Imaginal Disc

Courtship accepted to Palm Springs International Film Festival!

admin — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:44:18 +0000

Courtship will be playing as a part of “The Birds and the Bees
(and Other Assorted Live Forms)”

Saturday, June 25, 7:00 PM
Camelot Theatres

Screening of Deja Vu – May 7, 5pm – Skirball Center for Performing Arts

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:11:39 +0000

Bonjour Mes Amis,

I reappear after a few months of editing.

The day has finally arrived for the first public screening of the Franco-American production Deja Vu, a film that you have all been part of in some way.

Deja Vu is a heartfelt story about young neuroscientist who goes back home to Paris to confront his estranged, ailing father and his childhood memories. Like father, like son, whether you like it or not. The film includes documentary home video footage and also fictionalized segments starring my parents and I. The film was shot thanks to an incredible crew in both Paris and New York over 10 days. This will be the opportunity to see the film on a the big screen before the film makes it way through the film festival circuit.

Deja Vu will be shown as part of the NYU graduate film MARATHON screening. A total of 38 amazing films will be screened over two days: Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 from writer-directors from all over the world. In some way, shape or form, I have been involved with all of the films and I admire each of their for their singular point of view in visual storytelling.

The screening is FREE and will take place in the prestigious Skirball Center for Performing Arts. My film will be shown at 5pm on Saturday.

There will be a break around 6.15pm on Saturday before the next block so you can leave then or stay and see more films by my classmates if you’re interested.

INFO:

Date: Saturday May 7th
Time: 5pm
Location: Skirball Center for Performing Arts, west 4th (Corner of Laguardia and West 4th).

Tickets: FREE
Seating begins at 4.30pm, and I will show within this first slot (5-5:15pm)

If you would like to come incognito, feel free to just show up and hide in the 1000-seater screening hall. Or, if you want to sit with me and my French-Latin band, let me know and i will reserve a seat for you.

Also, not to forget, the wrap party will take place in Tribeca at 9pm at M1-5 on Sunday night. Sunday, what??? Yes, but this will be an epic night with a DJ, an award ceremony and international crowd of the creative minds. Info is on the flyer below.

Hope to see you this weekend.

For further questions, email me.

And thank you for all your supports. This film marks my most significant production as of now and hopefully the debut of a career as a feature film writer-director.

Merci,

Dr. Alexis Gambis

Mind Over Matter

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:06:26 +0000

A music video for The Amygdaloids by Alexis Gambis

SYNOPSIS
A scientist working on memory in the amygdala of the brain sees a vision of a lost love through the microscope. He decides to go visit her and have a last moment of intimacy.

CREW
Written and directed by: Alexis Gambis
Cinematography: Noah Hutton
Assistant Camera: Bella Wing-Davey
Production Design and SFX: Luis Violante
Assistant Director: Jarreau Carrillo

CAST
Scientist: Daniel Dugan
Microscopic Girl: Laura Londono

The Amygdaloids: Joseph LeDoux, Tyler Volk, Danielle Schiller, Gerard McCollam

SPECIAL THANKS
Will Chang, Mian Hou, Claudia Farb, Rosalie Morrison, Colleen Cram, Mark Millhone, Laura Sinnott, John Beckman, James Devitt, Mike Liebowitz, Lance Gambis, NYU Protection Services

SHOT ON LOCATION
Center for Neural Science, LeDoux Laboratory
New York University June 2010

LINKS
The Amygdaloids

Tio Rico

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:06:09 +0000

A film by Alexis Gambis

Documentary, Digital

Venezuela 2010.

8’03 (credits included).

SYNOPSIS
The city awakens after a night of chaos and celebration in Valencia, Venezuela. It is the first day of the year and Jose is off to sell Tio Rico ice-cream around the city still hung-over from the frenetic celebration of a past night. A journey topped with discussion of ice cream, politics, religion and expectation for the year 2010.

CAST
Heladero (Ice cream man): Jose-Manuel Garcia

CREW
Produced by: Olga Gambis
Director of Photography: Alexis Gambis
Assistant Camera: Javier Diaz
Editor: Alexis Gambis
Sound Recordist: Alexis Gambis
Still Photo: Lamia Alami

DOWNLOADS
Press Kit
High Res Images
Poster

LINKS
News on Tio Rico
IMDb

Dr. Funque and His Petri Dish

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:05:33 +0000

A film by Alexis Gambis

Fiction, 16 mm

United States 2010.

8?10

SYNOPSIS
Dr. Funque enters the laboratory to start his after-dinner lab chores. He sits comfortably at the bench and prepares a cocktail of solutions that he pours into his petri dish. He would have never thought that that evening he would make an incredible discovery. People, cars, parks, buildings – an entire world was encapsulated inside his petri dish. What turned out like a solitary typical Funque lab evening ends up being a festive exchange with the petri dish city and dwellers.

CAST
Scientist: Corey Sullivan

CREW
Produced by: School of Visual Arts

LINKS
News on Dr. Funque and His Petri dish
Visit the Deja-Vu page

Disposable Playing in Melbourne at Sexy International Film Festival

admin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:12:08 +0000

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 7:30PM @ Burlesque Bar , 42 Johnson St, Fitzroy

The SEXY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, created in 2007, showcases quality films from across the globe which explore love, relationships and sexuality.
www.sexyfilmfest.com

Deja-Vu

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:38:45 +0000

About this project

Are you forgetful? Have you had experienced a deja-vu? Have you ever felt disconnected from your family? Deja-vu is a story about a young scientist, who dives into his warm childhood memories after his father has a heart attack. A father films his son growing up and now a son, 20 years later, records his father, fearing that he needs to collect as much data before it is too late. A film that sits at the interface between the science of memory and the experience of memory.

Deja-Vu is a NYU Graduate Film Second Year project. Deja-Vu is co-produced by Imaginal Disc (http://www.imaginaldisc.com), a science and film production and for-profit branch of Imagine Science Films (http://www.imaginesciencefilms.com), dedicated to disseminating science through film via an annual festival and various initiatives.

Deja-vu will be shot on location in New York and be in both English/French. Written and directed by Dr. Alexis Gambis (www.alexisgambis.com) and shot by Pedro Gomez-Millan (http://www.pedrogomezmillan.com/), respectively 2nd and 3rd year students in the prestigious NYU Graduate Film Program .

The film is produced by :

Matt Reeve, independent producer/director and board member of the Christoper and Dana Reeve Founduation, enrolled in the dual MBA/MFA program at NYU Stern School and Tisch School of the Arts.

Emily Driscoll, a science-video producer, based in New York City, currrently in a Science Documentary Production from NYU. Her goal of making science accessible to the public

The film will blend and contrast beautiful Canon 7D high-def with archival Hi8 footage.

Film will be eligible to be part of NYU’s First Run Film Festival in May of next year, an annual festival meant to showcase and celebrate NYU student film work and connect talent student filmmaker with the film industry. It is considered to be the pinnacle project of the NYU Film program.

The Film shoot is in 2 months from Nov 11-16 and be shot in both Paris and New York.

Locations include:

Garches Hospital, suburbs Paris
Paris
Downtown Manhattan
Brooklyn – Smith & 9th Street Subway Stop
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Neuroscience Laboratory (NYU)
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital (NYC)

Project location: Brooklyn, NY

TEASER:

A Fruit Fly in New York

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:22:43 +0000

A film by Alexis Gambis

Documentary | Digital (DV-CAM)

United States 2010.

6’03 (credits included).

SYNOPSIS

While to many a simple fruit fly is a nuisance in the kitchen, to a graduate student Alexis working in a genetics lab, the fruit fly is a drastically different beast. Through the microscope, the magnified fruit fly is both monstrous and beautiful. Armed with a vial of fruit flies, Alexis sets on a quest to understand the intimate relationship between science, creativity and the city.

CAST
Graduate Students: Alexis Gambis, Sofia Axelrod, Maya Bader, Chris Gafuik, Maurizio Pellegrino
Postdoctoral Associates: Tirtha Das, Jennifer Mehren Union

CREW
Produced by: New York Film Academy
Camera Operators: Diego Redard (street), Gabi Kozak (street), Stephanie Maceiras (laboratory)
Sound Recordists: Percy Munoz & Lea Schell
Editor: Alexis Gambis
Assistant Editor: Samara Brown
Sound Recordist: Alexis Gambis

LINKS
News on A Fruit Fly in New York
IMDb

Courtship

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:17:16 +0000

A film by Alexis Gambis

Fiction, Digital HD

USA 2010.

10’31 (credits included).

SYNOPSIS
Lucien, a young researcher, who works on the genetics of courtship and mating behavior in fruit flies, decides to take a break from the microscope and his voyeuristic fruit fly-watching tendencies. Slightly aroused and determined to learn more about sex, Lucien plans his first sexual experience with a high-end call girl Victoria. A tale about love, sex, science and a young man’s struggle to overcome solitude and inexperience.

CAST
Lucien: Stephen Stocking
Victoria: Paula Roman

CREW
Produced by: Yara Travieso
Director of Photography: Eunice Lau
Assistant Camera: Ed Barnes
Assistant Director: Nick Sterigiou
Editor: Alexis Gambis
Original Score: Daniel Wohl
Sound Recordist: Omar Zuniga Hidalgo
Production Designer: Luis Violante
Production Assistant: Kate Schmidt
Still Photo: Andrea Canal

DOWNLOADS
Press Kit
High Res Images
Poster

LINKS
News on Courtship
IMDb

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