PACO
USA, 2016, 16mm, 12 min
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
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
"A brilliant comic portrait of a catcaller choreographed with a non-professional cast and captured with disarmingly intimate 16mm photography." - Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX
"PACO tells the story of a charming, mustached vagrant who provides passersby with some much needed physical affection." - San Diego City Beat
"PACO tells the story of a charming, mustached vagrant who provides passersby with some much needed physical affection." - San Diego City Beat
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 is a character my brother and I played in our childhood. He's based on men on the street, who would call me “linda.” I cast my neighbors and partner – all non-professional actors- to interact with Paco.