El Machito
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2005
Logline
EL MACHITO is a drama that follows Ray Marshall, an ex English soccer player that’s adjusting to his new life as a talent scout. Ray battles a divorce, a drinking problem, and is in a fight to save his job since his boss decided to send him to Peru in an impossible mission to draft Claudio Quezada, a hot soccer player. Ray’s outlook begins to change when he discovers a young player that calls himself “Machito” and who is about to be kicked off his team because of his recklessness, temper and attitude. But Machito’s passion for the game reminds Ray of somebody he used to know: himself.
Alonso Filomeno Mayo
Director/Screenwriter
Alonso Filomeno Mayo is a Film & Journalism graduate from the University of Lima, Peru, and has recently completed the Film Directing program at the American Film Institute. He has lived and studied in Peru and Lawrence, Kansas. He was creative director and founder of MANZANA AZUL, a digital video production company in Peru that specialized in documentaries and commercial videos. His music video ALAS HUMANAS for Peruvian rock band INDIGO was in rotation on MTV Latin America in 2001. His short film SILENCIO (2002) participated in Latino Film Festivals around the world and won the Robert Altman prize in the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee.
Nina Leidersdorff
Producer
Nina is a graduate of the Film and Media Science Department of the University of Copenhagen, and has recently completed the Producing MFA Program at the American Film Institute. She has an extensive background in the Danish Film and TV industry, working as a producer, production manager and line producer on commercials, music videos, TV series and documentaries. Her work with production house Easy Film resulted in various MCA Europe Awards for the series of commercials Senso Diva and the children’s documentary Around The World. She was also studio manager for Scandinavian video game production company Deadline Games, working on commercially successful titles such as Globetrotter and Mistaenkt.