CLUBSCENE
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CLUBSCENE is a short film by Italian-Canadian
filmmaker Adriano Valentini and features Mystery Hunters
star Christina Broccolini
. Shot in April 2008, CLUBSCENE was Valentini's Advanced Film Project while studying under director Susan Seidelman
at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
. In 2009, the film was awarded the Wasserman/King Finalist Award as well as the Craft Award in Screenwriting at NYU's First Run Film Festival
. The film was then invited to be screened at the prestigious 2009 Haig P. Manoogian
Screenings at the Directors Guild of America
Theater in Los Angeles. Following its success, the films creators have begun adapting the concept into a web series, further exploring the world and characters.
Bartender Gabe Garibaldi, played by Carmine DiBenedetto, is the King of the Clubscene in Montreal
– the nightlife capital of North America. His uncle’s popular club – Club Touch – is the hottest spot in the city. Every night, Gabe and his buddies - club promoter Paul DelDuca (Aaron Colom) and celebrity DJ Vinni V(Nardeep Khurmi) – create the wild unforgettable atmosphere for the Montreal locale and tourists from all over the world.
Gabe lives a high profile lifestyle. The girls love him. The guys want to be him. He gets what he wants when he wants it. And he loves it. Until he meets a girl who calls him out on his shallow lifestyle. She doesn’t fall head over heals for him. She doesn’t care that he’s best friends with DJ Vinni V. She’s unlike any girl he’s ever met. He realizes his life of perpetual hedonism is leaving him unfulfilled and disconnected. But he’s unsure how to get out, how to change. He begins to reevaluate his lifestyle and question who his friends really are.
. "The Bartender", a short film follow up to CLUBSCENE focusing on Gabe and The Girl Upstairs, was an Official Selection at the 2010 Brooklyn International Film Festival
.
To promote the series, four short films were created, each focusing on one of the main characters - The Bartender, The Under-Ager, The Promoter and The DJ. The Bartender recently premiered at the 2010 Brooklyn International Film Festival
.
Italian-Canadian
An Italian Canadian is a Canadian of Italian descent or heritage. According to the 2006 census of Canada, 1,445,335 Canadians consider themselves to be of Italian origin. The Italian-Canadian population climbed by more than 12% and half have combined Italian origins along with another ethnic...
filmmaker Adriano Valentini and features Mystery Hunters
Mystery Hunters
Mystery Hunters is a Canadian Documentary television series aimed at a Young audience. It aired on YTV in Canada and on Discovery Kids in the United States. It was also dubbed in Japanese and aired in Japan on NHK....
star Christina Broccolini
Christina Broccolini
Christina Broccolini is a Canadian actress and producer, best known for her role in the popular television series Mystery Hunters.- Biography :Broccolini was raised in West Island, Montreal, Quebec...
. Shot in April 2008, CLUBSCENE was Valentini's Advanced Film Project while studying under director Susan Seidelman
Susan Seidelman
Susan Seidelman is an American director, producer, writer, and actress.-Career:Susan Seidelman belongs to the first wave of female independent film makers in the American cinema of the 1980s. She graduated Abington Senior High School in 1969 , and went on to study fashion and arts at Drexel...
at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
. In 2009, the film was awarded the Wasserman/King Finalist Award as well as the Craft Award in Screenwriting at NYU's First Run Film Festival
First Run Film Festival
Each Spring, the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television presents the First Run Festival to showcase over 120 intermediate and advanced projects in film, video, and animation....
. The film was then invited to be screened at the prestigious 2009 Haig P. Manoogian
Haig P. Manoogian
Haig Manoogian was an Armenian-American professor of film at New York University and a major early influence for many filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, who was a student of his.- Martin Scorsese :...
Screenings at the Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
Theater in Los Angeles. Following its success, the films creators have begun adapting the concept into a web series, further exploring the world and characters.
Plot
CLUBSCENE is a fast paced coming of age dramedy chronicling the self abusing lifestyle of a young clubber as he comes to the realization that there must be something more to his shallow, materialistic, vulgar, yet often hilarious, life.Bartender Gabe Garibaldi, played by Carmine DiBenedetto, is the King of the Clubscene in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
– the nightlife capital of North America. His uncle’s popular club – Club Touch – is the hottest spot in the city. Every night, Gabe and his buddies - club promoter Paul DelDuca (Aaron Colom) and celebrity DJ Vinni V(Nardeep Khurmi) – create the wild unforgettable atmosphere for the Montreal locale and tourists from all over the world.
Gabe lives a high profile lifestyle. The girls love him. The guys want to be him. He gets what he wants when he wants it. And he loves it. Until he meets a girl who calls him out on his shallow lifestyle. She doesn’t fall head over heals for him. She doesn’t care that he’s best friends with DJ Vinni V. She’s unlike any girl he’s ever met. He realizes his life of perpetual hedonism is leaving him unfulfilled and disconnected. But he’s unsure how to get out, how to change. He begins to reevaluate his lifestyle and question who his friends really are.
Awards
In 2009, CLUBSCENE was awarded the Wasserman/King Finalist Award and the Craft Award in Screenwriting at NYU's First Run Film FestivalFirst Run Film Festival
Each Spring, the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television presents the First Run Festival to showcase over 120 intermediate and advanced projects in film, video, and animation....
. "The Bartender", a short film follow up to CLUBSCENE focusing on Gabe and The Girl Upstairs, was an Official Selection at the 2010 Brooklyn International Film Festival
Brooklyn International Film Festival
The Brooklyn Film Festival ', prior to 2011 called the Brooklyn International Film Festival ' is an independent film festival held every June in Brooklyn, New York...
.
CLUBSCENEtheSERIES
Recently, CLUBSCENE creator Adriano Valentini has adapted the concept into a webseries at www.CLUBSCENEtheSERIES.com. The series focuses on the four main characters - Gabe Garibaldi, Paul DelDuca, DJ Vinni V and Murray. Just when Gabe's about to break free from his lifestyle of clubbing and partying, he's put in charge of the city's hottest night club - Club Touch. He's then forced to juggle his family, his immature friends, his club life and his addiction to alcohol, sex and espresso while still striving for something more.To promote the series, four short films were created, each focusing on one of the main characters - The Bartender, The Under-Ager, The Promoter and The DJ. The Bartender recently premiered at the 2010 Brooklyn International Film Festival
Brooklyn International Film Festival
The Brooklyn Film Festival ', prior to 2011 called the Brooklyn International Film Festival ' is an independent film festival held every June in Brooklyn, New York...
.