Chocolate and Cigarettes

12/29/2018

Happy holidays everyone! As we are looking towards the New Year we wanted to share this scene with Michael McCallum and Alora Smith. The holidays can be awkward, but hopefully yours weren't this awkward.

Watch the full film at: https://vimeo.com/200904769

12/16/2018

We are officially LIVE on vimeo! Get in the holiday spirit with the most cringe-worthy Christmas ever. If you missed us on the festival circuit now is your chance to watch our comedy/ drama short film. Hope you enjoy! Let us know what you think in the comments :)

https://vimeo.com/200904769

CREDITS:
Written/ Directed by Dave Tappan
Produced by Dave Tappan, Sean Seabiscut, Alex Rosenau
Starring: Michael McCallum, Alora Smith, Jenna Sofia
Co-Starring: Donnevan DonJt Tolbert, Joe Sfair, Patrick Ceglarek, Beau Bremer, Brianna Mayer, Stevie Ansara
Cinematography by Patrick Dowdle
Edit by Joseph Talbot
1st AD Bret Miller
Production Design by Bad Trip Designs
Art Direction by Pat Bird, Victor Calugar, Jaspar Thewes
Costume Design by Lizzie Kassab
Costume Fabricator Kristine Aubry Balinski
Gaffer Steven VanMaele
1st AC Ryan Sundberg
G&E Kurt Schneider, Blake Brown, Cody Cochran, Spencer Whiteman
HMU Cheyanne Luna
Sound Mixers Andre Bottesi, Nik Drankoski, Cruce Grammatico
Color/DIT Davis Nixon
VFX Jon Mitchell
Post Production Sound Mixer Robin Chan
Music Supervision Nicole Churchill
Executive Producers Dave Tappan, Sean Seabiscut, Alex Rosenau, Jeff Tappan, Tracy Tappan, Crystal Denke Edwards
Associate Producers Nicholas Aaron Stachurski, Stevie Ansara, Luka Divac, Phaedrus Raznikov, Cris Carpenter, Jay Grafft
RED Package provided by Eightfold
In Association with Woodward Original
And many more (too many to list here)... see the film for the full list of credits

SYNOPSIS: Nick is a hopelessly romantic (and awkward) flight attendant who decides that tonight is the night he's going to go for the girl of his dreams. But…

12/13/2018

Hey everyone, we have completed our festival run and are now getting ready to post online over the holidays. If you haven't had a chance to see the film yet, keep an eye out! Will be available publicly very soon!

06/17/2018

Congrats to the cast and crew on taking home a Silver Remy award at the 51st WorldFest Houston!

06/10/2018

Congrats to our cast and crew for our next festival acceptance: the 2018 Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival! We will be screening Saturday, June 23 at 7pm.

http://pghindie.com/2018______Schedule__.html

05/07/2018

Shout out to WDIV Local 4 / ClickOnDetroit for showing us love in their writeup for our film! It’s been great to share the film with crowds in Cleveland, Los Angeles, and again in Detroit. If you haven’t had a chance to see the film yet it will be playing this Wednesday at the Cinema Detroit for the Short Film Block Party at Cinema Detroit

A Detroit short film will screen at Cinema Detroit in Midtown after being selected to multiple film festivals around the country.

03/13/2018

Photos from our screening at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival this weekend! Q&A where director Dave Tappan attended in person!

03/11/2018

We are very excited to announce that our short has been accepted to the 42nd Cleveland International Film Festival (a qualifying festival for The Academy)! This is a huge step in our journey. We are extremely grateful and humbled to be included in this incredible lineup of films.

CREDITS
Writer, Director, Producer: Dave Tappan
Producers: Sean Seabiscut, Alex Rosenau
Executive Producers: Dave Tappan, Sean Seabiscut, Alex Rosenau, Jeff Tappan, Tracy Tappan, Crystal Edwards
Associate Producers: Nicholas Aaron Stachurski, Stevie Ansara, Luka Divac, Phaedrus Raznikov, Cris Carpenter, Jay Grafft
In Association with Woodward Original
RED Camera Package provided by Eightfold
Starring: Michael McCallum, Alora Smith, Jenna Sofia
Supporting Cast: Donnevan DonJt Tolbert, Joe Sfair, Patrick Ceglarek, Beau Bremer, Brianna Mayer
Cinematographer: Patrick Dowdle
Editor: Joseph Talbot
Costume Designer: Lizzie Kassab
Production Design: Bad Trip Designs
Art Directors: Pat Bird, Victor Calugar, Jaspar Thewes
1st AD: Bret Miller
Post Production Supervisor, Colorist, DIT, VFX: Davis Nixon
Music Supervisor: Nicole Churchill
VFX: Jon Mitchell
Production Attorney: Deb Schneider
Gaffer: Steven VanMaele
1st AC: Ryan Sundberg
Grips: Kurt Schneider, Blake Brown, Cody Cochran, Spencer Whiteman, Manny Aroyo
Sound Mixer: Andre Bottesi, Nik Drankoski, Cruce Grammatico
Post-Production Sound Mixer: Robin Chan
HMU: Cheyanne Luna
Costume Fabricator: Kristine Aubry Balinski