EMERGING ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT: An afternoon with Face to Face Films

The pandemic laid waste to so much of the commercial arts of New York, but the arts of the independent scene ambitiously used this time of a level playing field to expand its personal horizons. One such company is Face to Face Films. What started as a small indie film and live theater group has — over the pandemic — exploded into a multimedia organization with a vast staff and repertory of artists presenting live theater, film, video, webisodes, and recently hosted its own film festival. Now, they are developing one of their more successful original dramas into an off-Broadway play.

In dealing with them for the length of the pandemic I’ve watched them — as a company — grow exponentially. Now I wanted to explore their feelings on the personal growth they have experienced.

INCLUDED is commentary from

ANTHONY M. LAURA (Artistic Director); JOSH ADWAR (Producer); PHILIP LAUTO (Resident Composer); COLTON ROONEY (Resident Writer); ALEXANDRA ROONEY (Ensemble Member / Creative Partner of Youth Content); SAMUEL CRUZ, DAN KELLY, NAKAI MIRTENBAUM, KRISTEN SEAVEY, VIVIEN CARDONE, MADISON C. GRAY, MICHELLE MINERS, CALLI MEDLEY, ALEXANDRA SALTER, ISABELLE STANTON, LIANA WOMBLE, JACK ST. PIERRE, SYDNEY SALTER, RHEANNA SALAZAR, CHELSEA RENAE, ALEX COMMITO, JACQUELINE GUZMAN, PRENTICE MYLES, RAINA SILVER, JOSE DURAN, RAND FARIS, GABE CALLEJA, NICOLE TOWNSEND, KRISTEN HASTY, TOM ARROWSMITH, and LUFEFE KENTE