6/30/08

Damaged just screened as part of the Emerging Filmmakers Series at The LIttle Theater. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us.

6/17/08

Thank you to everyone who braved the storms to see us at The Little - we appreciate your continued support.

6/09/08

We will be screening new work at The Little Theatre in downtown Rochester on Monday, June 16. Screening will begin at 6:30 pm, and admission is free. We will be premiering Used and Undisturbed, and showing preview cuts from Neal's Untitled El Salvador documentary, as well as a newly cut teaser trailer for Sleep Shift. This event is a fundraiser for Sleep Shift.

5/23/08

Thank you to all who came out for the advanced screening of Used at the 2008 APA-HiP Film Festival. We hope to see you at the Little on June 16!

5/21/08

Neal and Rick were featured in an article in this week's City Newspaper on filmmaking in Rochester (by Susie Hume). Also featured were our friends Rich Angell (Sophomore) and Stan Main (Rochester Movie Makers).

5/01/08

We will be screening new work at The Little Theatre in downtown Rochester on Monday, June 16.

4/28/08

Used will receive an advance screening at the 2008 APA-HiP Film Festival, during a talk by Neal. The talk starts at 8 p.m., in the Bausch Auditorium, Rochester Museum & Science Center (first floor) Admission: $5 suggested donation per event; free for children.

4/28/08

The music video for Undisturbed, by Philadelphia singer-songwriter Pete Groch, is up on our site - watch it HERE.

4/11/08

There is a sampler of cuts from Undisturbed, Untitled El Salvador Project, and Used, and you can view it HERE.

4/10/08

Neal and DCP were featured on the 13WHAM ABC morning news program in Rochester today. Thank you to Holly, Terry, Steve, and everyone else who helped put together the remote from the car lot location for Used. You can see the footage on Channel 13's website HERE.

We would also like to thank the good people at Turner Bothers Auto Service, Reliable Import Service, and Clinton Signs on Empire Blvd in Webster - They were extremely generous with their time, facilities and schedules, and we could not have made Used without their help.

3/19/08

Rochester's ABC affiliate, WHAM Channel 13, will be broadcasting from the set of Used the morning of Thursday, April 10. Please tune in - they'll be featuring Neal and the teaser trailer for Sleep Shift.

City Newspaper, a Rochester-based weekly, will be featuring Neal and Discreet Charm Productions in an article on filmmaking in Rochester, scheduled to be published in April.

4 of our films - Maze, A Short History, Umbrella Out, and Communicate have been picked up by babelgum.com.

The teaser for Sleep Shift is now online! You can view it by clicking on "Trailer" on the Sleep Shift page, or download it directly HERE. Please drop us a line and let us know what you think.

3/14/08

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for Used. It was good to see so many new faces.

2/23/08

We screened the teaser trailer for Sleep Shift tonight at School of the Arts in Rochester. Thank you to all who joined us - we were tremendously pleased at the turnout, and your enthusiastic response to our work was wonderful to hear. Additional thanks to Mr. Dominic's at the Lake, Glaceau, the Karafin family, and the RCSD and SOTA (especially Adele, Mycah and Myra) for making this all possible.

2/1/08

An invitation to the premieres of Communicate, The Garden, Damaged, Soft Typewriter, and the Sleep Shift trailer (ADMISSION IS FREE):

1/11/08

We wrapped shooting on the promotional trailer for Sleep Shift at midnight. In the past few days we enjoyed some strange weather, interesting mechanical challenges, and discovered that we do indeed have some wonderful and patient friends. COME SEE THE TRAILER PREMIERE FEBRUARY 23!

1/8/08

We've begun shooting the promotional trailer for Sleep Shift. We opened our shoot at the Strong Hospital Sleep Clinic - where Margaret and John are incredibly gracious hosts and Bill (one of our 'sleep subjects') was most comfortable. Today we have some crane shots, an assault, and one of the best outdoor locations in Rochester on the schedule.

12/27/07

SAVE THE DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2007.
We will be premiering our new works - Communicate, The Garden, Damaged, Soft Typewriter and the new trailer for Sleep Shift in the Rochester School of the Arts Mainstage Theater. The screening will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a brief discussion, and a reception in the courtyard lobby.

12/27/07

Thank you to everyone who came out to read for the Sleep Shift trailer. It was good to see so many new faces.

12/6/07

We are planning to shoot a promotional trailer for Sleep Shift in January. If you'd like to audition, please contact Neal by email Neald@discreetcharm.net.

11/26/07

We've just posted a short sampling of cuts from Damaged, Communicate, and The Garden. Watch it HERE.

11/16/07

We've got a new flyer for Solstice at the Fortress Of The Arts in Philly December 15:



UPDATE: Solstice at The Fortress of the Arts was an exciting event. We met some interesting new people, had a wonderful time, and saw some fascinating and beautiful works by Philadelphia artists. And thanks to Kat for hosting the event and treating us all to a great night.

11/15/07

Neal has just signed on to shoot a documentary in El Salvador, where he will be exploring the current social, political, and economic realities of this developing nation during a national election (late February thru mid-March).

11/1/07

Communicate was shot Monday night at The Historic Old Mill in downtown Rochester. We're thrilled with the work that was done, and the cuts so far are exciting.

11/1/07

Blood Lightning was screened last night to a full house and a warm reception. Thanks to all who came out to see it, and especially to the generous people at Lux Lounge for giving us the opportunity to show the film..

Communicate will be shot Monday, November 5 in downtown Rochester. We're working with an excellent crew, some of the finest actresses in Rochester - Jill Rittinger and Judy Molner, and two talented newcomers in Bridget Kupferschmid and Essam Morsi, both of whom we think are going to amaze.

10/24/07

Principal photography has begun on Damaged, and is scheduled to conclude late in the evening of November 1. Locations include an apartment and medical office in downtown Rochester, another medical office in Gates, and a lovely home in Hilton.

10/23/07

Blood Lightning will be playing at Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave in Rochester, next Wednesday, Halloween night, at 10:30. Come out to a great place and enjoy a couple horror movies under the stars.

10/15/07

You can now LINK to our MYSPACE page from the menu bar on the left side of this page.

10/8/07

We've just gotten more detailed information about our place on the schedule for the Hell's Half Mile Film Festival in Bay City, MI. Maze will screen this Friday, October 12, and Sunday, October 14 in the Explorers’ Hall of the Delta College Planetarium.

10/4/07

A Short History has been accepted into the Florida Media Market Global Conference. We look forward to meeting everyone in Miami.

9/29/07

The event at the Mitchell Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia was a joy and a success. Neal and Discreet Charm have a host of supporters - wonderful people all. We had the good fortune of once again making new friends and sharing Neal's work with everybody who came out.

9/28/07

Neal Dhand will be a featured artist at the Hookworm Film Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia Novemeber 3. He will share some of his work and be involved in discussion with the audience.

9/27/07

Maze has been accepted into the Hell's Half Mile Film Festival in Bay City, Michigan.

9/22/07

Neal was interviewed by Christian Menno for PlayPhilly, and you can read the article HERE.

9/20/07

A Short History finished fourth (out of more than 200) in overall online voting, and second in the movie category, during Digifestival - thank you for watching, and for voting. We are pleased and proud to have placed so well. We are now included in the Official Roster for Digichannel.net. Thanks again. You can see A Short History in its entirety HERE.

8/15/07

A Short History is opening in Digifestival - go to the site, watch A Short History and please do cast a vote.

8/5/07

Maze has been accepted into the Temecula Valley International Film Festival - details to come.

7/29/07

Principal photography on Soft Typewriter has wrapped. It was an intense shoot, and the early pictures are fantastic. Neal has begun editing, and the first cuts are looking good.

7/27/07

Soft Typewriter begins filming, in association with Original City Pictures, on the outskirts of NYC today - the atmosphere on set is exciting.

7/18/07

A Short History has been accepted into DigiFestival - an online film festival. Details to come.

7/10/07

Neal is entering an intense pre-production on Soft Typewriter, a short screenplay he has written. This project will be produced in association with Original City Pictures, and will be shot at the end of July in northern New Jersey and New York City.

6/26/07

A Short History has been accepted into the Festival of Shorts in Philadelphia, PA. The film will screen Saturday, July 14 at The Fortress of The Arts, 221 W. Glenwood Ave., 4th floor - screenings start at 8 p.m.

6/23/07

A Short History was screened at the Southside Film Festival yesterday, June 22 and Wednesday, June 20 in the Whitaker Lab Auditorium at Lehigh University. Many fine films were shown, and the event was a success all around.

6/15/07

A Short History will be screened at the Southside Film Festival at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007 and again at 7 p.m. Friday, June 22. Neal will be available for a Q & A session after each screening. The screenings will take place in the Whitaker Lab Auditorium on the Lehigh University campus (directions can be found HERE).

5/29/07

Maze was screened at the Little Theatre Sunday, May 27 and Monday, May 28, 2007.

5/22/07

Blood Lightning premiered to a Standing Room Only house in Carlson Auditorium at RIT.

5/18/07

Maze will be screening in the Emerging Filmmakers Series at the Little Theatre in Rochester, NY Monday, May 28 at 9:15 p.m. The Little is located at 240 East Ave in downtown Rochester - 585 258 0400.

4/29/07

Maze has been accepted into the Twin Rivers Multimedia Festival

The editing on Blood Lightning is coming along. It will screen at the Rochester Institute of Technology on the evening of May 22. More information to come soon.

4/23/07

A crazy weekend has come to an end. We shot all night Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday night we ended up with more than 50 people on set and wrapped at 4am.

It's off to nonstop editing now so the film can be ready to show on 5/21 at RIT. Pictures and more coming soon.

4/22/07

A Short History has been accepted into the Southside Film Festival. Check it out at http://www.ssff.org/