The Visitor
United States, 16m, Digital
The first encounter with your loved one's family can be an other-worldly experience. What are the rules of engagement? What are the dangers?
Director: Ferran Mendoza Soler
Writer(s): Ferran Mendoza Soler
Producer(s): Dina Harb
Associate Producer(s): Rebecca Pendarves, Anna Soler, Jenica Heintzelman
Director of Photography: Joshua James Richards
Editor(s): Ferran Mendoza Soler, Carmen Jimenez
Production Design: Eva Tusquets
Sound Design: Borja Sau
Cast: Georgia Ford, Jenica Heintzelman, Teresa Yenque, All Mottram, Chris Balmer, Rebekah Gingrich
Contact: Pensacola Films, com.pensacola@gmail.com, www.pensacolastudio.com
About the Writer/Director
FERRAN MENDOZA SOLER was born in Barcelona and lived there for 25 years. He moved to New York to study filmmaking and currently calls the city home. He directed two short films, Aigua Gelida (2012) and The Visitor (2015), an experimental feature, Harlem Tendre Stock (2014), and a documentary feature, The Outskirts (2009). He also works regularly as Assistant Director, as well as videographer and editor, in both New York and Barcelona.
About the Producer
DINA HARB (Producer) is the founder and managing partner of Birthmark Films, a production company based in Egypt, her native country. Harb is a film producer and sales agent for a number of Arab films. She is currently working on several films in various stages of production. Harb co-produced and is currently selling the documentary Yallah! Underground, and served as associate producer of Words of Witness (2012), an award-winning documentary. She has produced two award-winning shorts in the U.S., as well as more than 50 commercials for international clients such as Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nokia, CNN, Olympic Electric, Qatar National Bank, Danone and Danette. Harb is an M.F.A. candidate at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts and her background is in project management and strategy in the field of marketing, communications and advertising.
