“The Hooker & the Transvestite 2” Takes First Place in Filmaka “Hard Times” Contest

For these two working girls, it sucks to be hungry. . . It took a year to get the results back, but there in. . . a jury made of 12 Hollywood a-listers including Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog and Colin Filth have declared “La Puta y la Transvesti, parte 2” (The Hooker and the Transvestite … Continue reading →

Ginger Gentile and San Telmo Productions Featured in “The Argentimes”

Buenos Aires youth orriented English Language Newspaper, the Argentimes, is running a story about me and San Telmo Productions in their “Ex-Pat” files section. It was great to sit down and talk with reporter Kelsey Marie Bell about machismo, my views on sex in cinema (there´s too much nudity and not enough conversation about female … Continue reading →

Behind the scenes video of “The Hooker & the Transvestite 2”

Behind the scenes of “The Hooker & the Transvestite” Episode 2 (La Puta y la Travesti). Actors Lola Berthet, Luis Machín and Luís Aponte, a crew of 25 and DoP Jorge Crespo braved freezing cold temperatures to film the second part of a short film for the Filmaka “Hard Times” contest. Directed by Gabriel Balanovsky … Continue reading →

“Making of The Hooker & The Transvestite” Episode 2

A great job was done by David Castre Bravo. Actors Lola Berthet, Luis Machín and Luís Aponte, a crew of 25 and DoP Jorge Crespo braved freezing cold temperatures to capture a bit of film magic. The set electricians began at 4pm and finished at 8am! Lights were provided by Ajaf Cinema and sound equipment … Continue reading →

It´s a Wrap: The Hooker & The Transvestite

The filming on Friday night was a great success: our crew of 25, plus actors Lola Berthet, Luis Aponte and Luis Machín braved the cold to produce one really funny short for the filmaka contest: The Hooker & The Transvestite. Our Director of Photography, Jorge Crespo, lit up over 1000 square meters of park for … Continue reading →

Filming Tonight, and everything is ready

There is nothing like going into a complicated production (crew of 25, night shoot, 20 lights, travelings, etc) and the day before realizing that everything is taken care of.  Right now our production chief is labeling boxes, and instead of calling frantically is smiling. She was even able to sleep 8 hours last night! We … Continue reading →

“The Hooker & the Transvestite” in pre-production

The clock is ticking. . . we have less than 15 days to produce, shoot, edit, score, color correct and do the final sound mix for our sequel to the award winning “The Hooker & the Transvestite” (La puta y la travesti) and upload it to the jury round of the filmaka.com “Hard times” contest. … Continue reading →