DTLA LIFE MAG #16 | APRIL 2015 | Page 71

and was honored the Best Director award at Brazil’s Mica Film Festival. Although this is his first directing gig, Mitchell—Best Actor nominee in London’s Off West End Awards— is not new to the entertainment scene. During his acting career he worked with notable talent, such as Whoopi Goldberg and Simon Webbe (from British Boy Band BLUE) in “Sister Act the Musical”. Mitchell also worked behind the scenes for the documentary film “500 Years Later” which won at the LA Pan-African Film Festival, Vlack Berlin International Cinema and Harlem International Film Festival. Lead actor Alberto Maneiro (River City, The Interceptor, Aquí No Hay Quien Viva, Cuéntame) isn’t a newcomer to the entertainment field either, having been in over 15 television series and currently working in London and Madrid. ACROSS TIME I CRY directed by Robertino Fonseca (UK) In this experimental fashion film from Julia Clancy and Robertino Fonseca, a mysterious message draws a young woman into a new world of elegance, style, passion, and darkness. Across Time I Cry integrates fashion and cinematic arts, a concept Fonseca calls “Fashion Cinema.” Fonseca’s previous works have also portrayed this sort of merger: Louver (screened at Geffen Contemporary, MOCA in Los Angeles) and The World Ends Without You (screened at La Jolla Fashion Film Festival and the Los Angeles Downtown Film Fest) are shorts based on designers Louis Verdad and Alexander McQueen, respectively. MADELEINE MAKES A MAN d