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Curtis Anthony Williams

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New 30 second teaser celebrating the streaming premiere of @lastweekend_film at @cinequestorg March 1st!! Get your tickets now!! Link in bio. It’s my first feature film and is an actual dream come true…

When you have the privilege of making an independent film the way I did here, you realize it’s a tremendous gift that you’ve received. As a personal work, it’s all the people around you that truly make it possible. The people that inspire you to believe in what you can achieve. Sometimes they work directly with you, other times they stand by you even when you’re completely consumed by your efforts. I owe a gigantic debt to all of my folks, folks, folks that have contributed to this work - onscreen, off screen, and beyond. Today, I’m especially thankful to those who listen and love through it all. You are as much a part of the fabric of this picture as you are my life. I do love you so very much.

#film #filmmaking #independent #cinema #noir #drama #thriller #teaser #trailer #cinequest #cinejoy #premiere #worldpremiere #virginiarand #charliebarnett #arri #editing #grateful #inspiration #filmfestival #dreambig by @cuuurtis

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UPDATE: Date announced! Stoked for a the Friday July 18th slot at 7:45pm - Regal Live ! 💫 Excited to screen 'Horse' at Oscar/BAFTA qualifying @lashortsfest July 16th-28th 2025 🤍 a huge thanks to this team by @cuuurtis

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E.D.G.A.R. (Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot) made possible by the @kodak_shootfilm @neonrated @anorafilm contest.

Shot on 16mm Kodak film on location in Bombay Beach, California

Director of Photography: Marcin Szocinski @35mmarcin
AD/Producer: Thomas Darragh @tdarragh14
Locations Sound Mixer: Luiza Sá-Davis @luizasadavis
Producer: Emily Kretzer
Gaffer: Christian Mejía @seemejia
Grip: Harry Moffett @harry.moff
AC: Paolo Arriola @paolotheandal
G&E #: @litbyeli

Editor: Colorado Ruteledge @cuuurtis
Additional Editor: Thomas Darragh @tdarragh14
Music of The Space Lady x/o @mississippirecords

Cast
EDGAR: Robert Morgan @robertmorgan.la
Ian the tap dancing neighbor @nathanmitchell_
Voice on the phone @caramelbobby

Written/Directed by Virginia de Witt

Thank you @bakermovies @kodak and @neonpicturehouse for choosing us with the other 9 remarkable winners out of over 2k applicants, and to all the innumerable people who made this possible.

🎞️🎥🌅 #trailer #16mm #shortfilm by @cuuurtis

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“Last Weekend” Premieres at Cinequest August 26th and 28th!

“I directed “Last Weekend” in a wild fever…

The truth is that I had to make this film. And I had to do it this way… I was leaving Hollywood in four weeks time and it was, after all, a last ditch effort to make my own picture before aborting this Hollywood experiment for good. The mistrust in an industry that had chewed me up and spat me out, had been compounded by a global pandemic, and an understandably rising dependency on substances for survival. Everything had finally caught up with me - and I was leaving. All at once I realized I wasn’t going anywhere without making this film. Our producer can tell you, it probably saved my life.

That’s where our characters meet. That tortured crossroad where you’re obligated to go one way, but all of the earth’s gravity is pushing you somewhere else. It could kill you, but you need to follow that ephemeral thing, sparkling at you from the unknown.

Intended as an indictment of millennials and their relationship to sex, drugs, media, gender norms, and violence, “Last Weekend” is modern melodrama that transforms into a noir-ish thriller.

Shot on location in just five days, even the untraditional production method reflected the themes in my life and in the narrative. Despite the challenges, I was inspired by the actors and technicians around me. I could watch them do anything. Get out of their way, let them perform. Don’t artificially create tension or ratchet up the pace with editing. We don’t have the time or the finance to do it anyway. We just calmly watch and listen. Even when what is happening is, shall we say... not so calm. That juxtaposition between time and energy has so much tension. It’s on the razor’s edge of each slow methodical zoom.

In the past these production limitations had always prevented me from directing a film. Now, I finally found a way to transpose them into an aesthetic that may break from the traditional, but totally works.

Defined by its unique visual language, and driven by powerful performances, I’m proud to present “Last Weekend.” For better or for worse - my life, my passions, my love, and my fears, permeate every frame.” taken in San Jose, California by @cuuurtis

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Link in bio. “Last Weekend” is a slow burn drama that subverts into a twisted neo-noir. When Sylvia (Virginia Rand, Candy Land) and Ethan (Charlie Barnett, Russian Doll) meet for an electric one night stand, they find themselves bound together in a drug fueled mania. After Harrison (Hunter Morton) a disturbed ex-lover resurfaces, Sylvia is forced to confront her dark past. As the weekend spirals, they are unable to reconcile with the consequences of human nature.

#cinequest #virginiarand #charliebarnett #film #filmfestival #worldpremiere by @cuuurtis

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My daughter discovering the cosmos...

“The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be. Our contemplation of the cosmos stir us. There is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory of falling from a great height. We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries. The size and age of the cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding… Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home, the Earth… Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can. Because the cosmos is also within us. We’re made of Star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. We’re going to explore the cosmos in a ship of the imagination unfettered by ordinary limits on speed and size, drawn by the music of cosmic harmonies, it can take us anywhere in space and time. Perfect as a snowflake, organic as a dandelion seed, it will carry us to worlds of dreams and worlds of facts… Come with me…”

-Carl Sagan

#childhood #carlsagan #cosmos #dandelion #imagination by @cuuurtis

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This photo was snapped between Curty AD moments in New York City’s Central Park by the very talented @shannonmarieconnally!

Yashica 124g medium format

#mediumformat #yashica #analogphotography #feathers #curty #filmisnotdead #nyc #centralpark by @cuuurtis

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Put this music over the last video of you driving…
Do @virginia.rand.dewitt and @_charliebarnett ride off into the sunset? Find out!! Last days to stream “Last Weekend” @cinequestorg via @creatics_enterprises

This has been an awesome ride! Thank you to everyone who has come out to support the film so far. It’s officially the last weekend to experience the world premiere of “Last Weekend” Share and watch the film, link in bio!

Special shout out to @kertcobin for the #bmw

#lastweekend #cinequest #cinejoy #virginiarand #charliebarnett #rideintothesunset #convertible #drive #filmmaking #worldpremiere #losangeles #sunset #topdown #lastweekend #stream #streaming #finaldays #LastWeekendSunsetDrive #lukemorse #remix #remixonreels #driveangry #filmfestival #worldpremiere #badpun #drama #neonoir #actors #driving taken in Los Angeles, California by @cuuurtis

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Throw back to Curty in AD mode on @gilberttrejo38 film @fromasonfilm 📸 @devon.wick second pic shows filmmaking can be a rough road. 🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂️

#filmmaking #35mm #AD by @cuuurtis

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Here is my super powerful cuz @savagestevegaming. Shot here with some expired 35mm. Remember the people you love are the ones that make you strong.

#35mm #filmphotography #analogphotography #film by @cuuurtis

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we did a thing... #modusoperandi2 by @cuuurtis

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Three years ago today the world became a lot better. #happybirthday to the coolest gal in town. Thanks for the burp Grammy. by @cuuurtis

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