This trailer promotes the feature Endings, Beginnings (Samuel Goldwyn Films), directed by Drake Doremus who wrote the screenplay with Jardine Libaire.
Endings, Beginnings stars Shailene Woodley as Daphne, a thirty something woman dealing with love and heartbreak over the course of a year. She moves back to present-day Los Angeles to live in her sister’s poolhouse to get her bearings. As she grapples with life, Daphne seems to complicate matters further by becoming involved with Jack (portrayed by Jamie Dornan) and Frank (Sebastian Stan), who it turns out are best of friends. Each man is distinctly different and brings out something different in her. In trying to decide between the two, Daphne faces a sudden turn of events which leads to a self-awareness discovered in the most surprising of places.
Credits
Production/Creative Drake Doremus, director; Jardine Libaire, Drake Doremus, writers; Marianne Bakke, DP; Garret Price, editor. Principal Performers Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, Sebastian Stan. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Following World AIDS Day, which was celebrated on December 1, co-production companies Central Films and Freelance For track one man’s existential, and potentially career-altering, decision to “come out” as living with HIV in Spain in this public service spot titled “The HInVisible Celebrity.”
Out of agency Señora Rushmore for ViiV Healthcare Spain, in collaboration with GESIDA, SEISIDA, and Apoyo Positivo, the PSA--directed by Rodrigo García Sáiz via Central Films Spain--addresses the stigma against publicly living with HIV in Spanish society. In the more than 40 years since the first case of HIV appeared in Spain, no public figure in Spain has claimed to have HIV. Viiv Healthcare Spain asks, if there are 150,000 people with HIV in Spain (or approximately 1 in 300), why don’t we know anyone with HIV?
The central character, who dons a mask of television-pixelated anonymity, gives himself an introspective pep-talk ahead of announcing his status to the Spanish public. Along the way, he wonders what will become of his career, and reputation in general, even as he recognizes that his declaration could change Spain’s cultural landscape for the better and for all of those in Spain who live with HIV every day. As no public figure in Spain has ever announced living with HIV--due to fear of public rejection--this character realizes that such a role model could change that.
The character has already begun building social media awareness with his Instagram profile, @famosoinvihsible, which began cataloging his life as a public figure earlier this fall. Still, though, the figure either leaves himself out of the picture, faces away from the camera, or dons the pixelated mask associated with anonymous admission. “The HInVisible... Read More
