About “Tahini and Tears”
Tahini and Tears
Tahini and Tears is an “orientalist” fantasy about cruel and charming men and the foolish women who love them. Victor Casablanca, Mina and Jane are at the center of this fantastic drama about objects of desire and pain.
“Tahini and Tears is weird, fun, funny, and smart. Man, I wish I could be Victor Casablanca.”
Chris Garcia, Film Festivals.com; Fanboyplanet.com
Tahini and Tears was produced as a part of RIPFest #2, an exciting “experiment” where crew-members and cast are brought together to make a completely original film in two weeks. Six teams who had never met before were given a common theme and a few other things to include, and then each separate team was assigned locations. The writers were then given a weekend to write specifically to the theme, locations, and actors assigned. Tahini and Tears sprang from the very imaginative minds of Team #2 (or, as we affectionately dubbed ourselves, “Team Vespa”). Written in one weekend, shot in the next, and fully edited one week later.
Video exhibition format: 1:1.33. BetaSP NTSC, miniDV. Sound: Mono Ch. 1 and 2.