Our team
Joe Blank
Writer / Director
Joe is a filmmaker who has lived and worked in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, and comes to this story with the experience of producing and finishing two feature films. Both films examine how people are caught in routines together, and the experience by which we either break or embrace patterns.
ROMAN CANDLE (2021), his debut feature film, went to 12 film festivals, winning several awards and nominations including Best Director at Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival and Best Drama through Film Invasion LA. It explores the dynamic revolving around an intimate romance and the beat-for-beat process of how love falls apart.
His second feature film FRIENDS FROM HOME (2023), premiered at the Big Apple Film Festival in May 2023 and has won awards at Stony Brook Film Festival. It’s a road-trip buddy dramedy that tells a relationship story through the lens of a male friendship.
SOFIA SNYDER | Producer
Sofia is a Cuban-American independent film producer based in Los Angeles, who is passionate about finding unique stories. She has over a decade of experience as a Coordinator in film and media production, starting her career at National Geographic Channel and most recently lending her expertise to feature films including CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH (2022), BEING THE RICARDOS (2021), and LICORICE PIZZA (2021). Her most recent project FINDING BEAST won Best Documentary Short in London, UK at The People’s Film Festival and is currently on festival runs domestically and internationally.
COLLIN HOTCHKISS | Producer/Editor
Collin Hotchkiss is a Producer and Editor whose experience in production and post enables him to balance the needs of any project he works on. He most recently served as a producer of the feature film MONTH TO MONTH and as the executive producer and editor of ROMAN CANDLE. While he typically works in the editorial department as an Assistant Editor on feature films including THE NIGHT HOUSE and THE BINGE, he is also known for his experience as an on-set VFX supervisor, VFX editor, and post workflow consultant.
CALLIE ROBINSON | Marketing Producer
Callie is an Alabama raised independent film producer and marketer. She started her career off in commercial production, working on the executive team at award winning production company SMUGGLER, where she also met Joe Blank. She now works For Netflix awards marketing team, helping to promote award nominations and wins across Oscars and Emmy seasons, securing wins for films like Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and groundbreaking television shows such as A24’s BEEF and Squid Game.
JAVIER GONZALEZ | Executive Producer
Javier has worked in various Producer roles on the following Feature Films, Short Films and Web Series: “Halley” (Sundance 2013), “Valedictorian” (Rotterdam 2015), “Hepburn” (NY Film Festival 2015), “3rd Street Blackout” (LA Film Festival 2015), “The Transfiguration” (Cannes 2016), “In the Radiant City” (Toronto 2016), “Mildred and the Dying Parlor” (Tribeca 2015), “Honeymoon” (NY Film Festival 2016), “Sugar” (PBS 2015), “It’s Bruno” (Netflix 2019), “The Privates” (Vimeo Staff Pick, July 2017), “Swallow” (TriBeCa 2019), “This Teacher” (LA Film Festival 2018), “Tesla” (Sundance 2021), “Land of Dreams” (Venice 2022), “2nd Chance” (Sundance 2022), “Funny Pages” (Cannes 2022), “Still: A Michael J Fox Movie” (Sundance 2023), “Navajo Police: Class 57” (HBO 2023), “Cassandro” (Sundance 2023), “In The Summers” (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner 2024).