Updates from Fé De Agua

In late December last year, there was a meeting of a group of passionate and creative people in Tamarindo. They had gathered excitedly to discuss an idea formulated by Costa Rican surf guide author Johnny Yonkers and photographer Sergio Pucci. The idea was a story about the passage in life of a young Guanacastecan
It has been less than seven months since that meeting where “Fé De Agua” was born and so much has happened. A dream-laden idea was launched with an enthusiasm that took hold of the whole community.

Since that day a movie has almost been made. Guana Productions raised $5000 in cash from individuals and businesses, received technical, post production and equipment support from DART S.A of San Jose valued at over $10,000 and had over 100 people through the set during an intense five day shoot. The project has attracted both talented first timers and seasoned professionals, all of whom, worked without pay. Those included New York based award winning director Alrick Brown, Photographer Sergio Pucci, San Jose based film industry professional Maria Coronas and a whole host of others. In front of the camera it was a different story. None of the four key actors had any significant experience acting. Despite this lack of experience, we were fortunate to have an extremely experienced acting coach in the shape of Paul Belanger whose 20 years theater experience extracted convincing performances from the principles. All four are real Ticos, with real lives and real stories. Three are Guanacastecans.

In parallel to this project we also launched the Fé De Agua Surf Scholarship. This will be a fund to assist young Guanacaste surfers who show talent but are restrained by financial circumstances. This project will begin at the end of 2009 and will raise money both from Fe De Agua contributions and independent fund raising. We are also contributing to Carlos Daniel, our young lead actors education. Carlos comes from a challenging background.

Our publicity campaign has yielded features in many of the regions major publications including The Tico Times, The Tamarindo News, Utopia, La Nacion, Zona Next The Howler, Surfzine, Surfos and CATURGUA’s publication Guanacaste. We also had Teletica 7’s magazine show En Vivo, air an eight minute segment on prime time television.
It seems we are asked on a daily basis when everyone can see the movie. Once the movie is completed, it will premier in Tamarindo, then be submitted into the Costa Rican International Film Festival then submitted to a schedule of international film festivals through 2010, providing publicity and exposure for Guanacaste and for Costa Rica .

Right now we have what is known as a rough cut, which is a loosely edited version of the film that lasts around 20 minutes. This currently has basic sound and no music. This is the embryo.

There is now only one piece of filming that we have to get that will bind the project. The surf footage, was shot this week at witches rock, you can see photos below. Next we will be attending the ISA World Surfing Games in Hermosa both to publicize the project and to film surf crowd footage for usage in our movie. We plan to have a trailer to show at that time. With that being the final piece to be filmed, the final cut will be created after which the score (music) is added and then finally, all the graphics, credits and subtitles (the film will be subtitled in both in English and Spanish where ever applicable making it truly bilingual).

Right now we are short of funds to complete this project. We will need around $1000 to complete filming and get us into the final editing process and a further $2000 to cover paying people to do the final touches such as soundtrack and graphics and get us to the premier!

Please contact us for more details if you are interested in getting involved in order us to help finish our project and get it onto the screen where it belongs. We have many sponsor fulfillment options, especially as our premier draws closer.

For more information, please contact

Thornton Cohen Executive Producer twj@nomadpics.com
Natasha Pachano Assistant Director Natashapachano@me.com

If you wish to donate to our project, you can do so by depositing to our Banco Nacional account.

Acc # 1-200-02-145-004193-0
Acc Name 3-101-528291

Filming has begun in Tamarindo and the surrounding areas

Filming of Fé De Agua has begun in Guanacaste. Please find a gallery of images below. we will post a report after we finish filming and have caught up on sleep

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Fe De Agua and Babylon unite on Reggae Night

A massive Jah bless to all those who attended Babylon last night (Thursday March 12th) for the FE DE AGUA pre-production party fundraiser…what a turnout!  The HERBAlist SELECTA played to an enthusiastic crowd right until closing. The event raised over $700, which will go along way contributing to the budget so close to shooting.

Many thanks go out to Sebastian and the awesome staff @ Babylon.
We also received a great response for the casting call from people willing to be a part of the film as actor’s and extra’s.

Thanks again to everyone from Tamarindo and beyond for your continued support and donations, we are truly stoked by the response.

Fundraiser at Cala Luna

Fundraiser at Cala Luna, Playa Langosta

Wednesday night March 4th Please join us for a Sunset Cocktail on the beach at Playa Langosta accompanied by musicial prowess of Avellino, followed by all you can eat sushi at La Caletta..

We will be showcasing a video presentation of director Alrick Brown’s previous work and what it takes to make a movie. With more music by acoustic musicians, Josh Engels, Emily Malloy and DJ Ciro.

We will be conducting a live auction, local contributors have dontated 10-15 items that will be auctioned off.

Tickets in advance are $35. Please RSVP at info@fedeagua.com See you there!!!

What a great night at Dragonfly

Fe De Agua got together with Dragonfly Bar and Grill and had a great time last Friday. With music from Josh Engels, Emily and Elliott Greenspan it was basically an impromptu jam session. We raised $900 towards out project and had a great night.

We would like to thank the following for their invaluable support for this event

Tish Tomlinson and Dragonfly Bar and Grill

Kelleys Surf Shop

Studio Tamarindo

Sean Davis Photography

DJ Stephen Denton

Jaime Pelligro Bookshop

Jaguart

Papaya con Leche

La Laguna de Cocodrilo

The girls at Dragonfly who basically donated their time for all to party.

We look forward to seeing you at out next event which will be at Cala Luna on March 4th. details to follow

Fundraising Dinner at the Dragonfly Bar and Grill

Please join us for a an evening of live music, great food, silent auction and a short film presentation on the evening of friday 30th January. We are going to have live entertainment by musician Josh Engels and DJ Stepehen- you know it going to be a good night- Denton and a short film presentation of the works of Alrick Brown, the Director of  Fe De Agua. We will also have a silent auction with 20 value items. Tickets in advance are$40. See you there!!!

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Guana Productions presents Fe De Agua

Synopsis of Fe De Agua

There are moments in one’s life that will either make or break you.  Fe De Agua is a short film about one such moment, when a boy from Guanacaste comes face to face with his destiny.  It’s a story about love, life, family, faith, and learning to stand on water.

Hay momentos en la vida que nos definen. Fe De Agua es un cortometraje sobre dicho momento, acerca de un niño oriundo de Guanacaste que se enfrenta con su destino. Es una historia sobre el amor, la vida, la familia, la fé y el aprender a pararse sobre el agua.

The future of filmmaking in Guanacaste

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