were shot in beautiful Latigo Canyon, Malibu, known for its breathtaking views of Point Dume State Beach.  The beach scenes in So Far were shot on the Point Dume State Beach, where scenes from many well known film and television projects were also shot, including the ending of the original Planet of the Apes, scenes in the Iron Man films, How I Met Your Mother, Angel, Modern Family, Scorpion, and even the original I Dream of Jeannie.

So Far has also been submitted for consideration to a number of festivals taking place later this year. 

Announcements about festival selections and screening dates / times will be announced soon. 

Guile Branco also stars in the upcoming Athena, an action sci-fi short written and directed by Andrew Kadikian. 

So Far is available as a single, and Guile also has two other completed singles available on iTunes: My Love Remains, and Holy Girl.

***************************************************************

So Far Website

Guile Branco on IMDb

Gui Pereira on IMDb

Lou D'Amato on IMDb

So Far on iTunes

Point Dume State Beach on Wikipedia

Questions, comments?

Post a comment below, or e-mail

Steve Thompson at

steve@cinemanewswire.com