MOSES
(127 min) US

WEDNESDAY 10/23, 7:50 PM (SESSION 18)

[watch trailer]
Director/Producer: Fran Guijarro 
Producers: Diya Guha, Fran Guijarro, and Juli López

Description:


In San Francisco, a man enduring homelessness for two decades connects with passersby to be seen among the invisible—a skill he learned from a promising music career cut short in the '70s, and one that will ultimately transform his life. Filmed over the course of 15 years, the story features Moses's original, unreleased music and has been captured in MiniDV, HD video, 35mm, Super 16mm, and Super 8mm film.

Biography:

Fran Guijarro
earned an MFA in Copywriting at the Academy of Art University with the support of the 'laCaixa Full Scholarship Program', and also studied Screenwriting at the Cuba International School of Film and Television. Fran has worked for advertising agencies in Europe and the U.S., taught at AAU's MFA Advertising program, and directed commercials internationally. His first short documentary, Mexican Cuisine screened at over 50 film festivals, including Cannes SFC and AFI Fest, winning 16 awards. Due to his work on Moses and Stories Behind The Fog, which chronicles the stories of 100 individuals experiencing homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, Fran has been featured in KQED's 'Behind The Lens' series, selected as a FilmHouse resident at SFFILM, and received invitations to speak at TEDx San Francisco and Creative Mornings. Fran is dabbling in music, crafting songs with acoustic guitar, ukulele, and Native American flutes.

Diya Guha grew up in a family with academic conviction about the intrinsic value of education and the deep sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that can arise through its pursuit. After finishing high school, she decided to move to Mumbai, 1250 miles away from home, to pursue an undergraduate degree in Economics at The Sophia College of Mumbai. Then, she joined the world-renowned advertising and media company, Mindshare. She completed her MFA in Creative Strategy at the Academy of Art University San Francisco. She currently works as a producer at Across The Pond

Juli López 
is an award-wining Director of Photography and Producer. He holds an MBA in International Business from the Moore School of Business in Columbia S.C. and an MFA in Cinematography from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. His work on Mexican Cuisine, a documentary that honors the flavor of Mexican immigration in the US, was awarded Best Cinematography at the New York Digital Short Film Festival and received sixteen other international awards, including the prestigious Clio Award. He worked for two years as Director of Photography for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, creator of the famous campaign 'Got Milk?'. He was the cinematographer on the Adobe Cloud piece I am the New Creative, which was awarded with a Silver Cannes Cyber Lion.

Contact Information:

e: franguijarro@me.com
w: https://mosesdoc.com/





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