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Sacha Rodríguez

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Sacha had produced a number of music videos before undertaking a production attachment at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, stepping into his first production role as a ‘runner’ on the feature film ‘Dangerous Game’ (1988) and producing his first TV Show, a rap music documentary for SBS (1989).

A myriad music videos, and TV commercials later (1990’s); he goes on to manage major events, large-scale TV productions and live concerts for television networks in America – mostly for MTV Networks.

Sacha joins the Producer’s Post Graduate at Melbourne’s VCA School of Film and Television, produces a number of award-winning short films, and goes onto a yearlong Screen Australia and Film Victoria funded internship to Los Angeles, working under iconic American Producer Don Murphy, and at Mark Cuban’s short lived but celebrated mini-studio ‘2929’, under sales & acquisitions executive extraordinaire, Shebnem Askin, among other Hollywood film professionals.

Sacha returns to Australia and begins developing screenplays while working on various ‘bread and butter’ short take commercial productions, partially distracted but working with partners and collaborators to stay focused on consolidating a slate of feature projects.

In 2015 Sacha joins the Vedado Films team and produces the youth culture documentary ‘Habana 16’ in Cuba. Going on to lay the foundation for the company’s filmed entertainment division alongside renowned Mexican filmmaker Gabriel Beristain, Vedado Film’s President.

Vedado Films has now developed an exciting slate of screen titles and begun production, including recently completed feature film ‘Havana Kyrie’ starring Franco Nero and Ron Perlman, a feature length documentary currently in post-production and the pilot for a 10 part series shooting late in 2020. And also embarking on a number of new projects like the upcoming feature ‘The House of Abraham Phillips’, to be shot in Wales and helmed by Gabriel Beristain.

Projects involving Sacha Rodríguez

Havana Kyrie

An aging, down-on-his-luck Italian conductor reluctantly travels back to Havana, Cuba, to oversee performances of compositions in which he specializes. His concerns seem well-founded when his trip starts off on the wrong foot and he is quickly met by the son he never knew he fathered years ago, but his past eventually adds new purpose and meaning to his present. This is a heart-warming, nostalgic tale of a quirky old man rediscovering the “spice of life” once again.

Faster Than Light

Josef, an unemployed history academic, has to negotiate the worlds of biohacking, time dilation, and high finance in order to save his estranged brother Harry.

The Foam of Days

Four lifelong friends, their friendship stressed to breaking point endures by tragedy...

Fidel Up Close

There is probably no other protagonist of the 20th century who has been as much talked about and as studied as Fidel Castro. Fidel Up Close is a meticulously crafted documentary film said to be "the definitive documentary on Fidel Castro' by the few who've seen it in preview.

The Rainstorm

An account of the life and achievements of Thomas Bethune, a blind African American pianist whose musical abilities astonished his American and European audiences.

Tribes

In 1969, a group of Native Americans occupied Alcatraz Island for 19months. This is their story.

Short Order Cooks

The first scripted reality show that combines two audience favorites: Little people and FOOD! Each 30 minute episode features a new cooking challenge and Little People contestants will compete for the title of: BEST LITTLE CHEF Backstories, drama, and bad attitudes converge to create a dynamic and exciting cooking show that’s as funny as it is entertaining!