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05/02/2019

Well this was a lovely morning surprise!!! Pepper and the Salt Sea was chosen as a 2018 Film Shortage Fav! Thank you Film Shortage!!! You're one of our favs too!!

4th edition of our 2018 favorite Daily Short Picks features selections from our Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) and Fantasy genres. A mix of styles and genres that all have awesomeness in common!

04/30/2019

Celebrating the fantastic LA reading of Don Downie's feature script, The Spirit of Detroit. We were thrilled to have such amazing talent bringing these characters to life. NYC, we're coming to you next!

07/23/2018

SMXL Partner and Director Don Downie shares some advice on making an excellent film on a tight schedule in this insightful No Film School article:

These filmmakers know how to get a film made quickly.

01/11/2018

You can watch our award-winning short film Pepper and the Salt Sea for free right now! We're the Daily Short on Film Shortage, and today is our Online Premiere!

We're so excited to share this film with you! It's been a long journey from script to shooting to screening to online release! We hope you enjoy!

After losing everything in Superstorm Sandy, a devastated photographer tries to forget that she ever loved the sea. Until a mermaid appears, to seduce her into picking up her camera again.

09/30/2017

We want YOU to see our shorts...films, short films! Saturday at 4:30, Sunday at 2pm

09/15/2017

Michigan, we're coming back!!! Saturday, September 30th, 4:30pm. Get your tickets at the link below for an amazing block of shorts at Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival
https://www.goelevent.com/HellsHalfMileFest/e/SaturdayShorts

08/17/2017

The waterfront tour continues! Come see our short film this Sunday, Aug 20 in beautiful Alpena, MI as part of the Sunrise 45 Film Festival.

Sunday, Aug 20, 12:30 PM, Thunder Bay Theatre, 400 N 2nd Ave, Alpena, MI 49707

Le Creuset, written and directed by Don Downie and starring Stacie Capone, Sheila Joon Ostadazim, Jamie Effros, Walker Hare, Cynthia Whitman, Bob Celli, & Kelley Karel. Shot by Jared Roybal, Edited by Anne Hu, with an original score by Ryan Majoris. Produced by Nathan Breton and Taylor Michelle Thompson. Powered by Filmshop.

07/17/2017

Very proud to have filmed these five incredible, powerful women for Devex and McKinsey & Company's Power with Purpose campaign. Featuring Ashley Judd, Amina J. Mohammed, Ertharin Cousin, Winnie Byanyima, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

07/12/2017

Check out this super cool video that SMXL shot for Travel + Leisure aboard the Queen Mary 2 - The Last Great Ocean Liner with Don Downie and Jared Roybal
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best/tour-cunards-queen-mary-two

To see how Cunard earned the coveted title of the world’s best mega-ship ocean cruise line in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards, we took a tour of their famous ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2.