Cinemascope

Genevieve Trainor, Nazneen Akhtar Rahim
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Genevieve Trainor, a professional actor and PR and marketing expert, chats with a range of entertainment industry experts from around the world who share "insider insights" that demystify the industry and help with the economic development of our communities. On the last Friday of every month, Dr. James Wysong, Dean of Arts and Design at SFCC, and Milton Reiss, Co-Chair of the Film Department at SFCC, discuss everything from how culture impacts film and vice versa to their love of the sci-fi genre. Nazneen Akhtar Rahim is a British American actor. Originally from London, Nazneen studied Law at the University of Westminster, graduating with honors, following which she practiced human rights law. She has worked at a humanitarian assistance charity, obtaining a certificate in Disaster Management and is fluent in Urdu and Hindi. email - cinemascope@ksfr.org

  1. 4d ago

    COYO

    COYO Is a native Supernatural crime Thriller. Coyo, a tribal cop. Used to be on top of his game now he keeps finding himself waking up in places and he doesn't know how he got there. Trying to solve a Serial killing in a small tourist town in New Mexico. Uses his Supernatural powers as a shapeshifter to solve the crime. Anna is a big time New York City detective. Who comes out west to escape her past in New York. Is thrust into a crime scene of a Murder first day on the job. All the victims have the same MO. Their organs have been removed and the tongue cut out. The Chief of Police is Rodney A. Grant, who just wants to retire after being on the force for 25 years. It seems like the whole town is against him and tourism business has dropped 50% as the body's pile up. The cast and crew of COYO join me to talk about happenings on set as well as the people who helped make their careers. Rodney A. Grant, Jon Riggs, Emi Kimura, Carmen Dahlman, Steven Blue Horse, Frankee Romero and Laura Segura join the interview.

  2. Oct 23

    Tony Marquez

    Tony is an independent filmmaker and member of the Directors Guild of America as a 2ndAssistant Director. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video Studies at George Mason University in 2012 and has worked in production ever since - ranging from television shows to feature films and commercials. Tony has been fortunate to work with such networks as Discovery, Travel Channel, Netflix, Apple TV, Warner Bros and Fox Studios. He has simultaneously worked on these major productions while continuing to pursue directing throughindependent filmmaking. In 2020 Tony was accepted into the Sundance Institute Director Core Master Class. Tony found his voice in telling personal stories to connect with others and finds filmmaking a cathartic process to empathize with the world. He has directed award-winning short films that have screened all over the country. Most notably his short film, FilAm, was a winner at The Hollywood Blvd Film Festival (2023), Honorable Mention at the Hollywood New Directors Festival (2023) and won him a Panavision Grant at The New Mexico Asian American Film Festival (2025) where he won best filmmaker. Catch his next short film, Sundown, now in the film festival circuit. Outside of film production, Tony loves eating ice cream and exploring new places.

  3. Oct 16

    Samantha Olguin

    Samantha Olguin grew up immersed in musical theater, singing, and dancing from a young age. She was classically trained in piano from the ages 4-16 and passed Level 8 of the Royal School of Music piano exam with Distinction. Olguin moved to Los Angeles at 18 years old to study Ethnomusicology at UCLA and pursue her passion for music and acting. She loves discovering new sounds informed by cultures and sounds from around the world. Olguin released her first EP as she was graduating from UCLA. Her single, “Coffee”, has garnered over 50,000 total streams. While in Los Angeles, she did commercial modeling for companies including LensCrafters and DJI. In 2020, Olguin moved to Albuquerque, NM, where she began exploring the growing TV & Film scene in the Land of Enchantment. Today, she continues her multifaceted artistic pursuits, engaging in art that bridges Chinese and American culture. Olguin is signed with Bankston Talent Agency.

  4. Oct 9

    Lisa Kori

    Lisa Kori is a filmmaker and musician based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her short films have won several awards including Best Experimental Film at the Mindfield Film Festival in Albuquerque, Best Poetic Film at the Madrid Film Festival in Madrid (New Mexico), and Finalist for the Lichter Art Award at Lichter Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Her short film, 'The Four Silences', recently brought home Best Music Video at Austin Shorts Fest in Texas for the combination of documentary and musical performance. As a musician who participates in the thriving Americana music scene in the Southwest, 'The Four Silences' is about her search for early Asian-American music as she tries to understand why her musical roots are not well represented in greater American culture. The next screening of 'The Four Silences' is at the Sovereign Lens Film Festival in Albuquerque on October 15.

  5. Oct 2

    Andy Bui

    Andy Bui is a Vietnamese-Chinese American filmmaker, producer, and creative entrepreneur based in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the son of two immigrants. After years of chasing creative ideas, he found his calling in cinematography while earning a BFA in Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media at the University of New Mexico, with a summer of study at Dongguk University in Seoul. He started Istoria Productions in 2018 and then moved into New Mexico's booming film industry. He worked in camera departments on productions including Netflix's The Harder They Fall and Blumhouse's Vengeance. Alongside that, he shot narrative shorts such as Dandelion's Promise, Hair Like Snow, and Sundown. Since 2023, Andy has been a producer and director at Sandia National Laboratories. He makes documentary-style series and award-submission films that turn complex science into human stories. Outside the lab, he builds spaces for Albuquerque's Asian American community. These include LAYRS, a dessert pop-up, Lucky Box, a vending business for Asian collectibles. All of which you can find at districtbui.com to stay up to date with his latest ventures.

  6. Sep 25

    Otgadahe Whitman-Fox

    Otgadahe Whitman-Fox is known for her work in Big Sky, The Clean Lady, Duster, and most recent Marshals on CBS. She has been working  in film since 2015. Contributing her skills behind and in front of the camera. Working her way from production assistant all the way to recurring guest star and everything in between. Directing and producing her own film “We are Still Here" in collaboration with a larger film “Entanglement” produced with Voices of Women of Australia. Her film won “Best Short” in Latino & Native American Film Festival in 2023. She has attended Cannes Film Festival with Women in Film International and has always put her culture at the forefront. Otgadahe comes from the Three Affiliated Tribes, Nueta-Hidatsa-Sah’nish from the Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. She is proud to represent her First Nations culture and always willing to put the word out that "representation matters” and so do our stories.

  7. Sep 18

    Jeremy ReoNason & Gary Choi

    Jeremy ReoNason is an actor, martial artist, and stunt performer located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He spent his youth and early adulthood growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania cultivating a deep love for film and on screen performances. During his college years attending The University of Pittsburgh he studied Theatre Arts and Film Studies alongside his major of Forensic Investigation and Behavioral Sciences, all of which contributed to his passion for character study and character driven storytelling. At twenty five years old he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to pursue his ambition of becoming a dramatic actor.  Jeremy accelerated his break into the industry by leveraging not only his training as an actor, but his skills as a physical performer as well. Capitalizing on two decades of martial arts training in various styles such as Tang Soo Do, kickboxing, and traditional jujutsu, combined with a high degree of general physical ability, he joined up with Rising Star Stunt Team to become a stunt performer and action actor. Now, nearly two years into his career, Jeremy has worked on over two dozen projects across the southwest as a dramatic actor, action actor, or stunt performer. He continues to push onwards towards a greater range of dramatic roles that fulfill his spirit as an actor. Gary Choi is an fight/stunt coordinator and assistant director, known for Infrared Dreams (2020), Jurassic Thunder (2019) and Curse of the Ark Exitus (2021).A lifelong marital artist in Chinese kung fu has been practicing martial art since he was 7 years old. He has trained and competed in Sanshou, Chinese Kung Fu,and has some training in Karate, boxing, and various other martial arts. He later would have the good fortune on being to work on a several projects and sets for stunt work. Dropping out of film for a bit to focus on martial arts and school. He later was able to work on Lone Ranger as a background and miner for stunts. Gary has been able to train with many amazing stunt professionals such as Mike Chat of XMA and Kisu Stars. Currently Gary has been training a stunt team and martial arts courses and bringing martial arts in movies to life as a choreographer, fight director, and stunt coordinator

  8. Sep 11

    Sheypan Draus

    Sheypan Draus is a character actor born in Poland. He reads, writes and is fluent in English and Polish. Sheypan and his family moved to the U.S. in the early 80's to pursue a better life. He does not come from a theatrical background, but was given the artistic and creative gene from his mother's side. His grandfather was a painter, and although Sheypan enjoys painting, his favorite mediums to use are colored and charcoal pencils. He designed the artwork for his graduating classes, in the San Fernando Valley, CA.Growing up, thoughts of being in the film industry never crossed his mind. He grew up very shy, and didn't come out of his shell until his early twenties. Sheypan first realized he caught the acting bug in 6th grade, when his whole class got to write and create their own educational videos. It was later shared with other surrounding schools, to help teach and promote positivity. It wasn't until years later, that he entertained the idea again.Not knowing where to begin, he figured the best way to break into the industry would be background work, student films, and shorts. His first time on an actual movie set was on The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (as an extra). He soon became a regular featured "mascot" for all the high school scenes on Party Of Five. It was then that he was able to join SAG and got his first agent. From then on, Sheypan started auditioning regularly, and took advantage of looking like he was still in his teens, while in his early 20's. Some small roles in film and television, as well as National Commercials, soon followed. This was during the late 90's when "teen" movie roles were booming.Taking a break from Hollywood, he spent the next decade working in Technology. But as fate would have it, Albuquerque would soon become a hot commodity for the film industry, and the acting bug came back stronger than ever. Over the last few years, Sheypan was lucky to get signed by a SAG franchised agent, and booked his first role since moving out of LA. In 2018 he co-starred opposite Bob Odenkirk as a skeevy low-life on the Emmy nominated Better Call Saul. He continues to train and is dedicated to bringing broken and tore down characters to life. Once again, he found his passion for acting thanks to the NM film community.

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Genevieve Trainor, a professional actor and PR and marketing expert, chats with a range of entertainment industry experts from around the world who share "insider insights" that demystify the industry and help with the economic development of our communities. On the last Friday of every month, Dr. James Wysong, Dean of Arts and Design at SFCC, and Milton Reiss, Co-Chair of the Film Department at SFCC, discuss everything from how culture impacts film and vice versa to their love of the sci-fi genre. Nazneen Akhtar Rahim is a British American actor. Originally from London, Nazneen studied Law at the University of Westminster, graduating with honors, following which she practiced human rights law. She has worked at a humanitarian assistance charity, obtaining a certificate in Disaster Management and is fluent in Urdu and Hindi. email - cinemascope@ksfr.org

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  • Creator
    Genevieve Trainor, Nazneen Akhtar Rahim
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    106
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Cinemascope