FILM

BRENDA & BILLY AND THE POTHOS PLANT Writer / Director

WORLD PREMIERE - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2023

“The cast is perfect. Stiles and Fontana play off each other like true siblings with a love/hate relationship…This is not only a superb cast but great writing…BRENDA & BILLY (and the Pothos Plant) is a fun and bat-crazy short film that will have you laughing from beginning to end.” --FilmThreat.com

”Solomon certainly has a knack for comedy, but he also has a knack for realism, for understanding what really goes on behind closed doors…Brenda and Billy (and the Pothos Plant) leans heavily on comedy, we know that, but this juxtaposition of life and death that transcends the entirety of the film reminds viewers that even in the darkest corners of the world, there is light, there is hope, there is the potential for good.” —Bain’s Film Reviews

CAST:

Santino Fontana, Sarah Stiles with Julie Halston, Beethovan Oden and Catherine Curtin

Written and Directed by Dave Solomon

Produced by Karen Johnston, Harris Doran, Dave Solomon

Co-Producers: Sarah Stiles, Santino Fontana

Associate Producer: David Meyer

“The chemistry between Stiles and Fontana works well. Her passionate energy is duly softened by his calm nonchalance. This could easily work as a comedy series…Brenda and Billy and the Pothos Plant is full of zany charm and likeable characters and it is in the physical comedy where it really peaks. Not enough filmmakers value practical effects when it comes to on-screen vomit but Solomon gives it its day in the sun.” -UKFilmReview

Director of Photography: David N. Stiles

Production Designer: Nathaniel Garner

Costume Designer: Lisa Zinni

Wig Design: Tommy Kurzman

Special Makeup Effects: Gotham FX / Rich Krussell & Paul J. Mason

Music by Michael Holland

Sound Design by RSP Sound

Edited by Dave Solomon

First Assistant Director: Danny McCrea

Assistant Camera: Karoline Iversen

Gaffer: Tobias Ohlsson

Grip: Izzy Olgaard

Steadicam Operator: Charlie Muentes

Production Sound Mixed: Sam Beneitone

Hair and Makeup: Samantha Figueroa

Script Supervisor: Alexx Pierce

Fight Co-ordinator: Collin Kelly-Sordelet

VFX by Bridget Fullan

“One unsung hero is the practical effects — a dying art in the industry. The special effects are all basic effects of blood shooting out of necks, projectile vomit, and sickly-looking makeup. They are the film’s backbone, and I was glad to see them done practically and quite well.” - FilmThreat.com

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production design - Shoko Kambara

costume design - Fabian F. Aguilar / Shoko Kambara

sound design - Ric Schnupp

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set decorator - Katie Spencer

costume designer - Jacqueline Durran

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Camera Direction by Alex Rudzinski

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Assistant to the Director

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produced by Anne Carey, Iain Canning

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edited by Virginia Katz

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costume design - Keith Madden