Rebel Without a Crew! Making indie film 'Monday' for 7K in 14 days with director Alejandro Montoya Marin and host Giles Alderson

How to make brilliant indie film 'Monday' whilst being on Robert Rodriguez's TV show Rebel Without A Crew.Alejandro Montoya Marin chats to Giles Alderson (The Dare) about how it all happened and how he turned his short into a feature film that premiered at SXSW.He talks worked with Robert Rodgriguez, making and writing indiefilms and making a feature film under extreme conditions.About AlejandroAlejandro Montoya Marin was born in Laredo Texas and raised in Mexico (Merida and Monterrey). Since a very young age, he has been interested in film.Alejandro went to school for marketing and then attended Vancouver Film School in Canada where he specialized in Directing. He later moved to Albuquerque to join the growing film industry.His narrative work includes: Intrepido (2009), The Princess and the Musician (2013), The Joneses (2014), Low/Fi (2015), Monday (2016), and Leslie (2017). His films have screened in numerous film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Raindance, The Napa Valley Film Festival, Hollyshorts, and many more.In addition to narrative film, Alejandro also has an intense love for music and has directed many music vídeos. He has directed for Sleigh Bells, Chikita Violenta, Motopony, Grimlin, and Stem Ivory.Most recently, Alejandro appeared on the El Rey Network-produced documentary show, REBEL WITHOUT A CREW: THE SERIES. With a budget of only $7000 and 14 days of shooting time, Alejandro was able to adapt his award-winning short film, MONDAY, into a feature film. The movie premiered at special screening during the 2018 SXSW FESTIVAL and most recently was screened to a sold-out audience at the SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. The film is currently on the film festival circuit and continues to pile up rave reviews.Alejandro is now currently working on both his second and third feature film projects.LINKSRaindance OPENING NIGHT PARTY http://bit.ly/RDOpeningNightParty 20% off with code RDPODCAST20Alejandro's WEBSITE: http://www.alejandromontoyamarin.com/Holly Shorts screening on 18th Harmony Gold TheatresINDIE FILM SHOUT OUTA Landscape of Lies - BUY here and support Paul Knight 's filmFollow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @Cjamesdirect @FangedUpFilm @thedaremoviePart of the www.podfixnetwork.com

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