5th Floor Pictures

08/10/2022

COMING SOON: Weapons & Their Names, a film by Melina Valdez 🌴

Poster by Caspar Newbolt

02/09/2021

Normally, this time of year we’d be gathering in the back of a small bar somewhere in Brooklyn and celebrating another year with friends — missing that very much. Here’s some more photos from this time last year.🎈

12/17/2020

Mimi Davila and Jean-Louis Droulers star in LIMESTONE, a film by Paula Andrea González-Nasser. 🌴

11/22/2020

Christian Meola () and Valerie Brooks hopped online to discuss filmmaking in the Internet Age as well as Christian’s film VIOLENCE. Link in bio.

11/14/2020

"...even though we occupy environments under constant surveillance, it's still possible for someone to exit frame and disappear forever."

No Friday the 13th viewing plans? Christian Meola's VIOLENCE is now streaming via Beyond the Short! Watch now: bit.ly/38Ge5O4

10/29/2020

"There’s no doubt that “Gilt” is hard to watch, as unflinching as it is about the difficult decision and solution that its main character must endure. It’s a raw, unrelenting short, about how the political realities that seem so abstract in the news actually feel when they play out in the lives they affect. But its haunting, disturbing power comes from this unvarnished, steely-eyed approach — and from its proximity to the actual realities for many young women."

GILT premieres on Omeleto today.

A pregnant teen risks her life to carry out a brutal procedure.

10/13/2020

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10/05/2020

There’s a busy October ahead for TIRED EYES and a lot of opportunities to catch the film if you haven’t yet.

Adirondack Film Festival () Oct 15 - 18
Montclair Film Festival () Oct 16 - 25
TallGrass Film Festival () Oct 16 - 25
Eastern Oregon Film Festival () Oct 22 - 24

09/28/2020

TIRED EYES is headed to at the end of the month and to celebrate our virtual trip to the west coast, made a sick tour poster. 🚐🎶

09/25/2020

Thrilled to share that I LOVE MY UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOR will be premiering at this year’s Indie Memphis Film Festival! You can stream it virtually starting Weds, Oct 21 w/ a Q&A featuring and . 🌃

09/05/2020

The Straight Arrow Award for Best Emerging Director went to and TIRED EYES at this year’s NOT Film Festival in Italy! Wishing we could’ve been there.

08/04/2020

MI FANGO, MI CERRO is headed to the Sidewalk Film Festival this year! Catch it on the drive-thru screen 🚗 🚙

Chemi Rosado-Seijo is a community engagement artist who has spent over a decade working with the residents of El Cerro, Puerto Rico in a city wide art project to paint all the houses different shades of green to match the aesthetics of the mountainside.

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