FILM TITLE: FRANKENSTORM: From Across the East River RUNTIME: 5:04 Format: 1080HD 23.976 FPS Genre: Experimental Documentary Budget: 0 FOLLOW @JohnMa2z ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS Director of Cinematography: John Mattiuzzi Editor: John Mattiuzzi Sound Design & Mixing: John Mattiuzzi Color Correction: John Mattiuzzi MUSIC CREDITS: “Our Lives, Our Destinies” by Mindthings --- From the album Life's Path “The Great Giana Sisters (Piano cover)” by Christian Vestergaard - From the album Seed64 "Dither: Part I" Performed by Auvox, Composed by Ed Mattiuzzi “idm moon” by arhipco --- from the album sci-fi music ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYNOPSIS: FRANKENSTORM : From Across The East River is a visual and emotional account of the night that ended in the horrifying Con Edison explosion, darkening half of Manhattan’s skyline. This short form, experimental documentary hovers along the East River, at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, where hundreds of spectators flocked to absorb the amusements of an approaching super-storm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY Inspired by experience, John Mattiuzzi is a fine artist, filmmaker, actor, and VFX artist who utilizes any medium necessary to bring life to a concept. After graduating from SUNY PURCHASE, in the College of Art + Design he co-directed, La Americana an award-winning feature documentary (aired on National Geographic Mundo, Al Jazeera, and the PBS WORLD series, America ReFramed.) It tells the story of a Bolivian mother caught between border politics as she struggles to secure the medical assistance her daughter so desperately needs. In 2012, John received his MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He took the opportunity to bridge his documentary style with fantasy in a semi-autobiographical, paranormal parable called THE COMPOSITOR which had its world premiere at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT When I set out to film my neighborhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn the night of the hurricane, I did not anticipate the footage I was about to film. My main objective was to make a short film of whatever I captured that night. But after the explosion, things quickly changed. I now possess a historic piece of footage that shows New York City humbled by the forces of Mother Nature. The same force of nature that many other countries in the world succumb to each year. This film is an emotional response of what it actually felt like to be out in hurricane Sandy, amidst all of her immense energy, while she devastated and consumed parts of ours. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCREENINGS 32 Uppsala International Short Film Festival | Uppsala, Sweden Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival | Korea 2013 2013 No/Gloss Film Festival -- LEEDS, UK Rooftop Films | Roosevelt Island, NYC | July 2013 LDL Performance/ Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser | June 2013 REEL Water Film Festival | June 2013 Rooftop Films NYC | June 2013 Reel Water Film Festival | June 2013 The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival | May 2013 2013 Salón Internacional de la Luz – Bogotá, Colombia International Documentary Film Festival - Docville 2013, Belgium Digital Art Seminar, The School of Visual Arts (Visiting Artist and screening) | 02/13/2013 A Post-Sandy Panel Discussion, The School of Visual Arts | 01/31/2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRESS & NEWS Footage from the film has been featured in various programs and films across the interent, and television. Some of them included are The History Channel, The Associated Press, National Geographic, BBC, The Weather Channel, PBS NOVA, The Discovery Channel, NBC, Qualcomm Spark, HULU, and as well, various NYC nonprofit organizations who have used the film to help raise relief funds for hurricane victims. Wired Magazine - “Gothic High-Tech”