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The latest feature documentary film project and company updates from Open Films.
Open Films
OPEN FILMS celebrates over a twenty plus years of producing content from commercials, films and documentaries. Open Films clients include such notable companies and organizations from Nikon to Microsoft; The Clinton Foundation to General Electric. Our clients are from around the world and we have provided production services to British, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Lebanese, New Zealand, Russian, Taiwanese and Thai companies.
Featured documentary
See the award winning feature documentary André - The Voice of Wine, the story of Mark's grand uncle André Tchelistcheff who is considered one of the father's of California wine and known as the "Dean of American Wine". Hollywood Reporter called it a "Hidden Gem".
Commercials
OPEN FILMS COMMERCIALS - We colloborted on numerous commercial projects including the promos for Gerber foods among others.
Documentary projects
OPEN FILMS DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS. We worked on the highly acclaimed Japanese series Song To Soul with such music legends as Roberta Flack and The Band for Tokyo Broadcasting Systems. As well as work on various NHK series. Open Films is also in production on Mirror Into Japan - a journey into the culture, life and history of Japan. Mark Tchelistcheff directed a museum documentary on a 3,500 year Princess Papyrus of the Book of the Dead which was unrolled for the first time in Cologne, Germany. Open Films continues to produce, shoot and develop content internationally.
Feature films
OPEN FILMS FEATURE FILMS - Co-Produced/financed by Mark Tchelistcheff, Conversations with Other Women won the Special Jury Award and Best Actress Award for Helena Bonham Carter at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
More projects
Open Films was honored to be involved with the A&E network's “At Home with the Brave”. Check out the links for both “At Home with the Brave” and “Nowhere Man”! Open films and links. If you missed the theatrical of the film “Nowhere Man” directed by Tim McCann and produced by Mark Tchelistcheff you can get on DVD. The film “Narcissist” directed and produced by Mark Tchelistcheff was on exhibit at the Bronx Museum.
Relief work
OPEN FILMS RELIEF WORK. In 2010 Mark Tchelistcheff worked on relief efforts for the earthquake disaster in Haiti. Mark spent almost three weeks on the ground in Haiti bringing in much needed medical support and supplies. Mark was instrumental in getting clean water to those who needed it with the implementation of SUNSPRING. You can check out the video on the CLINTON FOUNDATION youtube site. Mark in the spring of 2011 went as a volunteer, this time to Fukushima, Japan.