He was waiting to die. She was waiting to live.

June 15, 2010 - PRLog -- APLA AWARD WINNER TO BEGIN NEXT FILM

Writer/Director Cleo Valente will begin filming her next film, George and Sofia, in June 2010, the owner for Avanti Film Productions that she started it in 2006 in Los Angeles, California www.avantiprods.com

Miss Valente, a native of Italy, earned a Ph.D in computer science before moving into film in 2000, and has worked for over a decade as Producer and Casting Director for major Television Networks such as ABC, CBS,NBC,TLC, A&E, MTVtr3s and more.

Valente's first feature documentary  film Trans/Formed (2006)
“shows the unabashed detailed lifestyle of one of the largest transgender communities, located in Los Angeles, California.”

The film made a worldwide premiere in Los Angeles on November 13 2007, to a sold out house at the Silent Movie Theatre (a Los Angeles Landmark)

A strong advocate for AIDS awareness, Cleo Valente was a volunteer for Aids Project Los Angeles (APLA) for over 12 years earning a surprise Award in 1999 for her work.

George and Sofia is Miss Valente’s (writer/director) 3rd film, a  drama about George Beckham a teacher, a reclusive playwright dying of Aids. Sofia Martinelli is a student, a 37-year old waitress barely surviving. Living in a self imposed exile in his West Hollywood apartment. George has given up Broadway for his leather armchair and a bottle of Johnnie Walker. His only connection to the outside world is Sofia, an aspiring writer who is hoping George's sharp wit and still keen intellect will inspire her to abandon her dreary life.

George and Sofia is in full production and Avanti productions is on a lookout for community support (www.indiegogo.com/georgeandsofia, www.facebook.com/georgeandsofia), sponsorship and product placements.

#   #   #

For more information, please contact Avanti Film Productions.
11012 Ventura Blvd #1269, Studio City, CA 91604
avantiproductions@gmail.com
www.avantiprods.com
323.580.6853