Color Blind starring Pilar Lastra of Deal or No Deal

Short Film starring Pilar Lastra of DEAL OR NO DEAL. This film Try to see if you can find her in the film. See if you can spot her in this beautiful love story.



Color Blind (Hollywood Foreign Press Award Winner)


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Color Blind Review

It has been the fascination of humankind to capture the essence of emotion and portray it in such away that it can be appreciated universally. That is the job of an artist, to epitomize the passion so that it is understood a thousand years from now. This hasn’t been more true for no truer an artist than the filmmaker. Nowadays, filmmakers are abundant in the sun-scorched landscape of Los Angeles, most of them from the local universities and colleges. Filmmaking has become such a specialized field that some universities dedicate entire departments and degrees to it. Many of the professionals like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have been known to make great contributions to these institutions.

Enter, Shervin Youssefian and Danny Simonzad of California State University, Northridge. Two filmmakers or I should say artists who have made their stamp on the celluloid scene on many platforms. These award-winning artists came together to produce a work that could stand the test of not just time, but the test of Film Production 250 taught by their professor Nate Thomas. You see, they are not just artists but students of the craft of filmmaking. As I watched the film they had made, uniquely titled “Colorblind”, I knew they were no mere students but rather inconspicuous teachers. The subtle humor, the infinite warmth and the deep wisdom that delicately emanates from “Colorblind” provide the evidence for my words.

“We didn’t even have a script,” boasts Danny Simonzad, the co-director, “we shot what we felt.” They have a unique relationship. As I spoke to them more I realized, that both being very talented and oddly humorous, had very unique characteristics about them. Shervin, not as loud as Danny, was very quick witted with a creative energy about him. Danny, not as subtle as Shervin, had a more direct sense of humor that matched his laughter as it carried down the hall. But you could definitely feel the warmth from these two, especially Danny being bigger than Shervin. They met at Glendale Community College in 1997, taking a media course. “Shervin was editing his project on one of those old VHS A to B editing machines. I was impressed by his work. And he was impressed that I was impressed by his work,” recalls Danny. They hit if off from then on, collaborating on project after project including “Colorblind”. They specifically took their production class so they could work together on films. As it turns out, it was a good thing they did manage to work together, the film they made was a hard act to follow. It was so good, that the film was accepted as their thesis film even though they were at the junior level in the university. “Colorblind” became a tremendous achievement in filmmaking not just at the University level but amongst the festival circuit as well.

The more I was enthralled by the film the more I knew that you cannot be taught the innate talent that was flashing on the screen. Which explained the awards and enumerable film festival selections. Ranging from the Hollywood Press Association Award to winning best short film at the Davis Film festival, “Colorblind” shined. It was accepted to the Los Angeles International Film Festival, The New Orleans Film Festival, the San Diego International Film Festival, (add more festivals). One after another, these festivals were testament that these filmmakers were not just artist with potential, but contenders of today. Keep an eye out at the multiplexes, and stop to read the fine print on the movies posters or the credits at the end of a film to find the names Shervin Youssefian and Danny Simonzad in bold, exuberant letters. Simonzad and Youssefian are now at the helm of Spot On Media, a successful Commercial Production company in Glendale, CA.

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