From award-winning film director Reynier Molenaar (Replay/2007), comes an eerie look at the last days of mankind. STRAIN follows two survivors of the zombie apocalypse who must travel across ground zero — an abandoned Los Angeles — to deliver important biological samples.
BRIDE is a battle-weary and jaded warrior who has lost everyone and given up on people. CHRIS is a struggling optimist who is desperate for anyone he could call a friend.
When the mismatched pair discover they are being hunted, …
From award-winning film director Reynier Molenaar (Replay/2007), comes an eerie look at the last days of mankind. STRAIN follows two survivors of the zombie apocalypse who must travel across an eerily abandoned Los Angeles in order to save their lives — and their humanity.
AWARDS:
WINNER: EXPO FILM AWARD @ LATINO COMICS EXPO: BROWNSVILLE – Brownsville, Texas – 2018
WINNER: BEST HORROR FILM @ OFFICIAL LATINO SHORTS FEST – New York, NY – 2017
SEMIFINALIST: BEST SHORT @ SHAPE: AT&T FILM AWARDS – Warner …
From award-winning film director, Reynier Molenaar (Replay/2007), comes a behind-the-scenes look at epic short filmmaking on a guerrilla budget. STRAIN follows two survivors of the zombie apocalypse who must travel across an eerily abandoned Los Angeles in order to save their lives — and their humanity. The short was filmed on location in Los Angeles with a small team of indie filmmakers and a lot of passion.
WINNER: BEST HORROR FILM @ OFFICIAL LATINO SHORTS FEST
WINNER: EXPO FILM AWARD @ LATINO …
PUMA SCRATCH follows a Dogtown DJ who discovers his music can control time. Production Design and Key Art from Reynier Molenaar’s music-driven spot, set in Venice Beach, California.
Reynier’s visual stylesheets were used to unify the wardrobe and props used by a hundred extras in the spot. Other designs were used to bling out DJ Hymn’s turn-tables, which are usually plastered with all kinds of badass stickers in real life. To avoid copyright conflict, we took all the stickers off and replaced …
From award-winning film director, Reynier Molenaar (Replay/2007), comes a behind-the-scenes look at epic short filmmaking on a guerrilla budget. STRAIN follows two survivors of the zombie apocalypse who must travel across an eerily abandoned Los Angeles in order to save their lives — and their humanity. The film features 78 visual effects shots and original designs from the director.
WINNER: BEST HORROR FILM @ OFFICIAL LATINO SHORTS FEST
WINNER: EXPO FILM AWARD @ LATINO COMICS EXPO: BROWNSVILLE
Visual Effects and Design by Reynier …
Reynier Molenaar is an international award-winning film director. Collaborations include Metallica, J.Lo, Searchlight Pictures, TBS, NBA, IMAX and Disney.
Born in Spanish Harlem and raised in the South Bronx, Reynier worked his way into the New York film scene by specializing in narrative and visual storytelling, often writing his own creative and supervising visual effects on his productions.
Notable works include his original branded short for Disney’s OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, winner of the Western Region Director’s Award; the music video …