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Broken Windows Selected for the 2008 San Diego Film Festival
Film by Tony Hickman to Premiere September 26 at the Gaslamp Theatre
September 17, 2008 – San Diego, CA Sightline Entertainment and Meherio Productions in
association with Kornfeld Productions announced today that their first feature film, Broken
Windows, has been selected for the 2008 San Diego Film Festival (SDFF). The film will premiere
Friday, September 26 at 9:30 pm at the Gaslamp Theatre in downtown San Diego in conjunction
with the SDFF. Broken Windows is the only feature film selected for the festival that was written,
filmed, and produced locally in San Diego.
“We are very excited to be part of the San Diego Film Festival.” stated Christophe Jouin, Founder
and Executive Producer at Meherio Productions. “Many of us involved in the creation of Broken
Windows make our homes in San Diego, and we are happy to support the local independent film
industry.”
Broken Windows cast and crew has strong ties to San Diego. Broken Windows writer and director,
Tony Hickman grew up in San Diego and attended Clairemont’s Madison High School. Along with
producer Thomas J. Rasera, he attended San Diego State University’s film school graduating in
2001. Executive producers, Rick Kornfeld, Christophe Jouin, and Bob Hickman, as well as actress
Sara Jane Nash, all reside in San Diego.
Broken Windows follows the lives of four women for three days as they seek to navigate through the
scars left by trauma, the uncertainty of career and relationship choices, and the responsibilities to
family, friends, and themselves. Larisa Oleynik (“The Secret world of Alex Mack”, “Ten Things I
Hate About You”) plays Sara, a photographer who is constantly being offered high paying
commercial work, but is losing sight of her creativity that made her a success in the first place.
Jennifer Hall (“CSI”) plays Amy, a lesbian who's grieving over the death of her partner and the stress
of being unaccepted by her father (Michael Gross, “Family Ties”, “Tremors”). . Sarah Thompson
(“7th heaven”) is Katie, a struggling actress who has a dwindling relationship with her boyfriend,
Walt (Jason George, “Barber Shop”, “Eli Stone”), who is a more successful actor. And Sara Jane
Nash (“Unspoken”) is Beth, a psychologist who is successful in helping people with their problems
but struggles with finding closure from her own troubled past.
"These are four powerful and interesting women who are being tested and
pushed to their limits." said Hickman. "I wrote the script to reflect real women with real lives, like the
ones I see around me everyday who love and inspire me."
Tickets to the Broken Windows premiere can be purchased at http://sdff.bside.
com/2008/films/brokenwindows_sdff2008. For more information on Broken Windows, see www.
brokenwindowsfilm.com.
PR Contact: Elizabeth Rose at elizhrose@hotmail.com
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IndieWIRE.com, June 2007, Production Report:
"Broken Windows"
The lives of four women are highlighted in writer-director Tony Hickman's feature debut.
After making the short film "Hear, I Dreamt" two years ago about six women who, while hanging out
together, reveal themselves by telling brief stories, Hickman has always been interested in taking that
female-centered story and making it into a feature. "Many times in films I feel that the women are
there to show the men," he says. "Like, if the man wasn't in the film the woman wouldn't have a
role."
For two years Hickman worked on the script for his first feature that follows four women over the
course of three days. Larisa Oleynik plays Sara who has just turned 25, the same age her mother was
when she died, and deals with the anxiety of not having a mother. Jennifer Hall plays Amy, a lesbian
who's grieving over the death of her partner and the stress of being unaccepted by her family. Sarah
Thompson is Katie, a struggling actress who has a dwindling relationship with her boyfriend, Walt
(Jason George), who's a more successful actor. And Sara Jane Nash is Beth, a psychiatrist who is
successful in helping people with their problems but struggles with finding closure from her own
troubled past. "I wanted to take some interesting characters, follow them, watch them, not really
manufacture the drama just have them come from the characters," Hickman says about coming up
with the stories.
Shot in LA and San Diego in April for 20 days on Super 16mm by Jason Cochard, the film is being
cut by Mathew Jones. Thomas J. Rasera is producing. Executive producers are Hickman, Christophe
Jouin and Rick Kornfeld.
For more information, visit www.brokenwindowsfilm.com.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, April 18, 2007: Broken Windows has begun Principal Photography - PR,
"BROKEN WINDOWS", a full length SAG independent feature film, produced by Meherio
Productions in conjunction with Sightline Entertainment, begins principal photography
A compelling story about the interwoven lives of four women, starring Larisa Oleynik, Sarah
Thompson, Jennifer Hall and Sara Jane Nash, begins filming on location in Los Angeles and La Jolla,
CA.
La Jolla, California April 18th 2007 - Meherio Productions and Sightline Entertainment are pleased to
announce the commencement of principal photography for the feature film "Broken Windows".
Written and directed by Tony Hickman, produced by Thomas J Rasera and executive produced by
Christophe Jouin and Rick Kornfeld.
Shot on location in Los Angeles and La Jolla, CA, the film follows the life of four women over three
days, with an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Larisa Oleynik ("10 Things I Hate About You",
"The Secret World of Alex Mack"), Sarah Thompson ("7th Heaven", "Angel", "Cruel Intentions 2"),
Jennifer Hall ("Nip/Tuck"), Sara Jane Nash ("Unspoken"), Corri English ("Bedford Diaries", "CSI:
Miami"), Jonathan Murphy ("Mini's First Time", "October Road"), Jason George ("What About
Brian?", "Barbershop"), Devon Gummersall ("My So-Called Life", "The L Word"), and Michael
Gross ("Family Ties", "Tremors", "ER").
"Broken Windows" is a story that intertwines the uncertainties of life, our ideas and our unfulfilled
dreams. It is a journey through emotions and an attempt to reconcile, to go on, to live. It is an
insightful and powerful portrayal of how people struggle with problems.
Writer/Director Tony Hickman tells a compelling story with women at the center of the film:
"These are four powerful and interesting women who are being tested and pushed to their limits."
said Hickman. "I wrote the script to reflect real women with real lives, like the ones I see around me
everyday who love and inspire me."
Principal photography for "Broken Windows" began on April 16th 2007 and will continue through to
May 14th 2007.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) September 7, 2006 -- Meherio Productions and Sightline Entertainment
are delighted to announce their film “UNSPOKEN” has been accepted into the 10th Annual Los
Angeles International Short Film Festival. The festival, which runs September 5th–14th at ArcLight,
in Hollywood will premier “UNSPOKEN” September 8th at 10:15 p.m.
Directed by Tony Hickman and starring ALEX QUINN, (Last Goodbye, Clash, Curse Of Alcatraz,
Lake Dead), SARA JANE NASH (Curse Of Alcatraz, Pushing Thirty) and BROOKE TOSCANO,
“UNSPOKEN” explores the limits of relationships and whether some things are best left unsaid.
John (Quinn) and Claire (Nash) live what appears to be a quiet, normal life. Married for three years,
the couple has forgotten why they fell in love. With the hope that their attraction will be rekindled,
Claire throws John a party for his 30th birthday. Little does she know that they will meet and become
friends with Christine (Toscano), a woman whose free spirited charm instantly affects John and
Claire. As the couple gets to know Christine, their relationship undergoes a cataclysmic change
neither expected.
Film by Tony Hickman to Premiere September 26 at the Gaslamp Theatre
September 17, 2008 – San Diego, CA Sightline Entertainment and Meherio Productions in
association with Kornfeld Productions announced today that their first feature film, Broken
Windows, has been selected for the 2008 San Diego Film Festival (SDFF). The film will premiere
Friday, September 26 at 9:30 pm at the Gaslamp Theatre in downtown San Diego in conjunction
with the SDFF. Broken Windows is the only feature film selected for the festival that was written,
filmed, and produced locally in San Diego.
“We are very excited to be part of the San Diego Film Festival.” stated Christophe Jouin, Founder
and Executive Producer at Meherio Productions. “Many of us involved in the creation of Broken
Windows make our homes in San Diego, and we are happy to support the local independent film
industry.”
Broken Windows cast and crew has strong ties to San Diego. Broken Windows writer and director,
Tony Hickman grew up in San Diego and attended Clairemont’s Madison High School. Along with
producer Thomas J. Rasera, he attended San Diego State University’s film school graduating in
2001. Executive producers, Rick Kornfeld, Christophe Jouin, and Bob Hickman, as well as actress
Sara Jane Nash, all reside in San Diego.
Broken Windows follows the lives of four women for three days as they seek to navigate through the
scars left by trauma, the uncertainty of career and relationship choices, and the responsibilities to
family, friends, and themselves. Larisa Oleynik (“The Secret world of Alex Mack”, “Ten Things I
Hate About You”) plays Sara, a photographer who is constantly being offered high paying
commercial work, but is losing sight of her creativity that made her a success in the first place.
Jennifer Hall (“CSI”) plays Amy, a lesbian who's grieving over the death of her partner and the stress
of being unaccepted by her father (Michael Gross, “Family Ties”, “Tremors”). . Sarah Thompson
(“7th heaven”) is Katie, a struggling actress who has a dwindling relationship with her boyfriend,
Walt (Jason George, “Barber Shop”, “Eli Stone”), who is a more successful actor. And Sara Jane
Nash (“Unspoken”) is Beth, a psychologist who is successful in helping people with their problems
but struggles with finding closure from her own troubled past.
"These are four powerful and interesting women who are being tested and
pushed to their limits." said Hickman. "I wrote the script to reflect real women with real lives, like the
ones I see around me everyday who love and inspire me."
Tickets to the Broken Windows premiere can be purchased at http://sdff.bside.
com/2008/films/brokenwindows_sdff2008. For more information on Broken Windows, see www.
brokenwindowsfilm.com.
PR Contact: Elizabeth Rose at elizhrose@hotmail.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IndieWIRE.com, June 2007, Production Report:
"Broken Windows"
The lives of four women are highlighted in writer-director Tony Hickman's feature debut.
After making the short film "Hear, I Dreamt" two years ago about six women who, while hanging out
together, reveal themselves by telling brief stories, Hickman has always been interested in taking that
female-centered story and making it into a feature. "Many times in films I feel that the women are
there to show the men," he says. "Like, if the man wasn't in the film the woman wouldn't have a
role."
For two years Hickman worked on the script for his first feature that follows four women over the
course of three days. Larisa Oleynik plays Sara who has just turned 25, the same age her mother was
when she died, and deals with the anxiety of not having a mother. Jennifer Hall plays Amy, a lesbian
who's grieving over the death of her partner and the stress of being unaccepted by her family. Sarah
Thompson is Katie, a struggling actress who has a dwindling relationship with her boyfriend, Walt
(Jason George), who's a more successful actor. And Sara Jane Nash is Beth, a psychiatrist who is
successful in helping people with their problems but struggles with finding closure from her own
troubled past. "I wanted to take some interesting characters, follow them, watch them, not really
manufacture the drama just have them come from the characters," Hickman says about coming up
with the stories.
Shot in LA and San Diego in April for 20 days on Super 16mm by Jason Cochard, the film is being
cut by Mathew Jones. Thomas J. Rasera is producing. Executive producers are Hickman, Christophe
Jouin and Rick Kornfeld.
For more information, visit www.brokenwindowsfilm.com.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, April 18, 2007: Broken Windows has begun Principal Photography - PR,
"BROKEN WINDOWS", a full length SAG independent feature film, produced by Meherio
Productions in conjunction with Sightline Entertainment, begins principal photography
A compelling story about the interwoven lives of four women, starring Larisa Oleynik, Sarah
Thompson, Jennifer Hall and Sara Jane Nash, begins filming on location in Los Angeles and La Jolla,
CA.
La Jolla, California April 18th 2007 - Meherio Productions and Sightline Entertainment are pleased to
announce the commencement of principal photography for the feature film "Broken Windows".
Written and directed by Tony Hickman, produced by Thomas J Rasera and executive produced by
Christophe Jouin and Rick Kornfeld.
Shot on location in Los Angeles and La Jolla, CA, the film follows the life of four women over three
days, with an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Larisa Oleynik ("10 Things I Hate About You",
"The Secret World of Alex Mack"), Sarah Thompson ("7th Heaven", "Angel", "Cruel Intentions 2"),
Jennifer Hall ("Nip/Tuck"), Sara Jane Nash ("Unspoken"), Corri English ("Bedford Diaries", "CSI:
Miami"), Jonathan Murphy ("Mini's First Time", "October Road"), Jason George ("What About
Brian?", "Barbershop"), Devon Gummersall ("My So-Called Life", "The L Word"), and Michael
Gross ("Family Ties", "Tremors", "ER").
"Broken Windows" is a story that intertwines the uncertainties of life, our ideas and our unfulfilled
dreams. It is a journey through emotions and an attempt to reconcile, to go on, to live. It is an
insightful and powerful portrayal of how people struggle with problems.
Writer/Director Tony Hickman tells a compelling story with women at the center of the film:
"These are four powerful and interesting women who are being tested and pushed to their limits."
said Hickman. "I wrote the script to reflect real women with real lives, like the ones I see around me
everyday who love and inspire me."
Principal photography for "Broken Windows" began on April 16th 2007 and will continue through to
May 14th 2007.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) September 7, 2006 -- Meherio Productions and Sightline Entertainment
are delighted to announce their film “UNSPOKEN” has been accepted into the 10th Annual Los
Angeles International Short Film Festival. The festival, which runs September 5th–14th at ArcLight,
in Hollywood will premier “UNSPOKEN” September 8th at 10:15 p.m.
Directed by Tony Hickman and starring ALEX QUINN, (Last Goodbye, Clash, Curse Of Alcatraz,
Lake Dead), SARA JANE NASH (Curse Of Alcatraz, Pushing Thirty) and BROOKE TOSCANO,
“UNSPOKEN” explores the limits of relationships and whether some things are best left unsaid.
John (Quinn) and Claire (Nash) live what appears to be a quiet, normal life. Married for three years,
the couple has forgotten why they fell in love. With the hope that their attraction will be rekindled,
Claire throws John a party for his 30th birthday. Little does she know that they will meet and become
friends with Christine (Toscano), a woman whose free spirited charm instantly affects John and
Claire. As the couple gets to know Christine, their relationship undergoes a cataclysmic change
neither expected.