Pistachio Films Update

25/8/2005

TV BROADCAST.
On 19th August 2005,  five of our Pistachio Films shorts were broadcast on the local Willits, California cable access channel.  These films included: Plop!,  Untitled Project Part 2, Weekend Warrior, The Ashtray & Pickles.  We are still waiting on some responses coming in from viewers (potentially 2,500) but so far the general reaction to this first screening has been favourable.

Martainn Russell.
Unfortunately  on the 2nd of August 2005 my dear friend and associate at Pistachio Films, Martainn Russell, passed away in Edinburgh; Scotland; from an undetermined brain disorder.  Martainn was with his family when he passed away during this short unexpected illness which was a shock to all of us that knew him, loved and worked with him.  He will be sorely missed as a friend  and fellow nut here at Pistachio Films.  We still posses some of Martainn's as of yet unfilmed or unfinished scripts, which we hope to be completing in the near future in his memory, and of course he will hate that I am using a tripod for all of it!!


Pistachio Films DVD.
After  the screening of our short films on our local cable channel, we will  be releasing a DVD of these films including some extra bits & pieces here in California, USA.  We hope to be releasing this DVD within the next two months, first of all to video stores, then for individual sale from the website.  A PAL (UK) version will also be released which can be purchased from film fans in the UK, by ordering from the website.  More information about this DVD will be posted as it progresses.  It is unfortunate that my associate Martainn has missed this DVD release and Cable screening, but I am glad he did know that all of this was happening before he passed away.

09/02/2004

THE WEB SITE
As I am sure some of you have noticed the Pistachio Films site has been down for a couple of months.  This was due to our previous web site hosting company's failure to release the domain name to us after they stopped hosting web services. 

But now we have a new web hosting company, and with just a slight change in the name of the site as I'm sure you will have noticed.

THE  FILMS.
We are continuing to produce our short films, with several films currently in the works, and some reworking of others.

Martainn is currently working on a project with James Mcewan of Joni Productions who we worked with last year on The Ashtray.  Along with working on some re-dubbing for Pickles Written by Yair Packer.  We also hope to be shooting another screenplay by Yair Packer very soon. 

Giovanni is trying to get our first horror short shot.  Hopefully shooting in the USA in the next month or so.   These along with more projects will hopefully be finished and coming very soon. 

THE SUBMISSIONS.
The ongoing submission process is well ongoing, as we try to get more of our films seen by more people, and hopefully more people in the industry, leading to bigger productions soon.

THE ACTORS.
Along with the acting talents of David Robertson and Sean Z. Young, we are also working on several projects with Charlene Jae Boyle and Caroline Bell-Emie.  This creates a quartet of outstanding actors for us to work with on a variety of projects,  many of them helping with more than just their acting roles.  Charlene has written and co-directed our most recent short film How Far?, which is currently still in post production, and I'm sure she has plans for more up her sleeve!    All of these actors give outstanding performances in Pickles, and How Far, and we hope more soon!

David as well as giving us some great acting, is planning to compose some music for our upcoming projects. He recently composed music for Pickles and songs by Magicdrive were used for the soundtrack of The Ashtray.  You can check out more info about David at the web site of his band Magicdrive.

THE WRITERS.
As well as Martainn and Giovanni still writing and working on new scripts we are also filming screenplay's by James Mcewan, Yair Packer and Charlene Boyle.  This gives us a variety of scripts to shoot, as well as a variety of ideas to play with.  We hope to be completing more works by these writers soon.

All of the above and other participants in our projects are a very important part of growth for us and we plan to continue to share their brilliance on our projects.

Thanks for the Interest.
Yours nuttily
Giovanni & Martainn.