Frank & Emmet
Two life-long friends and show-business partners who, after weeks of drifting apart, sit together to have a much-needed conversation. Their friendly dialog takes a turn when they address head-on the one thing they've never talked about: One of them is a puppet.
2021 • 13 min • USA
© Carlos Fernandez Puertolas 2021
CAST & CREW
Director & Writer | Carlos F. Puertolas
Producers | Jonathan Coria, Bryan Dimas
Executive Producer | Lucas A. Ferrara
Cast | Paul Eiding, Brian Michael Jones, Arabella Grant
Director of Photography | Gus Bendinelli
Production Designer | Vanessa Plaza Lazo
Art Director | Alexandra Tapia
Editor | William Neal
Composer | Tony Morales
Songwriter & Music Producer | Kyler England
Casting Director | Alan Luna
Contributing Writer | Jason Spencer Galsworthy
Character Designer | Timothy Lamb
Puppet Builder | Russ Walko
Additional Puppeteer | Bruce Lanoil
AWARDS
Winner - Short Film, International Fiction | Lebu Intl. Film Festival 2022
Winner - Best Short Film | Borrego Springs Film Festival 2022
Winner - Audience Award for Short Narrative | Portland Film Festival 2021
Winner - Best Family Film | San Jose Intl. Film Festival 2021
Winner - Best Short Narrative | San Diego Intl. Film Festival 2021
FILM FESTIVALS
5th Indy Shorts Intl. Film Festival 2022
5th BraveMaker Film Fest 2022
7th Boston Short Film Festival 2022
23rd ShorTS Intl. Film Festival 2022
18th SouthSide Film Festival 2022
22nd deadCenter Film Festival 2022
21st Los Angeles Latino Intl. Film Festival 2022
17th Sunscreen Film Festival 2022
55th WorldFest Houston Intl. Film Festival 2022
Short to the Point Intl. Short Film Festival 2022
70th Columbus Intl. Film & Animation Festival 2022
17th Roving Eye Intl. Film Festival 2022
16th Los Angeles Intl. Children's Film Festival 2022
9th Dakota Film Festival 2022
22nd Phoenix Film Festival 2022
25th New York Intl. Children's Film Festival 2022
31st Palecia Intl. Film Festival 2022
12th Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2022
17th Children's Film Festival Seattle 2022
13th Providence Children's Film Festival 2022
5th Yountville Intl. Short Film Festival 2022
6th Intl. Short Film Festival for Kids of Galicia PequeFilmes 2022
30th St. Louis Intl. Film Festival 2021
8th Chicago Intl. Children's Film Festival 2021
24th SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2021
21st Lanzarote Intl. Film Festival 2021
22nd VIEW Conference / VIEWFest 2021
NALIP Latino Media Fest 2021
18th BendFilm Festival 2021
35th Edmonton Intl. Film Festival 2021
22nd Calgary Intl. Film Festival 2021
4th San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival 2021