Of all the Gin Joints official trailer
The Story
Of all the Gin Joints tells the story of Casablanca, a one of a kind Mexican restaurant themed after the classic film of the same name, and the three generations of men who created and managed it for the past forty years. As COVID-19 puts Casablanca and the Haro family’s very way of life in jeopardy, our film examines the unique relationship between this special restaurant and the Venice, California community it serves.
The Creative Team
David Kornfield
Director/Producer
David Kornfield is a commercial line producer who lives in Los Angeles CA, just a few miles away from Casablanca and loves his day job, enjoys writing, building small models of fictional spacecraft, and traveling. David's directorial work has played at DOC NYC and Portland Film Festival, as well as screenings for the Brooklyn Museum and International AIDS Day. He's interviewed subjects as varied as Joe Montana to Elton John and won nine New York Emmys for various documentary projects ranging from street musicians, to slam poets. He also has extensive non-scripted experience as both a producer and director on shows like Chopped and for networks like CBS Sports, ESPN, and FOX.
Adam Coleman
Cinematographer/Producer
Adam Coleman is a Los Angeles based Cinematographer. He began his career as the in-house DP for New York based visual effects studio Click3x. While here he was recognized by Cinematography database as a “cinematographer to watch out for” for his use of 3D pre-vis and work in emerging technologies. He transitioned to LA in 2016 to helm the in house cinematography needs at the Walt Disney Company, shooting marketing content for all of the brands under its umbrella from Disney Channel to Marvel. Recent films Adam has lensed include Quest Love’s Hip Hop doc “Songs that Shook” featured on AMC and SXSW short Face To FaceTime.
Garrett Fennelly
Producer
Garrett P. Fennelly is an executive producer and entrepreneur with over ten years of experience creating commercial entertainment products including short films, commercials, features, and music videos. Fennelly is highly strategic, blending a commitment to quality programming of media productions with a well demonstrated knack for determining projects’ marketability and potential audience appeal. In his early career, Garrett produced award-winning short films such as The Fort (Sundance 2012), Teacher of the Year (Tribeca Film Festival 2012), and KARAOKE! (Sundance 2013). He provides leadership to creative teams and expertly manages client relations. His recent film projects include Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sundance 2011), Blumenthal (Santa Barbara 2013); All That I Am (SXSW 2013); Bluebird (Tribeca 2013); and Automatic Hate (SXSW 2015).
Chris Fiore
Editor
Filmmaker, writer, and artist Chris Fiore, received his BFA from Antioch College in 1984. His first documentary, Trip and Go Naked won the Excellence in Sexual Theater award at the 2004 Arlene’s Grocery Picture Show. He went on to direct the feature documentary Backstage for Miramax, a behind the scenes look at Jay Z’s Hard Knock Life Tour. Fiore has also directed documentaries on the making of the Victoria’s Secret Christmas Catalog, the band Paramore, as well as two prime time specials for Fox Television. His most recent documentary, Goodwoman, tells the story of Debra Goodman, an activist brutally arrested for filming the NYPD. Featured in several film festivals, Goodwoman won the Grand Jury Award at the 2016 LA Film Invasion film festival.
Christian Paris
Composer
Christian Paris is a composer and producer born in Mexico City, focusing on cinematic and audiovisual narrative music, active in the artistic and cultural life of Mexico and participates in collaborations in different countries, such as France, Colombia, Argentina, and the Czech Republic. He has distinguished himself with his focus on the cinematographic world, that is, composition, orchestration and direction of original scores and audiovisual pieces. An alumni of Berlinale Talents 2018, he has collaborated with filmmakers, producers and post-producers such as Lynn Fainchtein, Sebastian Hoffman, Joaquin del Paso (Pan American Machinery), Alonso Ruiz Palacios, Abe Rossenberg, Joe Hemsani (While the Wolf is Not) Santiago de La Paz , Carlos Morales, and Carlos Mignon.
Glassworks VFX
Animation and Color
Glassworks is an award-winning creative studio with locations in London, Amsterdam and Barcelona. For more than 25 years, they have developed visual content for all platforms through creative services such as concept development, live-action production, visual effects, CGI, compositing, design, 2D and 3D animation, color grading, premium finishing, and emerging technologies including VR, AR, and immersive experiences. They believe in craftsmanship, imagination and passion. Their artists brought several animated sections to life in the film, with both traditional and stop motion animation. Their brilliant colorists breathed vivid life into the final film.