Proud Iza USA
2008, 20min.
Script/Dir.: Anna Condo, Dir. of Phot.: Matthew J. Santo, Compos.: Danny Elfman, Prod. Design: Elizabeth Jones, Sound: Jack Hutson, Edit.: Tamino Castro.
Cast: Anna Condo, Federico Castelluccio, Carolyn McCormick.
Samuel, a humble man and a devoted husband, cares for his wife, Iza, as he does for the most delicate petals in his flower shop. Vainglorious and disdainful, Iza, resents their meager living and Samuel's banal satisfaction with their decidedly modest existence. She dreams of a life of leisure and adoration, yet finds it perpetually beyond her reach. Until one evening, when she is given the chance to transcend this prosaic routine and brush cheeks with high society. A vision in a ball gown and borrowed jewels, not even Iza could have anticipated what would follow…
Awards
Honorable Mention Winner - Film, Adapted Screenplay (The Accolade Competition 2008)..Best of Show; Professional Narrative Golden Lion Award Short (George Lindsey UNA FF, 2009); Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking (Honolulu IFF, 2009).
Production Company
FERN FILMS
108 East 78 Street New York, NY 10075 USA
Tel.: 1(212)772-6718
E-mail: fernfilms@aol.com
www.fernfilms.org
| Condo, Anna Anna Condo (born 1966, Yerevan)
She grew up in France. In 1989, she moved to New York City. She studied acting in France and in the US and has starred in critically acclaimed feature and short films including Wedding in Galilee by Michel Khleifi, The Waste Land by Timon Koulmasis, Les Amants Terribles by Daniele Dubroux.
Filmography
Alchemy (2002), Candid (2005), Wrong Way (2008), Elephant King (2008), Proud Iza (2008).
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