“Under the cover of darkness, a teenage girl attempts to escape her tormented reality, determined to find her missing father with the help of her best friend and a mysterious device.”
Watch The Film
After an incredible film festival run, we’re proud to announce Through The Stars has been acquired by Gunpowder & Sky’s Sci-Fi division, DUST for it’s digital home.
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Director’s Statement
“Lately, I've been interested in transitioning from the commercial directing world into a more narrative one. Since the pandemic started back in 2020 I was focusing hard on developing a feature and series.
At the beginning of 2021 I had the pleasure of meeting Waleed Sokkar (DP). Soon after he sent me the script for “Through the stars”, that’s when my personal projects took the back seat. As soon as I read the script I immediately knew this was the project I had to focus on. There were too many narrative coincidences in the script that directly related to my personal life. When you watch the film, you’ll understand, without getting into too many details 11:11 has been tattooed on my right wrist for over 15 years. And for me that was the hook.
As I got deeper into the story and backstory with the writer Ryan, everything began to come together. It’s overwhelming how excited I am to have this little, dark, deep and existential piece of storytelling come to life. Can’t wait to share it with the world.”
— Ariel Danziger, Director
Core Team
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Director
Ariel Danziger is a multifaceted, award-winning director who speaks Spanglish like no other. Before moving to New York, Danziger split his childhood between Buenos Aires and Hawaii. He recently completed 3 short films & hybrid short documentary “JAMILA” “SOMEWHERE “RITMO DEL AGUA” now circulating on NOWNESS. He’s been honored twice at the MTV VMAs and was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammys. His work sits at the intersection of cutting-edge and deeply human.
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Writer, Executive Producer, Composer
Ryan Marth is a film & television composer who has created original scores for award winning television shows, short films, feature films, documentaries and more. Coming from the world of writing, recording and touring in hardcore and punk rock bands, he continued his journey as a film composer keeping the same spirit of challenging the norms within his scores. In addition to providing the original score for Through The Stars, Ryan also wrote and Executively Produced the film.
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Director of Photography
Waleed Sokkar is an award-winning director of photography, based in New York City and working globally. His film & photography is based on a documentary approach with a heightened sense of atmosphere and feeling. Known for cinematic story-driven film, extreme attention to detail, strong understanding of light and addressing the needs of each individual project allows Waleed to work in a multidisicplinary fashion.
He has several features under his belt, as well as working with commercial industry staples such as Toyota, Lexus, New Balance, BMW, ZHIYUN, among others.
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Executive Producer
Lisa Carr is a producer with experience in many different arenas within film, television and advertising. She has spent the past five years working within the world of post production, project management and general show production for several reputable brands, podcasts, features, documentaries and short films.
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Producer
Max Gardner is an award-winning producer-director based in Brooklyn, NY. Along with Alex, he is the co-founder of A+M Creative. His recent projects include "Killing Evan" by director Taylor Landesman, "The Big Pitch" by director Rob Enriquez, and a wide variety of commercial, corporate and creative video and film projects.
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Producer
Alex Knapp is an award-winning director, producer and editor working in/around the Catskills region of New York State. His debut feature, the genre-bending thriller "Go/Don't Go," was shot in/around Columbia County, NY and released in 2021 to strong reviews by Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfight. He is hard at work at his 2nd feature, "California City," a sci-fi action-mystery, in between directing and producing commercials, shorts and music videos. Other projects include the short film "Brunch" by director Zack Graham and "Death Homework," directed by Ashley Teague. Alex is co-founder and one-half of A+M Creative, an independent production shop and creative firm.
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Editor
Paul La Calandra is a New York City based film editor who has been working in the ad world for the past 17 years. Spanning commercials, branded content, short films, and music videos, Paul has a reputation for telling strong and emotional narratives in any form. La Calandra has had the pleasure of editing campaigns for brands such as Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Asics, Lululemon, Verizon, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Miller Coors, and Nikon to name a few.
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