FILMOGRAPHY
SHEER
2012
Director: Ruben Mazzoleni
Writers: Juan Cruz Pochat & Ruben Mazzoleni
Producer: Juan Cruz Pochat
Executive Producers: Richard Tarczaly / Thomas Gonzalez / Juan Cruz Pochat / Ruben Mazzoleni
Cast: Michael Jefferson / Aaron Barcelo / Frances E. Koepenick / Rachael Brookner
Nick and Joe are two young men united by the bond of friendship, who aspire to survive together the streets of New York. But when Joe sees an opportunity to start a new life away from the big metropolis, he puts Nick's life in danger leading to an uncertain predicament in which they will have to stick together, more than ever, to overcome their dreadful destiny.
WHEN THE SHADOW FALLS
2012
Director: Juan Cruz Pochat
Writer: Juan Cruz Pochat
Producer: Juan Cruz Pochat
Cast: Devin Harjes / Laura Quesinberry Uchida / Randall Mcneal
James Elliot Conrad, a skillful assassin, uses the knife as his weapon of choice to eliminate corrupt businessmen in New York's Financial District. As his assignments grow, he is unable to find any kind of redemption for all the lives he takes.
EMPIRICAL
2009
Director: Juan Cruz Pochat
Writer: Juan Cruz Pochat
Producer: Juan Cruz Pochat
Cast: Randall MacNeal, Jillian Federman
Awards: Honorable Mention Rochester International Film Festival 2010 / Official Selection Brooklyn International Film Festival / International Film Festival Ireland / Swansea Bay Film Festival / International Youth Film Festival
A man describes his life experiences through a list of numbers. But as he gets closer and closer to the end, he realizes that this might be the last list he would ever write.
ANGELS
2009
Director: Ruben Mazzoleni
Writer: Ruben Mazzoleni
Producer: Ruben Mazzoleni
Executive Producer: Juan Cruz Pochat
Cast: Anthony Pizzuto, Ed Kalegi
Awards: Winner 2010 Aloha Accolade Award Honolulu International Film Festival / Official Selection NYC Downtown Short Film Festival / New Filmmaker L.A. at Sunset Grower Studios / Fallbrook Film Festival / Kent Film Festival
The encounter of two strangers on a bridge reflects the deep American economical crisis at its maximum expression, forcing these two men to test the limits of their own survival.