Filmmaker, Francisco Solorzano

Barefoot Studio Pictures' latest short film, AS CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR written and directed by Francisco Solorzano (award winning director of Floating Sunflowers starring Emmy Nominated actress, Anna Chlumsky) is currently in Post-Production and needs a little support to make it past the finish line!!!  We are proud to have LAUNCHED our Crowdfunding Campaign via SEED&SPARK.  

Please consider a contribution of any size and become a part of the filmmaking process.  The film stars Lynn Cohen (Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Sex and the City, Spielberg's Munich) along with the Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble.  To learn more about our film and crowdfunding campaign, please visit: 

http://www.seedandspark.com/studio/as-constant-as-the-northern-star#story

Your support means the world to us!  Thank you for taking the time to consider our collaboration.  

Here's a little more on our writer/director:

FRANCISCO SOLORZANO

Actor / Director / Filmmaker

Award winning filmmaker and Proud Member of the newly formed Directors Unit at The Actor's Studio led by Academy Award Winner, Estelle Parsons and acclaimed director, Daniel Talbott.  Member: Actor's Studio's PDU, Barefoot Theatre Company, Actor's Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. 

Francisco has led the Barefoot Theatre Company as Producing Artistic Director / Co-Founder for the past 17 years from Off-Off Broadway to become a critically acclaimed and award winning NYC and LA Ensemble.   Produced the Benefit ROCKAWAY, collaborating with Jesse Eisenberg, Gina Gershon, John Doman, Mickey Sumner, Arjun Gupta, Jose Rivera, Frank Pugliese, Jonathan Marc Sherman and many others at the Cherry Lane Theater.

Most notably onstage, Francisco adapted, directed and acted in the critically acclaimed/sold-out Off-Broadway world premiere of DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Theatre Row Theatres).  He is also known for his leading role in Israel Horovitz's two-act drama SINS OF THE MOTHER (alongside Ethan Hawke, Chris Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, and Michael Stuhlbarg); the sold-out, critically acclaimed GLOUCESTER BLUE written & directed by Horovitz (Gloucester Stage Co., Cherry Lane).  Currently collaborating with Horovitz on a new play (Actor’s Studio, Gloucester Stage Co., Orlando Shakespeare Theater) set to premiere in NYC, 2016.   

FILM: Love Simple (HBO Latino Film Festival), Between Something & Nothing (Berlin Film Festival), with Barefoot Studio Pictures, THE GIRL WITH THE JACKET written and directed by Caitlin FitzGerald, award winning FLOATING SUNFLOWERS (also dir.) w/ Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen & Christopher Whalen.  Most recently wrote and directed AS CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR starring Lynn Cohen, Mateo Solorzano and the Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble (Post Production & Best Screenplay Semi-Finalist at Hollyshorts Film Festival). 

THEATER: Collaborated on award winning revivals, NY and World Premieres with some of the most prolific companies including: LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY, RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER, FLORIDA STAGE, GLOUCESTER STAGE CO., ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER, STELLA ADLER THEATER, THEATRE ROW THEATRES. 

BFA in Acting: CUNY'S Brooklyn College; Recipient of the Graduate Theater Organization of Brooklyn College, CUNY's Alumnus of the Year Award.  Additional Select Training: LAByrinth Theater Company; Advanced On-Camera Classes with Risa Bramon Garcia; Lyle Kessler's Acting Masterclass.

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Director, Producer, Actor of Barefoot Studio Pictures' FLOATING SUNFLOWERS

Francisco Solorzano, Producer, Director, and lead actor behind the making of Floating Sunflowers will take part in Barefoot Theatre Company's upcoming Gala & Vassallo Awards celebration on Monday, June 23, 2014 at the SVA THEATRE in NYC. 

Barefoot Theatre Company members, Francisco Solorzano & Christopher Whalen formed the sister co., Barefoot Studio Pictures after producing theater in New York and LA for nearly 15 years.  Barefoot Studio Pictures' second film project, a short written and directed by Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters Of Sex, It's Complicated) is currently in post production and announcement of their upcoming collaboration/project will be announced at the Gala event on June 23rd.  Floating Sunflowers' co-producer, actor, Christopher Whalen will also be a part of the performances at SVA.

Audiences at the Gala and Awards Ceremony will get a chance to take part in a private screening of Barefoot Studio Pictures' debut short film project at a prominent NY & LA venue in the near future.  

To purchase tixs to the Gala & Awards Ceremony visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/720710 - further info below.

Visit Barefoot Studio Pictures' debut film project, Floating Sunflowers via FB & Twitter for further updates on screenings and more!  

Award winning, Floating Sunflowers features Barefoot Theatre Company ensemble member, Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen, Roderick Nash, Francisco Solorzano and Christopher Whalen.  

GOLD REMI AWARD (World Premiere)

CONGRATULATIONS to our entire cast, crew and ALL who helped make our project come to life via our indiegogo.com fundraiser. We're so proud to be GOLD REMI Award Winners for Best Comedy Short at our very first, World Premiere Film Festival at WORLD-FEST HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.  Barefoot Studio Pictures co-founders, Executive Producers and Creative Team, Francisco Solorzano and Christopher Whalen attended the festival this past weekend in Houston, Texas and was thrilled by the love and support given to the debut film project.

UPCOMING FESTIVALS: 

Nashville Film Festival, Friday, April 18th @ 6pm

Newport Beach Film Festival, Saturday, April 26th @ 3:45pm

FLOATING SUNFLOWERS

Sometimes life inspires art, and sometimes...art inspires life.

FLOATING SUNFLOWERS tells the story of June (Anna Chlumsky), a still-life painter, and Henry (Francisco Solorzano), a fiction author, each caught in an emotional winter of their own. Unable to tap into their creative spirit, all seems lost for Henry and June, when a simple twist of fate exposes each of them to the symbols of each other's dilemma. The epiphany causes the creative sparks to fly, as -through only the contact of their creative unconscious- they inspire each other to once again, embrace life.

Produced by Barefoot Studio Pictures
Directed by Francisco Solorzano
Screenplay by Jason Furlani
Starring Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen, Audrey Esparza, Roderick Boyd Nash, Christopher Whalen and Francisco Solorzano
Executive Produced by Barefoot Studio Pictures, Stephanie Elam, Danelle Eliav, Jason Furlani
Consultant, LA Publicity, Lauren Avinoam

FRANCISCO SOLORZANO (DIRECTOR / HENRY)

Originally from Far Rockaway, NY, and born to parents of Puerto Rican and El Salvadoran descent, Francisco has produced, directed, acted, and led the Barefoot Theatre Company as Producing Artistic Director / Co-Founder for the past 15 years from Off-Off Broadway to become a critically acclaimed and award winning NYC and LA Ensemble. Most notably onstage, Francisco adapted, directed and acted in the critically acclaimed/sold-out Off-Broadway world premiere of DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Theatre Row Theatres). Francisco has also been known for his leading role in Israel Horovitz's two-act drama SINS OF THE MOTHER (alongside Ethan Hawke, Chris Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, and Michael Stuhlbarg). Most recently, acted in and co-produced two short films with Barefoot Studio Pictures, THE GIRL WITH THE JACKET written and directed by Caitlin FitzGerald and FLOATING SUNFLOWERS (also dir.) w/ Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen & Christopher Whalen. Collaborated on award winning revivals, NY and World Premieres with some of the most prolific companies including: LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY, RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER, FLORIDA STAGE, GLOUCESTER STAGE CO., ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER, STELLA ADLER THEATER, THEATRE ROW THEATRES. BFA in Acting: CUNY'S Brooklyn College; Recipient of the Graduate Theater Organization of Brooklyn College, CUNY's Alumnus of the Year Award. Currently splits his time between his home in Brooklyn, New York and Hollywood, CA.

ANNA CHLUMSKY (JUNE) 
Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble Member, Anna Chlumsky became a household name when she starred alongside Macaulay Culkin as Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 film, My Girl. Since then, she has continued making a name for herself in film, on television and on stage. In television, Chlumsky can be currently seen in the Emmy© nominated HBO Comedy, “Veep” as Amy, chief of staff to Vice President of the United States (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). The comedy series is a spin-off of The Thick of It and is written by Armando Iannucci. Other notable TV credits include: “Hannibal”, "White Collar" (Recurring role), "Covert Affairs", "The Quinn-Tuplets" (CBS Pilot), "House Rules" (CBS pilot), "Cupid", "30 Rock", "Law & Order", "Eight Days a Week" (CW pilot), "Twelve Men of Christmas" and "3 Weeks 3 Kids." Chlumsky will soon star as Sabrina in Bert and Arie’s Guide to Friendship. The film is directed and written by Jeff Kaplan and set for a release later this year. Anna will also be seen in SAM, a John A. Gallagher film, alongside fellow actors Chris Klein and James Lafferty. The film, currently in pre-production is about a New York City male who is magically transformed into a beautiful girl, falls in love with his best friend (Chlumsky) and learns what it is to be a woman. Chlumsky's other notable film credits include: In The Loop; The Good Guy; Blood Car; My Girl 2; Gold Diggers; the Glamour Reel Short, and Wait. New York stage credits include: 3C, Love, Loss, and What I Wore(Westside Theatre); So Help Me God (Mint Theatre Company);Unconditional (LAByrinth Theater Company); The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (DR2); Darwin in Malibu (Bay Street Theatre); The Butcherhouse Chronicles (Summer Play Festival); Balm in Gilead (Barefoot Theatre Company - Member); Half Life (Flea Theater/Fringe Festival); Iphigeneia at Aulis (TimeSpace Productions); Measure for Measure (Astoria Performing Arts Center); No Alarms: Headfullofradio (Veritas Productions); and The Trojan Women (Veritas Productions).

April 2014

World Premiere (Floating Sunflowers)

WE are PROUD to announce that our debut film, FLOATING SUNFLOWERS directed by Francisco Solorzano; screenplay by Jason Furlani; featuring Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen, Audrey Esparza, Christopher Whalen & Francisco Solorzano will have its WORLD PREMIERE at WorldFest-Houston this April.  More screenings to follow!!!

CASTING (Upcoming Film Shoot)

Hey Friends and Loved Ones,

Elephant's Child Productions in association with Barefoot Studio Pictures and Daniella Rabbani Productions are shooting a short film and we are looking for background talent for two of our shoot days! It is a very low-budget adventure so we can't offer compensation, but we can promise food, lots of coffee, and a great time had by all! 

Here is the breakdown:

Sunday November 10th 7am-5pm we need 30 ppl, men and women. Wearing business casual/nice dresses if possible. The vibe is "hip" bar downtown where the Wall Street crowd goes to get really drunk on a weeknight. 

Monday November 11th 8am - 6pm we are looking for 10 people. The dress is casual and warm as we will be shooting in Central Park. 

Please respond to Christopher Whalen at nycwhalen@yahoo.com if you are interested and available for any or all of those days. Thanks so much and hope to see you on set!

Best,

Barefoot Studio Pictures