sapna gandhi

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founder

Gandhi is an actor, producer, and singer-songwriter who’s played a slew of ethnically ambiguous characters on stage, television and film. Among many other theater productions, as a member of San Francisco’s Jump! Theatre she wrote, produced, and starred (as an actor/singer/dancer) in the moody, mixed-media production “Terminally Female: A Cabaret”, before migrating to Los Angeles. ​​​Television credits include roles on BOSCH, SHAMELESS, and THE FOSTERS. Films she can be seen in include indie cult feature, DUST UP and festival circuit darlings THUMPER (premiered at Tribeca FIlm Festival), IN ABSENTIA (Raindance, Remi Film Festival winner and more) and 20 WEEKS (premiered at the LA Film Festival). 

In an effort to negate being typecast, Gandhi co-wrote/co-produced/co-starred in BROAD STROKES (5 Days. 5 Themes. 5 Directors. 40 Comedic Micro-shorts). Since then, she has produced several films and series, including the award winning SCRAP (starring Anthony Rapp and Vivian Kerr), and the feature film STRANDED ON EARTH (directed by Mike Bruce and featuring Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds). She also serves as Chief Strategy Officer  of the LA based film collective We Make Movies and is one half of the musical duo VATAVARAN. Gandhi was born in England, raised all over The States, holds degrees in English and Women’s Studies, and trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

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eric michael kochmer

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founder

Kochmer is an writer/director/producer with a background in experimental theater, mentored under Elizabeth Swados at LaMama Theatre after graduating from Marymount Manhattan College. Upon relocating to LA he produced and starred in avant garde filmmaker George Landow’s film DIALOGUES (2009). Between 2006 and 2012, he appeared in over 30 feature and short films, including: I’M NOT HERE (Dances With Films), and VIRGINITY (The Boston International Film Festival), as well as starring in the crime thriller WHITE RABBIT (Cinequest, Vision Award Winner). 

Kochmer’s directorial feature film debut WAY DOWN IN CHINATOWN (WMMFest) found distribution through 366WeirdMovies and Amazon. 2018 saw the release of his second feature film ABOUT STRANGERS: Road Series Volume I (Best Picture Award, Innuendo International Film Festival), as well as the first phase of the project I'VE SAID AND DONE THINGS THAT NO-ONE WILL EVER REMEMBER (over 100 episodes). He is currently in development on a live, multimedia version of the series, adapted for galleries and other art spaces. His third feature film, HER AND HIM, as well as his fourth feature, the  documentary JACK MADE A PLAY ABOUT JOHN, are both slated to premiere in 2021. Kochmer also serves as the Chief of Production for the film collective and production company We Make Movies., as well as Co-Festival Director of WMMINTL.

john t. mickevich

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associate producer

Mickevich is a composer, writer, and director living in Los Angeles. After studying film scoring at Berklee College of Music, he became a filmmaker himself, creating dozens of short films with his comedy troupe ​​​​The Monkey Box, composing all of the original music used. With internet views counting in the millions, his productions and scores have been showcased on CNN and the G4 Network, and have had front page features on YouTube and Yahoo!

His original score for the short JANITORS help propel it to an Internet Emmy Nomination and a Silver Ace award at the Las Vegas Film Festival. John is also a composer of concert-music pieces, including the critically acclaimed “Snow” (for ensemble and choir), and “Tranquility” (for solo piano). Recently, Mickevich created the music for the feature film VIRUS OF THE DEAD, the independent feature ABOUT STRANGERS, and the shorts BUCKY and PTA-HOLES. Along with Sapna Gandhi, John is one-half of the music and art duo VATAVARAN.                                                                                           www.JohnMickevich.com