Portfolio Categories: Completed Films
Didgori
STARRING: Elgudzha Burduli, Nevin Millan, Mika Sakvarelidze, Wil Wesley
DIRECTOR: Nikoloz Khomasuridze
PRODUCERS / WRITERS: Nikoloz Khomasuridze, Nevin Millan
RUNTIME: 35 Min
YEAR: 2009
GENRE: Historical Epic
DISTRIBUTION: Republic of Georgia
LINKS: IMDb
SYNOPSIS:
1121 AD: In the midst of the Crusades, an epic battle took place on the Didgori battlefield in the Kingdom of Georgia whose outcome would determine the fate of Jerusalem and all of Christianity. King David IV of Georgia (Burduli), known as ‘The Builder’, ‘The King of Kings’, and ‘The Sword of the Messiah’, led 56,000 Georgian warriors and members of the Knights Templar in battle against all odds to defend their homeland and faith from the overwhelming invading enemy forces consisting of 500,000 Seljuk Turks and the Arabian Coalition. The details of this battle are transcribed by Sir Walter Gauthier (Wesley) in his manuscript ‘Bella Antiochena’, as told by the founders of the Knights Templar, Hugo de Payens (Millan) and Godfrey de St. Omer (Sakvarelidze).
In Another Time
STARRING: Nevin Millan, Dream Holloway
DIRECTOR: Lloyd DeSouza
PRODUCER / WRITER: Nevin Millan (Adaptation)
RUNTIME: 15 Min
GENRE: Period Drama
YEAR: 2007
BUDGET: $2000
FESTIVALS: Palm Springs Shorts Fest; LA Shorts Fest; Warsaw Jewish Film Festival
LINKS: IMDb
SYNOPSIS:
It is 1905 on the lower east side of Manhattan. Mr. Marks, a Hasidic Orthodox Jewish immigrant from Romania owns a fabric shop frequented by Esther Mills, a seamstress from rural North Carolina. Through their mutual passion for fabric, a relationship develops, testing Mr. Marks’ religious beliefs and Esther’s belief in true love. Six months go by and Esther, now engaged, settles for another man. She makes one last trip to Mr. Marks’ shop to buy some wedding dress fabric in hopes that he will finally surrender to his clandestine feelings for her and fulfill her need for true love.
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Balance
STARRING: Nevin Millan, Robert James, Samantha Coker
DIRECTOR / WRITER: Trent Moran
PRODUCERS: Nevin Millan, Trent Moran
RUNTIME: 15 min
GENRE: Supernatural Dramedy
BUDGET: $800
FESTIVALS: LA Shorts Fest
LINKS: IMDb
SYNOPSIS:
An Invisible spirt named ‘Karma’ takes human lives in order to sustain karmic balance. Karma’s a little different from the other spirits, a but more human. Manny and Carla are a middle class couple whose relationship suffers from a slight case of spousal abuse. Karma would love to take Manny’s life, but he can’t, because Manny is on the “Do Not Kill” list received from “The Creator”. Meanwhile, the President of the United States is in desperate need of a new kidney and the only matching donor is an Olympic decathlete. In the end, everything comes together and the Creator’s ultimate plan is revealed.