Short film program at 2015 sundance film festival talented filmmakers use adobe creative cloud for editing, visual effects, and more in the lead up to the 2015 sundance film festival we had the opportunity to talk to a number of filmmakers whose short films were chosen to screen at the festival. Like most of robert rodriguezs movies, machete kills is a selfaware exploitation picture that winks as it picks your pocket. What he shows us in papa machete is a rare giftone which my team and i are truly fortunate to have been allowed to document and share with the world. The professor died in december, shortly after the film was completed. It is an expansion of a fake trailer that was released together with rodriguezs and quentin tarantino s 2007 grindhouse. Machete on dvd january 4, 2011 starring danny trejo, steven seagal, lindsay lohan, michelle rodriguez. The film papa machete explores the form of warfare called machete fencing, a style of fighting. Get a private link to watch the completed film before it screens anywhere else. The film documents a proud, but aging mans devotion to his heritage and his desire to continue. Sep 05, 2014 video archive for the film papa machete, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2014. Machete character, played by danny trejo in multiple robert rodriguez films. As time went by, we were fortunate to be able to collaborate with the production company third horizon to create the short documentary film about the professor and his art papa machete which was an official selection of the 2014 toronto international film festival and the 2015 sundance film festival. Machete kills is a 20 american action exploitation film cowritten and directed by robert rodriguez. The short film papa machete, which is having its u.
Cog nomen and the crew behind papa machete team up. It is a sequel to machete, the third film based on a grindhouse fake trailer and the second spinoff of the spy kids franchise. Wondering what order to watch the star wars movies. Dec 08, 2015 wondering what order to watch the star wars movies. Using the natural splendor of haiti to great effect, the film is at its best when it pulls back to witness the master at work, teaching. Machete is a 2010 american exploitation action film written and directed by robert rodriguez and ethan maniquis. En garde takes on new urgency in a duel with machetes kpbs. David kane the day after their short film project papa machete exploded on kickstarter. Directed by jonathan david kane, the film features a cast that includes alfred. The second film in the machete trilogy finds machete danny trejo mourning the loss of his beloved sartana jessica alba, slain during a run in with the cartels. This is machete papa by anton sokolov on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Machete is recruited by the president of the united states charlie sheen for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man. Created in collaboration with borscht, the excellent miamibased arts collective, kanes papa machete is an engaging portrait that communicates avrils worldview, but does not skimp on visual flourishes.
Papa machete explores the esoteric martial art that evolved through this victory. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Papa machete by jonathan david kane trailer youtube. The film documents a proud, but aging mans devotion to his heritage and his desire to continue tradition. The tale starts as an international revenge mission, then morphs into a southwesternfried spoof of a james bond film. She has an affinity for african arts, african culture, african. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for papa machete 2014. Jan 24, 2015 the short film papa machete, which is having its u. Danny trejo, michelle rodriguez, tom savini, billy blair, electra and elise avellan, felix sabates, and jessica alba reprise their roles from the first film, and are. Papa machete explores the esoteric martial art that evolved through this victory through the practice and lif.
Jan 27, 2015 miff32 march 615, 2015 preceding the architecture of color thursday march 12 9. Papa machete short film screening and machete fencing. Papa machete is a glimpse into the life of alfred avril, an aging subsistence farmer who lives in the hills of jacmel, haiti. Machete is a wholly entertaining film, but i found myself completely unmoved by comparison after watching it a second time, and unfortunately this is the asset i most highly prize in a film. Papa machete by jonathan david kane documentary short film. Goats and soda the short film papa machete, which is having its u. Papa machete film preserves the art of haitian machete fencing.
Since their successful kickstarter back in 2014, theyve gotten a world premiere at the tiff film festival in 2014 and a u. Melissa hunter davis is a creative entrepreneur and the master mind behind sugarcane. The film will also be shown sunday, march 29th at 4. A machete is a broad blade used either as an implement like an axe, or in combat like a short sword. Machete continues the b movie and exploitation style. The local team behind the critically acclaimed shortfilm papa machete, third. With alfred avril, jean paul avril, roland avril, michael dylan rogers. Troublemaker studios recent and upcoming movie credits. After nearly being killed during a violent fight with a powerful drug lord, a former mexican federale known as machete danny trejo roams texas streets as a vigilante and sometime day. Sugarcane magazine is an online journal about art of africa and the african diaspora. Game over 2003, blood tba, fire and ice tba, machete kills again tba, my tutor tba. En garde takes on new urgency in a duel with machetes. Machete continues the b movie and exploitation style of grindhouse and includes some of the footage.
Jonathan david kane on papa machete miami new times. Papa machete, a short doc centering around machete fencing and. Haitian short film makes sundance film festival debut. He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. In addition to funding the release of the mostly completed. He also happens to be a master of the mysterious martial art of haitian machete fencing, also known as tire machet. A short film about haitian machete fencing the story of an aging farmer in haiti who is also a master of the esoteric martial art of haitian machete fencing. Its not a deadly personal arsenal, though its just the kickstarter prizes he sent out to supporters of his short film papa machete. The life of alfred avril, a master of the martial art of haitian machete fencing.
The film was reka bucsis graduation film from the hungarian university of fine arts and shes now working at the animation workshop in denmark as part of its artist residency program. Its possible that rodriguez captured the grindhouse ethos so succinctly in that film that he had nowhere to go but down. Rather than a premiere, the 2015 sundance film festival marks the close of the festival circuit for the animated short film symphony no. The film falls a little short of the classic grindhouse homage that rodriguez achieved with planet terror. Papa machete is an intimate account of professor alfred avril, one of the worlds only known. Danny trejo, michelle rodriguez, tom savini, billy blair, electra and elise avellan, felix sabates, and jessica. Haitian short film makes sundance film festival debut sugarcane. Told through avrils point of view, it captures the grace and danger of the dying art of tire machet, or haitian machete fencing. Papa machete short film screening and machete fencing master class. Two hundred years ago, the slaves of haiti defeated napoleons armies in the historic revolution of 17911804.
One minor quibble is the acting prowess of star danny trejo. Machete is a 2010 actioncomedy film cowritten, produced, and directed by robert rodriguez and ethan maniquis. A trip to his forest quarters outside of jacmel, haiti, yielded a new, 10minute short but epic film called, appropriately, papa machete. But instead of using swords, the men are wielding machetes. An expansion of a fake trailer that was included in rodriguezs and quentin tarantinos 2007 grindhouse doublefeature. Robert rodriguezs followup to 2010s machete costars danny trejo, michelle rodriguez, amber heard and mel gibson and includes an abundance of cameo appearances, including lady. Miff32 march 615, 2015 preceding the architecture of color thursday march 12 9. With kickstarter backing, we completed the film and built a house for his family. Oct 06, 20 robert rodriguezs followup to 2010s machete costars danny trejo, michelle rodriguez, amber heard and mel gibson and includes an abundance of cameo appearances, including lady gaga in her. Written by kyle ward from a story by the director and his brother marcel, machete kills returns our craggy hero danny trejo to hardr action. Cog nomen and the crew behind papa machete team up for new.
Trinidad and tobago film festival, 2015 winner, best documentary short. The festival was founded by third horizon, a miamibased collective of caribbean creatives whose first short film, papa machete, had its world premiere at the toronto international film festival in 2014 and had its us premiere at the sundance film festival in 2015, before going on to screen at more than 30 film festivals worldwide. Jan 24, 2015 en garde takes on new urgency in a duel with machetes. Based on the eponymous character from the spy kids franchise, the film is an expansion of a fake trailer of the same name published as a part of the promotion of rodriguezs and quentin tarantinos 2007 grindhouse doublefeature. Were only just beginning to screen the film at festivals, but papa machete was actually completed in mid2014, and. Through mike rogers, the pupil in that original youtube fencing video, they contacted avril, also known as the professor, or papa machete. Series of the movies about former mexican federale machete. Papa machete, a short doc centering around machete fencing and shot in haiti under difficult circumstances, is now screening around the country. Papa machete film preserves the art of haitian machete. One of their weapons was the very tool they used to work the land. Everything you need to know about machete movie 2010. Papa machete, a short film about tire machet the atlantic. Third horizon caribbean film festival o cinema north beach. Our offline edit was completed in miami by our director jonathan david kane.