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Cyphers-A Web Series Cyphers Website (http://www.cyphers-episodes.com) See the trailer/ join us on Facebook and Twitter

Cyphers is a character drama about a group of individuals who discover unexplained phenomenon, and how this unearthing affects their personal and professional lives. While searching for the catalyst to these appearances, they uncover a treacherous organization obsessed with controlling food and water supplies. Each character is drawn, willingly or unwillingly, deeper into the organization’s conspiracy.

Cyphers is a webisode that consists of all original material and features a multicultural cast (Debrianna Mansini, Carmela Rappazzo, Lori Tirgrath, Danielle Reddick, Tom Romero, Jody Hegarty, Freddy Lopez, Drago Sumonja, Jonathan Dixon, Ellen Blake, Vivian Nesbitt, JD Garfield and Drew VahnBrun). Twelve segments make up the web series, with each installment running three to five minutes in length. Two of the three writers, Debrianna Mansini and Lori Romero, are women who have been in the industry for many years and have relevant and important stories to tell. Brenda Kelley, the Cinematographer, adds another female voice in an atypical position

The series is filmed entirely in New Mexico, and the producers partnered with the Santa Fe Community College Film Program through director Vanja Aljinovic, who is a n adjunct member of the faculty at the College. Mr. Aljinovic has worked in filmmaking since the 1960’s. In his 40 year career, he has worked on several Academy Award winning films and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this project. He has taught pre-production, production, and acting for film at the Institute for American Indian Art and at Santa Fe Community College since 2004. Professionally, he continues to evaluate scripts, develop breakdowns and shooting schedules for movies internationally.  

The partnership with SFCC / Cyphers allowed, and will continue to allow in upcoming seasons, hands-on student mentoring by professionals, which will benefit the SFCC Film Program in many ways, including: providing students with a hands-on experience in a real work environment and the film program will be able to promote its activities to a national and international audience. This production is a signatory to a Screen Actors Guild contract. Hollywood still has a long way to go in terms of gender-balance and underrepresented groups. The face of North American entertainment is overwhelmingly white, mostly male and young (and that includes key behind-the-scenes creative and decision-making positions). The producers of CYPHERS have worked hard in an attempt to rebalance this picture.

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