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Projects For further info, or for info about projects not listed on this page, please contact us. Mass Romantic 112 Minutes . B/W . 2008 click here for more information. Screenings Include: - Bridgetown Film Festival . Bridgetown, Australia - International Film Festival Thailand . Phuket, Thailand - British Film Festival LA . Los Angeles, CA - NOMINEE . BEST AMERICAN FEATURE - Black Point Film Festival . Lake Geneva, WI - Reel Time Film Festival . New York, NY - Vacant Era Film Festival . Norman, OK - Illinois International Film Festival . St. Charles, IL - Portobello Film Festival . London, England - Deep Fried Film Festival . Lanarkshire, Scotland - The Indie Gathering Film Festival . Cleveland, OH - HONORABLE MENTION . FEATURE FILM - Entzaubert Queer Film Festival . Berlin, Germany - Trailer Screening / Looptopia . Chicago, IL - Women's International Film Festival in Miami, FL - World Premiere Screening @ Landmark Century Cinema . Chicago, IL - LINK Film Festival . Olympia, WA - WINNER . BEST DIRECTOR Allison, My Love 2 Minutes . B/W . 2009 Who do you think about? In Allison, My Love, when an intimate moment is interrupted, three passionate people are affected by a simple slip of the tongue… Crew: Director/Director of Photography/Editor: Richard Paro Writer/Producer: Richard Paro, Cyra K. Polizzi Assistant Editor: Cyra K. Polizzi Crew: Justin Brewer, Christopher Weiher Music: Martha Berner Cast: Breahan Eve Pautsch Christopher Weiher Cyra K. Polizzi Screenings Include: - Frameline Film Festival . San Francisco, CA - Olympia Film Festival . Olympia, WA - Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival . Seattle, WA - Boston LGBTQ Film Festival . Boston, MA - Wildwood Film Festival . Appleton, WI - Image Out . Rochester, NY - Reel Pride Film Festival . Fresno, CA - Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival . Sacramento, CA Empty Boxes 2 Minutes . Color . 2006 Tension builds between two roommates during their last night in the same apartment. Crew: Director & Producer: Cyra K. Polizzi Writer: Richard Paro Music: The Dresden Dolls Cast: Richard Paro Katie Rolnick Screenings Include: - Blowin' Up A Spot Film Festival . Austin, TX - Cafe Mestizo Film Night . Chicago, IL - Looptopia . Chicago, IL Most Wonderful People 9 Minutes . Color . 2004 With little time to prepare, our pining protagonist finds ingenious ways to ready himself and his home for an oh-so-important first date. Crew: Writer and Director: Noah Riemer Producers: Richard Paro, Noah Riemer Associate Producer: Nicholas Langholff Director of Photography: Richard Paro Editors: Ryan Alby, Noah Riemer, Richard Paro Crew: Ryan Alby, Jacob Lee, Cyra K. Polizzi Cast: Noah Riemer Cyra K. Polizzi News: - 4 star review in FILM THREAT - Choosen for FILM THREAT top ten shorts of 2004 - Best of the Fest winner at the Burlington Culture Film Festival Screenings Include: - Black Point Film Festival . Lake Geneva, WI - Majestic Midway Theatre . Chicago, IL - Flickerings . Bushnell, IL - Burlington Culture Film Festival . Burlington, WI - Looptopia . Chicago, IL an obvious moment of happiness 81 Minutes . B/W . 2003 Robin and Nate are fighting, Sadie and Steven need to talk, Lyric published a novel & met Maggie and Cliff's just happy to be here. "You almost forget that you’re watching a work of fiction." - Stina Chyn, Film Threat "There are some movies where I'm itching to leave well before they finish, with An Obvious Moment of Happiness, I would have preferred to keep sitting a while longer." - Ryan Helgerson, The Week Crew: Writer, Producer, Director: Richard Paro Associate Producers: Ryan Alby, Nicholas Langholff, Holly Mosher Director of Photography: Holly Mosher Editors: Richard Paro, Ryan Alby Music: Dave Maxon, Scott Paro, Ryan Alby, Home Demo Vixens, Freshwater Collins, Ticklepenny Corner Cast: - Ryan Alby . Cliff - Matthew Braaten . Steven - Noel Christopher . Sadie - Nicholas Owen Langholff . Nate - Richard Paro . Lyric - Cyra K. Polizzi . Robin - Rebecca Scott . Maggie - Peter John Olsen . Ryecheck - Noah Riemer . S.M. Friend - Therese Valkenaar . Callie Screenings Include: - Black Point Film Festival . Lake Geneva, WI - Showboat Theatre . Lyons, WI - Majestic Midway Theatre Film Series . Chicago, IL haunting perpetually dead squirrels Episodes range from 1-5 minutes B/W . 1999, 2001, 2008 In this mockumentary series, three friends try to make some extra cash by putting together a haunted house. This is more complicated than expected. Crew: Director: Richard Paro Writers: Richard Paro, Nicholas Langholff Producer: Nicholas Langholff, Richard Paro, Holly Mosher Director of Photography: Holly Mosher Editors: John Beyer IV, Vanessa Fincher, Holly Mosher, Richard Paro Music: Dave Maxon Cast: Steven Apple Nicholas Langholff Richard Paro Noah Riemer Liz Bartell Peter John Olsen Screenings Include: - Black Point Film Festival . Lake Geneva, WI - MIFS - Times Cinema Screening Series . Milwaukee, WI - Looptopia . Chicago, IL