Meet the Creators
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Liza Fernandez, a New York City transplant by way of Canada, Australia and Chile, first met Felix Solis, a native Nuyorican, at the famed Goodman Theatre in Chicago while performing the Midwest premiere of Jose Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted in 2009. They came together to create Subway Token Films and wrote their first short film, Tinto (official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival). Since then have written and developed three feature-length scripts, Sonia’s Song, Good Grief and Gentle Rain.
The pulse of this dynamic duo lies at the intersection between Liza's boundless energetic creativity and Felix's intuitive understanding of storytelling. A mutual respect and trust has propelled them into this artistic collaboration where exciting new stories are being born. For more, visit Felix and Liza. |
Meet the Team
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Sarah Baskin, Creative Producer, Actor/Writer
Originally from Montreal, Sarah Baskin is a NYC based actor committed to developing new work, and in the collaborative process of making things. In theatre, Sarah has performed Off-Broadway (Roundabout, Urban Stages, 59E59 & more), regionally & internationally (Portland Center Stage, Capital Repertory Theatre + more), and with several downtown theatre companies here in NYC. Notable collaborations include working with acclaimed screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury on her play, RETROSPECTIVE, as well as several collaborations with Canadian playwright Hannah Rittner. On screen, Sarah has recently been seen on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Divorce", and in independent films “MALAISIA" and "The Lives of Hamilton Fish", which toured museums and art galleries all around the United States. Additionally, Sarah is a company member of The Actors Center, the all-female movement-based company VIRAGO, and a creative producer here with SUBWAY TOKEN FILMS. Sarah holds a BA from Vassar College, and an MFA from American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University. For more, visit Sarah. |
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Jinn S. Kim, Producer/Actor
Jinn was born in Seoul, South Korea; grew up in Tacoma, WA and graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington in Seattle. He studied acting with James Price and Maggie Flanigan among others. He received a Best Actor award (Wasserman) in his first short film role titled STILL. In 1995, Jinn became a member of the acclaimed LAByrinth Theater Company. In addition to acting, he helped produce three LAByrinth productions: Where’s My Money? by John Patrick Shanley, Culture Bandit & Darwaza by Vanessa Hidary & Ajay Naidu and Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis. For Developing Artists Theater Company, he produced Rebel Verses: New Works Festival and Billy Sleepyhead. Jinn is a producer on a pilot titled Nobody’s Nobody (starring Michael K. Williams). For more, visit Jinn. |
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Miguel Alvarez, Cinematographer/Director
Austin-based filmmaker Miguel Alvarez has received awards from the Directors’ Guild of America, Panavision’s Emerging Filmmaker program, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Austin Film Society for his previous short films: Tadpoles, Veterans, KID, Mnemosyne Rising, and Atlantic City. He was selected as a Screenwriting Fellow for the 2013 Latino Screenwriting Project sponsored by Cinefestival and Sundance for his feature screenplay, La Perdida. His most recent project, the short film Atlantic City, was recently chosen for the inaugural Kodak + Kickstarter Film Initiative and his last short documentary, The Giant Still Sleeps, premiered on PBS and the Washington Post. He also serves as Executive Producer for Austin Film Festival's award-winning television show, On Story. Miguel holds both a BS in Mechanical Engineering and MFA in Film Production from the University of Texas at Austin where he continues to lecture today. For more, visit Miguel. |
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Lauren Saffa, Editor
Lauren is a film editor/producer specializing in documentaries. She recently cut The Cost of Silence, a whistleblowing film about the Deepwater Horizon disaster victims, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2020. For ESPN 30 for 30, Lauren just wrapped Blackfeet Boxing about Native American girls learning boxing for self defense. She is in development on a Netflix feature about women's skateboarding in the Olympics. Other editor credits: Do You Trust This Computer about the future of Artificial Intelligence, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (Dir. Ron Howard), and Hooligan Sparrow (Oscar Shortlist Best Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2016). She co-produced and edited the feature documentary Another World about the Occupy Wall Street movement with Director Fisher Stevens (Berlin International Film Festival, 2014). Graduate of Tisch School of the Arts/ Gallatin, NYU. Saffa also produced widely acclaimed political theater and film for The Culture Project in NYC, including the series War Against Wars investigating UN Peacekeeping, which premiered at the UN General Assembly Hall. For more, visit Lauren. |
Friends of the Family
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Cynthia Bastidas
Anthony Ferraro Alice Grindling Brian Ramos |
Trevor Rickner
Carmen Rivera Arian Saleh Sarah Shaefer |
Lauren Shaw
Casey Siemaszko Dani Zarandieta David Zayas |
