A short film meets extended music video in three parts, Past Hope Now is a couple's fight to survive in the chaos of the desert - a physical, mental and natural struggle - set to the music of John Isaac Watters.
Part I: vimeo.com/galianaandnikolchev/pasthopenow1
Part III: vimeo.com/galianaandnikolchev/pasthopenow3
Past Hope Now
Part II:
HOPE
written and directed by Anthony Nikolchev
music by John Isaac Watters
starring Gema Galiana and Anthony Nikolchev
cinematography by Jakub Klawikowski
edited by Mariana Blanco and Jakub Klawikowski
choreography by Anthony Nikolchev and Gema Galiana
Producer
Michael Monat Jacobs
Executive Producer
Alex Greer
Executive Producers
Betsy Jo and Julian Nikolov
Mark Daiss
Production Design
Stephanie Spiegel
Sound Design
Mike Horton
Hi Fi Foley Studios
Assistant Director Alexandra Nikolchev
1st AC Tanner Lyon
Gaffer Sean Hunt
Grip Jonathan Sandoval
The Band
John Isaac Watters
William Gramling
Paul Doyle
Locations Provided by
Laura Sibley and JT Ranch Getaways
Filmed on Location in Wonder Valley, CA and the Mojave Desert
Special Thanks:
Walter Spencer
Birns and Sawyer
galianaandnikolchev.com
johnisaacwatters.com