Roboexotica – Cocktail Robot Party – Vienna 11/23-11/26
For more on our project: https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2018/01/vienna-round-up-our-adventures-in-austria-in-november/?fbclid=IwAR1BpwlpD3Zwpr9i8H_inaPU0VnQ1Ni0arddC2owOMpYtEDFcSErfKqlMVI
Q21 – Vienna Art Week
Here are the Q21 Vienna Art Week Events that include Sophia & Michael! – Facebook Event with more https://issuu.com/viennaartweek/docs/vaw_2017_ansicht_deutsch Studio Visit Date: Sat, Nov 18, 12-14: 00Meeting Point: MQ courtyard 7, State Council Building (Entrance Volkstheater) Gerald Straub Artist-in-residence programs artist-in-residence programs allow … Read More
Sophia and Michael to present Filmmaking for Nerds: How you can create your own movie at Vienna Nerd Institute in MuseumsQuartier Vienna
http://nerd.homeip.net https://www.facebook.com/events/1486075758136230/ The premise was that we’d help the attendees write, shoot, and edit a film in 3 hours. We expected to just shoot a scene with maybe two people sitting and talking at a table or something. But, … Read More
Women of Rock Oral History Project interview with Kat Arthur
Kat Arthur is a singer, songwriter and a founding member of Los Angeles punk band Legal Weapon. In this oral history, Kat Arthur discusses her childhood upbringing in Princeton, NJ, her family of origin, schooling, and teenage years. She details her early … Read More
final Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling songs, new video
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling started out in 2009 as a vehicle for my songwriting. We decided to name the band and the songs after Prisoner episodes because we loved the show, and personally a lot of the … Read More
Blood of the Tribades reviewed in Videoscope Magazine!
“…is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films and a portent discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious dogma. Fans of subversive cinema and vampire lore alike should find plenty to appreciate” Chris Hallock, VideoScope Magazine Summer … Read More
Sophia a winner of Epic Pictures/Dread Central/ScareLA Pitch Contest!
Sophia was one of the winners of the Epic Pictures/Dread Central/ScareLA Pitch Contest! She will move forward to a filmmakers’ lab whre she’ll get to meet with Epic Pictures’ development team to develop the pitch and prepare the project for production, … Read More
Hipster Ghost
Hipster Ghost is a short film made for the Women in Comedy Festival Rachel Bloom Challenge. “Filmmakers were challenged to use an opening line of dialogue provided by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s co-creator, writer, and star Rachel Bloom – “YOU CAN’T DO THAT” … Read More
Sophia on Horror Happens podcast!
Sophia was interviewed by Jay Kay for the Horror Happens radio show as part of Women in Horror Month! You can listen to the podcast here: – Discussing her Short Form Films with Filmmaker Dionne Copeland (Inferno, Haxx Deadroom, and … Read More
“Hipster Ghost” & “With Whip” screening at the Women in Comedy Festival! #WICF2017
UPDATE: Hipster Ghost is now available for viewing! Sophia has two films in the Women in Comedy Festival! Both are screening on Saturday, April 22nd at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA.RACHEL BLOOM’S COMEDY SHORT CHALLENGE is at 2pm and the WICF … Read More
Sophia and Michael’s 2016 in Review
2016 was a year of big changes for us! The biggest being that we left our many-year home Boston for Los Angeles. You can read about why we chose to move here. We headed out in the Summer and went … Read More
J.B. Spins reviews Blood of the Tribades
J.B. Spins reviewed Blood of the Tribades ahead of our recent screening at Scare-A-Con! “Even a village named Bathory is not safe from the evil Puritanism of patriarchy. If this is the world of the blood-bathing Countess, how did it … Read More
The Cinema Files reviews Blood of the Tribades
The Cinema Files walked out of a screening of JAWS to catch our film at the Phoenix Comicon: “‘Tribades’ takes on today’s stormy political climate, religious zealotry and gender issues, and incorporates them into a sexy medieval vampire movie that … Read More
Weekend Vampire – short film
Weekend Vampire was created by Sophia and Allix Mortis (who you may remember as the star of Magnetic!) for a Women in Film/Harvard Scriptwriters Club competition called Flicks4Chicks. We won two awards at the fest: Best Comedy (as chosen and presented … Read More
Scream Magazine reviews Blood of the Tribades
We’re very honored to be reviewed in the legendary Scream Magazine (the world’s #1 horror magazine). They found the message at the heart of the film: “…acts as an attack on those who bend religion to their own ends, and … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Upstate NY Horror Film Festival on Saturday 10/15 Rochester, NY
Blood of the Tribades at Upstate NY Horror Film Festival – October 15-16, 2016 – Rochester, NY Saturday, Oct 15, 2016 – Block 4 Screening Information – Facebook event “Its the 3rd year and the biggest horror film festival to come to Rochester NY … Read More
Sophia & Michael at The Mary Dolan Show – Los Angeles!
We’re very excited to be playing a few songs and being interviewed at The Mary Dolan comedy show! It’s our first appearance since moving to Los Angeles! Facebook event THIS MONTH STARRING: Sara Benincasa Lianna Carrera Tim Vargulish Titty Roosevelt … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at B Movie Underground in The Netherlands 9/2/16
Blood of the Tribades at B Movie Underground and Trash Film Festival, Breda, The Netherlands! Friday, September 2, 2016 @ 14:00 Screening Information – Program Booklet “Fans of bizarre, experimental or otherwise distorting movies are served every year at … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best Score at GENRE BLAST Film Festival in Culpeper, VA 08/19/16
Blood of the Tribades at GENREBLAST Film Festival, Culpeper VA Friday, August 19, 2016 @ 11:59PM Screening Information We are incredibly honored to have won the award for BEST SCORE! (listen at Blood of the Tribades Soundtrack ) We were also … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Starburst Film Festival, Manchester UK 8/28/16
Blood of the Tribades at STARBURST International Film Festival, Manchester UK! Saturday, August 28 2016 Screening Information Directors Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein will be in attendence at the festival! “A busy 3 days of Cult TV, Comics with screenings … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at GENCON, Indianapolis 8/4/16!
Blood of the Tribades at GENCON Film Festival Thursday, August 4, 2016 @ 10pm Screening Information – directors Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein in attendance! PANELS: Fri 8/5 10:00AM – Sophia is on a Pre-production panel Fri 8/5 … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Fantasmagorical Film Festival in Louisville, KY 7/31/16
Blood of the Tribades at Fantasmagorical Film Festival! Winner Best 70’s Throwback Film! Winner Best Vampire Film! “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling last east coast show and release for our new EP, In the Village (hear it now!) Plus hear us talk about the history of DNFMOMD and about the show on Boston Emissions with Anngelle Wood
It’s our east coast farewell show at Middle East Downstairs!!! June 23rd9 PM Psychic Dog10 PM Endation11 PM Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling12 AM Petty Morals Tickets $12 Adv / $15 at the door Advance ticket link / Facebook … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Origins Film Festival, Columbus, OH 6/11/16
Blood of the Tribades at Origins Film Festival June 18, 2016 @ 11pm Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious dogma. Immersive, … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at International Horror Hotel, Hudson, OH 6/11/16
Blood of the Tribades at International Horror Hotel! June 11, 2016 @ 10:55pm in Screening Room B – Hudson, OH Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and … Read More
Watch Thirteen: a new short film that premiered at Museum of Fine Arts on Friday the 13th!
Thirteen (2016) dir. Sophia Cacciola from Launch Over – Cacciola / Epstein on Vimeo. Thirteen was created for an MFA Friday the 13th event: “Orestes (detail),” 1922-25, John Singer Sargent Vellumsound Presents Friday the 13th at the Museum of … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Phoenix Comicon 6/3/16!
Blood of the Tribades at Phoenix Comicon! June 3rd, 2016 at 8:30PM in West 102B Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious … Read More
El Loco Nihilismo: a film for the 48 Hour Film Project 2016 Boston by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library
Playlist of all of our 48 Hour Films: Playlist of all of the 48hfp Boston 2016 films (will add more as we find them): Various Original Scores by Catherine CapozziThis was year five, and very likely our final year participating … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at International Vampire Film and Arts Festival in Transylvania!
Blood of the Tribades at International Vampire Film and Arts Festival in Transylvania, Romania! From Stoker to Rice; from Nosferatu to classic Hammer onto Twilight, The Strain and beyond – the vampire genre is the world’s most enduring and influential horror … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best Acting (Ensemble) at Sanford International Film Festival – 5/27/16
Blood of the Tribades at Sanford International Film Festival in Sanford, Maine! This is our third year in a row at SIFF and we couldn’t be more delighted to be included in this year’s programming! May 27, 2016 @ 4:30PM … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Vienna Fright Nights on 5/11/16!
Blood of the Tribades at Fright Nights: The Ultimate Festival of Angst in Vienna, Austria! May 11th, 2016 Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, … Read More
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The Color of Air podcast extensive interview with Sophia and Michael (2nd interview with The Color of Air)
We are very pleased to announce that The Color of Air, a weekly interview podcast hosted by Greg Massi, (Baliset, ex-Kayo Dot, ex-maudlin of the Well), has released a second interview with us (Sophia and Michael), following up our 2014 interview.. … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best New England Film at the Boston Underground Film Festival – 3/27/2016 Brattle Theatre (World Premiere) – Cambridge, MA
BUFF Bacchus created by the Whore Church Blood of the Tribades won Best New England Film at the Boston Underground Film Festival! The film world premiered to a sold-out crowd at The Brattle Theatre on (vampire) Easter as part of … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsynching: Depeche Mode “Shake the Disease” – Thanks to Kickstarter backer Kenneth McKlinkski!
still of Sophia from Blood of the Tribades Depeche Mode “Shake the Disease“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Kenneth McKlinski! ! starring: Sophia Cacciola Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Michael Epstein Playlist of all lipsyncs … Read More
MAGNETIC available now exclusively on Steam! 33% off this week!
We are very excited to announce that Magnetic is available now exclusively on Steam for a very low introductory price for rent or purchase! http://store.steampowered.com/app/440140
Boston Hassle’s first annual #HassleTelethon on SCATV includes our film, “For the love of metamorphosis” – March 4th at 10am until March 5th at 10am, 2016
Boston Hassle Telethon – GIVE HERE Boston Hassle’s 1st Annual 24 Hour Telethon AND Performance Marathon!!! …featuring: Ben Hersey, Id M Theft Able, Sun Rad, Luxardo, LSDV, Mike Simonelli, Casey Crawford, The Trofessor, Coorain Devin, the Firehouse, Neil Horsky, Lankville Daily … Read More
Here’s why we’re leaving Boston for L.A.
Source: unknown UPDATE: We’re quite humbled that our little note to our friends about moving has sparked a lot of discussion and coverage of that discussion. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has written a response for the Boston Globe! I also … Read More
Sophia and Michael video interviews by Fallon’s Daily Toast, SaGaTalk, and Indie Rising!
We’ve recently had the great chance to do a string of interviews about our film and music endeavors. If you want to know more about what makes us tick and what we’re ticking about, here you go! And check out: … Read More
Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein for Joint Overlord of Planet Earth as we battle Vermin Supreme and Captain Titus!
Our enemy, the clown There are a lot of small minds fighting for the tiny, meaningless position of President of the United States. Witchworks Films has been documented a much more important battle – the battle for Overlord of Planet … Read More
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Sophia and Michael’s 2015 in Review!
poster created by kristilyn-zombie romance Blood of the Tribades 2015 was the year of vampires! We spent much of the second half of the year shooting and doing pre-and-post production on our third feature film, Blood of the Tribades. Shot … Read More
FAT movie released!
FAT movie, starring Mel Rodriguez (Better Call Saul, Getting On, The Last Man on Earth, etcetera) is released today on iTunes, Hulu, and Amazon! Directed by Mark Phinney, FAT tells the story of Ken won’t change his ways. Addicted to food, Ken … Read More
Magnetic wins Claw Award for Best Special Effects at the Terror Film Festival! Also nominated for Best Feature and Best Director!
Magnetic wins Terror Film Festival’s 2015 Claw Awards for Best Special Effects!!!
Bring Us Your Women: Kali (content advisory: implied assault)
Kali In February, Catherine Capozzi and friends (including us) presented a live performance, album, and film anthology called Bring Us Your Women. Once a month, for 14 months, we will be releasing a film from the anthology each month. If … Read More
Magnetic at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 11/10 – San Francisco
Magnetic at Another Hole in the Head!Facebook New People Cinema 1746 Post St. San Francisco, CA 94115 Tue, Nov 10 7:00 PM Tickets Beyond Chron reviewed Magnetic as part of their festival preview.
What is it like making a low-budget film? We’ll show you! A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
We are regularly asked what it’s like to be on the set of one of our movies. Well, if that’s the sort of thing you want to know, you’re in luck! We took 60+ hours of behind-the-scenes footage from the … Read More
Principal Photography on Blood of the Tribades is wrapped!
photo by Céline Fernbach We’re excited to announce that we have wrapped principal photography! All of our main shooting days with the cast are complete. We’ve sorted and logged all of the footage and we’re very excited about how it … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Eclipsynching: Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” – Thanks to Kickstarter backer Paisley Rojagato!
behind-the-scenes photo by Céline Fernbach Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Paisley Rojagato! starring: Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Stabatha La Thrills, Sindy Katrotic, Simone de Boudoir Shot on the evening of the total … Read More
Blood of the Tribades poster by Kristilyn / Zombie Romance!
One of the best things about filmmaking is getting to convince a favorite artist to make a poster for our films! We’ve had the pleasure of having Walter Sickert make the poster for TEN, Craig Maher make the poster for … Read More
Bring Us Your Women: The Big Bang
In February, Catherine Capozzi and friends (including us) presented a live performance, album, and film anthology called Bring Us Your Women. Once a month, for 14 months, we will be releasing a film from the anthology each month. If you’d … Read More
Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein host On the Town with Mikey Dee on WMFO 09/30/2015
GO “LIKE” THE ON THE TOWN WITH MIKEY DEE FACEBOOK PAGE! OTTWMD PLAYS LOCAL BOSTON MUSIC AND IS ON EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 9PM-MIDNIGHT AND ALMOST ALWAYS FEATURES A LIVE BAND AROUND 10:30 – IT’S ON 91.5 WMFO – https://www.wmfo.org/.SEND YOUR CDS TO THE … Read More