Minka FK

Written, Directed and Shot by Minka Farthing-Kohl & Benjamin Louis Nicholas
After Effects & Radio Tower Sequence Design by Whitney Theis
Production Design by Miranda Hill
Drawn Animation by Greg Lytle
Narration by Matt Stucky 
Music by Norwegian Arms
Title Design by Thomas Nicholas
Edit and Sound Design by Benjamin Louis Nicholas
Sound Mix by Sean Hamilton
Commissioned by Alex White of Next Big Sound

SXSW
LA Film Festival
*Best Short at the Brooklyn Film Festival
*Storyteller Award Malibu Film Festival

Written and Directed by Minka Farthing-Kohl
Starring Ernst Hohmann, Ken McGregor & Patricia Beaudet
Produced by Miranda Hill
Costumes and Special FX Dylan Pecora
Cinematographer Ben Louis Nicholas
Production Designer Noah Grant-Levine
Production Sound Recorder and Mixer Ian McGuire
Sound Designer and Mixer Sean Hamilton
1st AD and Line Producer Aaron Hollander
Gaffer Craig Fineburg
Editors Minka Farthing-Kohl & Ben Louis Nicholas
Assistant Editor Dylan Kohl
Digital EFX and Grip Will DeJessa
Stop Motion Animation Greg Lytle
Stairway Lovers Jennifer Renee Price & Ed Hughes
Associate Producer Sam Farhi
Caterer Anamaya Farthing-Kohl

Music 
Fantasia in mi minore op. 48
su un tema di L. Ryabinin
The Lecay of Maria Grinberg. Vol 4 1947
U.S.S.R.
Charlotte Daddah "Don't Let Me Down"

*Winner of Freese Award for Best Undergraduate Thesis @ Temple University

written and directed by Minka

starring 
Katya Quinn as Candy 
Nicholas Dicicco as Donut
Claire O'Neill as Dot

director of photography Ben Nicholas
gaffer and dolly grip Colin Malone
1st AC Aaron Hollander, Daniel Kremer
1st AD Noah Grant Levine
grips Matt Hindman, Alex Taam

sound recording, mixing and design Sean Hamilton
edited by Minka and Sean Hamilton

music by Daniel Bickart, Benett Daniels, Parker Cipolie, Russell Higbee, and Ted Houghtaling

Directed by Minka and Max Margulies
Starring company player Ernst Hohmann
Produced by LooseWorld
Special Effects by Dylan Pecora and Paul Hackett
Costume by Christina Bolt and Naoko Masuda
Animation by Naoko Masuda, Greg Lytle and Max Marguiles
Karaoke video 'Ruined' by Shaun Paul Costello
Cinematography by Minka 
Gaffer Drew Saracco
2nd Camera Operator Eric Sciole
Grip Sean Hamilton
Edited by Minka and Max
Craft Services Sam Marguiles and Tek Kubowski
Monsters played by Ben Fries

A tale of bike messengers, day labors, and outsourcing gone wild.

Phoenix International Film Festival
Winner of Best Short at Seattle True Independent Film Festival 
Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at Snohomish Carnegie International Film Festival
Anchorage International Film Festival 
Local Sightings Film Festival
Rainier Independent Film Festival
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
Tacoma Film Festival
Acadiana Film Festival
and toured 42 cities with the Bicycle Film Festival

Written and Directed by Brendan O'Neill Kohl

Cinematography and Editing by Minka Farthing-Kohl

Production Sound Mixxxer Burt Gregory

Sound Editor Jamie Hunsdale at Bad Animals Seattle

Composer Ezra Wicks

Produced by Brendan O'Neill Kohl
Line Producer Kulla Jatani
Unit Production Manger Emma O'Neill Kohl
Assistant Director Chris Welsh
Assistant Editor and 1st AC Dylan O'Neill Kohl
Additional Editing Scott Manley
Key Grip Mathhew Rumberg
Key Gaffer "Rocker" Dave Sutton
Best Boy Jefferson Ross Maloney
Title Card and Transportation Coordinator Reid Morris
Additional Music by Steve Ringo, The Throne of Bone

-Cast-
Sam Babani as Sammy
David "Zacatecas" Hernandez as David

Emma O'Neill Kohl as Girl in Elevator
Chris Quigley as Man in the Elevator
My Nhung Pham as Drinking Buddy
Brendan McLaughlin as Bruce the Boss

-Law Office-
Stacie Bane
Stephanie Deng
David Dickhut
Chris Welsh

Jose Briseno
Jorge Rodriguez
Alejandro Briseno
Sergio Briseno
Juan Diaz Melendez

-Bike Messengers-
Justin Phillips
Colin Northcraft
Tom Chapel
Mark Pilder
Aaron Huebner
Jeff Rumberg
John Quan
Steve Ringo
David Putname

Antonio Morales
Efrain Morales
Francsisco H.
Marroquin P.
Alvaro De La Cruz
Simon De La Cruz

-Message Parlor-
Jeremy Cranson
Jose Pop
Zana Geddes

-Preschool-
Kulla Jatani as Teacher
Rudy Antonio Akuino as Teacher
Talile Jatani
Elijah Endale
Gilberto Briseno
Jose Luis Briseno
Kelsey N. White
Ava Pearl Lutkus
Luca Josephine Wuollet
Enedina Carmona

-Tattoo Parlor-
Ruperto Sanchez Jimenez
Tristan House
David Chula Tupper

-Construction Scene-
Luis Pop
Dionisio Gomez Marin
Cesario Sarmineto A.
Alfredo De Jesus Casun Valdez
Jorge Trinidad
Daniel Chuta
Maynor Isaic Tzoc Sisimi - Grip
Hermerlindo "Chino" Sirin - Sound
Laureano "Julio" Samol - Camera

And Introducing
Angel "Pantera" Laguna Laguna as "The Director"

Dir./DP Minka

Produced by LooseWorld

E.P. Dane Reiley

directed by minka and ben nicholas
craft services max marguiles

Produced by LooseWorld