MAL-AMOR

A lost man awakens to find his former muse beckoning him into the forest, where he must confront the haunting symbols of their eroding relationship.

Credits / Collaborators / Cast

Writer & Director – Joshua Stoker
Production Company – Cigarettes & Milk

Executive Producer – Guy Bodart
Executive Producer – Ann Stoker
Executive Producer – Douglas Renison
Executive Producer – Raul Cantillo
Executive Producer – Da Vi Peña

Unit Production Manager – Adriana Faraudo
1st Assistant Director – Alejandro Medina
2nd Assistant Director – Fernando Díaz

Director of Photography – Shane Hecksel
1st Assistant Camera – Blake Hunter
2nd Assistant Camera – Ciarra Rose
2nd Assistant Camera (3rd Day) – Wes Collins
Gaffer – Topher Leonard
Key Grip – Austin Whiting
Grip – Alessa Maiuri
Grip – Abi Brawley

Production Designers – Claire Yu and Daniela Alvarez
Set Decorator – Michael Bigsby
Costume Designer – Max Pelayo
Costume Designer – Ana Achurra
SFX Makeup – Wyatt March

Editor – Ian Zych
Color by Company 3
Colorist – Justin White
Finishing Producer – Tatiana Thorne
Sound Designer – Nathan Yamaguchi
ADR Recording Artists – Hypnus Yao and Chang Xu

BTS Photographer – Lukas Karamitsanis
BTS Videographer – Michelle Chwala
Production Assistant – Andrea Stoker

Cast
Man – Eldar Isgandarov
Woman – Alexa Wexler

The story behind the film

The story behind the film

MAL-AMOR (Spanish for Lovesickness) is based on a poem written for a past lover. The film acts as a visual revisitation of the relationship’s long lost symbols, and the regression of reuniting with a love that.

FILM DETAILS

Genre: Experimental
Country: USA
Language: English
Length in minutes: 3
YEAR: 2024