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Meet the Filmmaker: Níko Sotolongo, “Coo Cooí”

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
NS: I’ve always been a storyteller and, like most filmmakers, sharing stories is how I best express myself. When another person connects on some level with one of my stories, well, that’s just about the best feelings in the world.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
NS: I am excited to share Coo Cooí with you. It is my senior thesis project from my time at the University of Colorado Denver Film program and it has already screened at the Durango Film Festival and the Santa Fe International Film festival. It is also currently under consideration for the Boulder Film Festival.

I hope to use this short as a proof of concept for a feature-length version of the script which I have recently finished writing.

Q: What else are you working on?
NS: Like most freelancers, I’m currently working on a bit of everything. There is a finished screenplay that I am trying to produce here in Denver and I am also writing several pilots with the hope of having them produced one day.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
NS: I love horror and horror-comedies, not that weird I know, but when I was a kid I used to hate anything even remotely scary. Now it’s my jam. Who knows.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
NS: If you’d like to find out more about my video services and any of my upcoming projects please check out my website nikosotolongo.com and follow me on Instagram @Niko.Soto.Foto

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
NS: Thank you so much for selecting Coo Cooí and for supporting other burgeoning filmmakers here in Denver. You have given us an audience which is all any storyteller could ever ask for!

Coo Cooí will screen during The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, December 19th at The Bug Theatre.

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Meet the Filmmaker: Ivan How, “Charlie Mike”

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
IH: I wanted to impact people the same way the films I grew up watching impacted me.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
IH: This is a student film called Charlie Mike. It is a psychological drama about a soldier in the woods. It has screened twice at the University of Colorado Boulder. It has been accepted into the Hollywood Verge Film Awards, and is currently in consideration for the Boulder International Film Festival. I don’t plan to submit to any more festivals.

Q: What else are you working on?
IH: I’m currently working on writing, directing, and producing a SAG-AFTRA registered action/drama short film. Production will wrap just before Christmas.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
IH: My movies never have happy endings. As much as I enjoy watching happy endings in movies, I find them dishonest and misleading, so I stay away from them in my own films. There is no “happy ever after” in real life; there’s only “now what?”

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
IH: My portfolio can be viewed at:
https://ivanhow91.wixsite.com/portfolio
My IMDb is:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10113301/

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
IH: It’s refreshing to see a genuine platform for aspiring filmmakers to showcase their work to audiences that want to see it. There are plenty of festivals that take advantage of aspiring filmmakers by charging exorbitant submission fees. EFP is clearly not one of them.

Charlie Mike will screen during The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, December 19th at The Bug Theatre.

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Meet the Filmmakers: Kimberly and Robert Bogin, “The Magnificent Fourteen (Year Olds)”

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
KRB: My husband Rob Bogin (director/writer) and I (producer/editor) have always been into movies. We have our own video production company and we just recently started a film division.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
KRB: The Magnificent 14 (Year Olds) log line is “Nerdy middle school students, hired by bullied classmates, use their unique skills in a shocking plan of revenge.”

We made the movie for the 48 Hour Film Project (Denver) and won the Audience Choice Award and Best Choreography. We were also accepted into the Portland Comedy Film Fest where the movie screened at the beginning of November. It’s been submitted to a couple of other film fests with notification dates in January.

Q: What else are you working on?
KRB: We’re finishing up a horror short called Homebodies. Our next project is a comedy short called Got Beer.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
KRB: Hmmm…I can’t think of anything really weird. I guess a fun fact is that most of our cast are middle and high school theatre majors from Denver School of the Arts.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
KRB: www.minicineproductions.com

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
KRB: We love that the EFP gives local filmmakers a chance to screen their films at an actual theater. Sometimes it is hard for small filmmakers to get an opportunity to show our work to an audience and get feedback. EFP makes it happen!

The Magnificent Fourteen (Year Olds) will screen during The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, December 19th at The Bug Theatre.