CINE: ‘Vendiendo a Rosario’
El trama del cortometraje toma un giro inesperado.
Film review: Selling Rosario–a fresh vision on the film festival circuit
A beautifully crafted short film. Newcomer Mia Xitlali is stunning as Rosario, balancing innocence and burgeoning womanhood.
10 Most Intriguing Short Films of 2015 (so far)
Selling Rosario delights in wrong footing the audience … The narrative is stylistically imaginative and elegantly constructed, and newcomer Mia Xitlali is vastly impressive.
Rosario’s Twist
I really enjoyed Selling Rosario. I felt as though [the film] embraced the nature of the short film medium, by adding that twist at the end, but it was a twist that subverted our expectations of the story, rather than just being clever.
— Anders Wright San Diego Union Tribune
Dances With Films Fest 2015 ‘Short Film Reviews’
Loved both the style and sound design of this stunning short. Not to mention that the story involving the fate of a young girl proves to be more clever than the audience imagines – I’m sold. – 4 stars
Pitch Perfect
Iana Simeonov and Michael Winokur, shared one of the awards in 2013 and went on to make an award-winning short film, “Selling Rosario,” that won both the Jury Prize and Audience Award at the NVFF 2014.
Artist Profile: Michael Winokur and Iana Simeonov–freshman filmmakers score big
If Michael and Iana were not filmmakers before, they certainly are filmmakers now. The experience, as well as the magical nature of Rosario’s story is begging for a fuller telling.
Interview with Michael Winokur and Iana Simeonov
We wondered who had been here and what dreams had brought them to this place. We imagined a young girl and her parents’ hope for her future.
Rosario | Mia Xitlali | |
Otilio | Robert Renderos | |
Isabella | Cristina Valle | |
Tia | Alma Martinez | |
Lucia | Julieta Ortiz | |
Luis | Carlo Zapata | |
Juicy | Jules Flemming | |
Music Professor | Scott Parkin | |
Professor’s Assistant | Shelley K. Booker | |
Deadbeat | Arnoldo Bojorquez, Jr. | |
Girl in Alley | Kelsey Fleet | |
Man with Package | William Guirola | |
Loan Shark | Izais Santiago | |
Dancer | Janalise Gregor | |
Waitress | Yesenia Hernandez | |
Men in Camp | Otilio L. Pesina | |
Arnulfo Cervantes | ||
Emanuel Quezada | ||
Roman Anthony | ||
Emilio Pesina | ||
Benito Bustamante | ||
Producer | Emily Miller | |
Executive Producers | Michael Winokur & Iana Simeonov | |
Director of Photography | Michael Winokur | |
Production Designer | Iana Simeonov | |
Editors | Michael Winokur, Bara Jichova | |
Associate Producer | Rey Godoy | |
Elida Avina | ||
Composer | Ronald Bacardi | |
Casting Director | Yvonne Armstrong | |
Assistant Director | Rey Godoy | |
2nd Assistant Director | Luther C. McGill, Jr. | |
Costume Designer | Anna Elledge | |
Key Hair & Makeup Artist | Veronica Sjoen | |
Hair & Makeup Artist | Claudia Sjoen | |
Camera/Steadicam Operator | Timothy Dolan | |
1st Assistant Camera | Misael G. Audelo | |
Grip & Electric | Blare Media | |
Little Giant Lighting & Grip | ||
Gaffer | Ian McAleece | |
Key Grips | Ryan Najibi | |
Blake Hooks | ||
Location Sound | Brandon Loulias | |
Studio Teacher | Shelley Booker | |
BTS Videographer | Steven Krebs | |
Audio post-production services provided by | Berkeley Sound Artists, Inc. | |
Sound Design | Jamie Branquinho | |
Sound Consultant | James LeBrecht | |
Re-recording Mixer | Dan Olmsted | |
Music Recorded at | Ex’pression College for Digital Arts | |
Recording Engineer | Daria Karpova | |
Camp Loop Group | Alvaro Portillo | |
Andy Lopez | ||
Boris Escobar | ||
Color | Carey Burens/Spy Post | |
Title Design | Kevin Stokes | |
Graphic Artist | Sky Winchester | |
Stills Retoucher | Chrysta Giffen | |
Storyboard Artist | Andrew Statmiller |
“Weedpatch Mariachi” | |
Written by Ronald Bacardi | |
Performed by Ronald Bacardi & Ari Micich | |
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“Little Mohee” | |
Courtesy of the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin migrant workers collection (AFC 1985/001), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress | |
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“Yo Soy Quien Soy” | |
Written by Jose Luis Maldonado Ramos & Christina Lopez | |
Produced by Alexander Puente for 110 South Music | |
Performed by C-Kan featuring T. Lopez | |
Courtesy of Mastered Trax | |
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“Voy Por El Sueño de Muchos” | |
Written by Jose Luis Maldonado Ramos | |
Produced by Ness Beats | |
Performed by C-Kan | |
Courtesy of Mastered Trax | |
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“Violinista Mexicana” | |
Written by Ronald Bacardi | |
Performed by Kay Stern |