Paco
2016, 16mm, 12 min, USA
2016, 16mm, 12 min, USA
He wants you to bounce on his lap.
"A brilliant comic portrait of a catcaller
choreographed with a non-professional cast
and captured with disarmingly intimate 16mm photography."
- Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX
"A brilliant comic portrait of a catcaller
choreographed with a non-professional cast
and captured with disarmingly intimate 16mm photography."
- Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX
Slamdance Film Festival, LA Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shortfest, & New Orleans Film Festival
Best Picture (Shorts with Legs) Fantastic Fest, Austin
Hoka Award for Best New Media Oxford Film Festival
Best Film Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Best Experimental Film Diamond Screen Film Festival, Philadelphia
Hoka Award for Best New Media Oxford Film Festival
Best Film Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Best Experimental Film Diamond Screen Film Festival, Philadelphia
"PACO tells the story of a charming, mustached vagrant
who provides passersby with some much needed physical affection."
- San Diego City Beat
PACO's racy pretext forms a tension with its themes of connection and community.
CAST
Brian Jordan Alvarez, Rosalyn Williams, Parker Dilworth,
Daniel Fishkin, Marty Dilworth & Catalina Jordan Alvarez
CREW
Written, directed and edited by: Catalina Jordan Alvarez
Assistant Director: Renee Sevier
Director of Photography: Razan AlSalah
Assistant Camera: Linnea Langkammer
Sound: Adam Johnson
Costume: Gwendolyn Rooker, Asha Brown
Sound Design: Mike Kennedy
Music: Courtesy of Dandelion Fiction