film & tv projects [last updated 5/14/07]

Agamanolis, Bernoski, and Williamson are working independently at this time. See contact page for info on how to contact them directly in regards to demos, licensing, and film projects.

 

Nominations & Awards

arrow The Divine
At the Damah Film Festival 2005 The Divine won Best Picture (30-minute category) and the Audience Favorite Award.
arrow Be Good, Smile Pretty
Emmy-award winning documentary in 2004, best documentary feature at the 2003 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, audience award at the Aspen Film Festival in 2003, 23rd Hawaii International Film Festival Golden Maile Award nominee.
arrow Wednesday Afternoon
In 2005, Wednesday Afternoon was awarded the Gold Medal in the Narrative Category of the 32nd Annual Student Academy Award competition.
arrow Dahmer: The Mind is a Place of its Own
Nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, including the John Cassavetes Award for Best Picture.

Currently Playing

arrow Be Good, Smile Pretty
PBS' Independent Lens Series
arrow Wednesday Afternoon
Showtime's Latino Filmmaker Showcase
arrow Dahmer: The Mind is a Place of its Own
Blockbuster Video, Showtime, PayPerView
arrow Extra & Celebrity Justice
Warner Bros.
arrow All Things Considered
NPR (Siren's music used as buttons between segments)

2007

The O Tapes
This documentary will be showing on Showtime starting February 17th for 15 months. Directed by Chris Arnold, The O Tapes is a feature-length documentary that explores the uncharted world of "female sexuality" through the words, the thoughts and the intimate experiences of over 50 American women between the ages of 18 and 85. Woven throughout the intimate personal encounters are historical segments, animated sequences, musical and comic performances and a "who's who" of the nations leading sexual experts lending both insight and perspective.

MTV
Ground Level from the This Side of North album was heard on 24/7.
Puppet from This Side of North was heard on Why Can't I Be You.

FX
Five Four from the This Side of North album was placed in the second episode of the show, Dirt. Visit http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/dirt/ for more about the show and the featured music.

2006

Lifetime
Silence as the Storm Calms, from the This Side of North album, written and performed by Christina Agamanolis, was used in the show, Monarch Cove.

2005

Underneath
A James Yuan film with a haunting story, Underneath takes place in an isolated country house where a young boy must watch his mother slowly succumb to a relentless sickness. Taking matters into his own hands, the boy decides to protect his mother in the only way he knows how.

Shout
Shout is UCLA Masters thesis film written & directed by Lillian Wang. It is a coming-of-age story about Sadie, an 18-year-old girl, who lives a comfortable yet sterile life in the suburbs. Things change when her dying, cantankerous grandfather comes to live with her, and when her best friend Henry tells her he is going away to college. Sadie's feelings of isolation and discontentment grow. Eventually, the loss she experiences propels her away from home and towards her first act of independence.

Apart
Directed by Oded Raz, Apart tells the story of Richard & Beth. Richard, a middle-aged divorcee, has just ended a month of mourning for his passing father. His relationship with his estranged teenage son is in a frozen state. Beth, Richard’s upstairs neighbor, is a middle-aged divorced woman dealing with her new solitude by being as active as she possibly can. When the two meet in the hallway in the midst of a city blackout, they help each other shed new light on the confusing darkness of their lives.

2004

Anyone
Anyone
, a film by Alonso Mayo for the Esquire Celluloid Style Film Competition. Anyone is about a journalist, Jason Drake, on a mission to uncover the identity of a man captured in an infamous 9/11 photograph. The “Falling Man” was striking for its unusual grace and symmetry, but at the same time haunting for its portrayal of the ultimate choice that many WTC employees took when faced with certain death. Jason thinks he knows who the Falling Man is and now he must confront the man's family.

The Vagina Monologues
Siren creates the musical score for a benefit performance of the acclaimed Vagina Monologues. Haunting, ethereal, uplifting, beats for movement and lists of what a vagina would wear.... Powerful vocals punctuating dramatic stories of women and women's lives. Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by The Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," The Vagina Monologues, which was first performed off-Broadway by Eve Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage, and excitement buried in women's experiences. Ms. Ensler has performed the play as a solo show to great acclaim throughout the world — from Zagreb to Santa Barbara, from London to Seattle, from Jerusalem to Oklahoma City. Now the Monologues are used by local organizations to fund programs to stop violence against women around the world. This multimedia production in Santa Clarita, CA raised $23,000 last year to fund the Santa Clarita Domestic Violence Center and the Valley Trauma Center. This year the performance will raise more then $30,00 for those organizations.

NPR
All Things Considered has been using Siren's instrumental music for "buttons" — the interstitial music between news segments. Click here to listen to Siren's most recent contribution. Siren is pleased to be able to contribute music to public radio.

The O Tapes
Directed by Chris Arnold, The O Tapes is a feature-length documentary that explores the uncharted world of “female sexuality” through the words, the thoughts and the intimate experiences of over 50 American women between the ages of 18 and 85. Woven throughout the intimate personal encounters are historical segments, animated sequences, musical and comic performances and a “who's who” of the nations leading sexual experts lending both insight and perspective.

Hidden Landscape
Hidden Landscape is an ambient/drone release by a small experimental label in Melbourne, Australia named Dreamland Recordings. Inspired by imagination and the hidden life of the sub-glacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, the album is a compilation of tracks by a diverse group of artists from around the world. Siren has one track on the CD, titled "Winter." The release is expected in early 2004.

Wednesday Afternoon
Wednesday Afternoon is an American Film Institute 2003–2004 Masters Thesis Film. It's a realistic drama set in East Los Angeles about a Mexican-American father and son, the loss of the American Dream and the strength of family ties. It was written by AFI Directing Fellow Alonso F. Mayo, adapted from the story Lazos de Famlia (Family Ties) by Bolivian novelist Edmundo Paz-Soldan. In 2005, Wednesday Afternoon was awarded the Gold Medal in the Narrative Category of the 32nd Annual Student Academy Award competition.

The Divine
A film by Tim Hoover, The Divine is a touching and spiritual journey into the life of a deformed eighteen-year-old kid who is left to care for his terminally ill mother. This compelling drama of unconventional beauty will challenge you to see deeper than the surface, to contend for hope when human strength is not enough, and to find The Divine where you least expect it. At the Damah Film Festival 2005 The Divine won Best Picture (30-minute category) and the Audience Favorite Award.

"Celebrity Justice" and "Extra"
Ongoing projects. Please see 2002 reference for more info.

2003

Still Life
A film by Lillian Wang. Love is fear, and time is loss. This experimental narrative is about one man's fear of losing his family and his subsequent emotional journey.

This Girl's Life
Miracle Mile Films, Muse Films and Milkshake films presents a film directed by Ash. The movie takes place within about a month of this girl's life, who has become one of the top porn star in the adult film industry and is also supporting her father, who has Parkinson's disease. The film features appearances by some great actors, including James Woods, Michael Rappaport, and Rosario Dawson. Siren composed additional music for the score.

Be Good, Smile Pretty
A documentary by Tracy Tragos. This very personal film is about Tracy's journey to get to know her father, Don Droz, who was killed in Vietnam when she was three months old. She discovered his story on the Internet last March and has spent the last year tracing his life and getting to know who he was. Be Good, Smile Pretty won the Documentary Feature Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2003 and the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Aspen Filmfest in October 2003. Be Good, Smile Pretty was a featured documentary on PBS' Independent Lens Series.   In 2004, Be Good, Smile Pretty won an Emmy for best documentary film. [To purchase a DVD or video, follow this link ->>]

Celebrity Justice and Extra
Ongoing projects. Please see 2002 reference for more info.

2002

Celebrity Justice
Siren Music Productions has been writing music for this primetime show about the legal blunders of the stars. This is an ongoing project.

Extra
Agamanolis, Bernoski and Williamson composed upbeat techno music for this celebrity news show on NBC. This is an ongoing project.

Dahmer: The Mind Is a Place of Its Own
A film by David Jacobson about the infamous serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. Scored by Christina Agamanolis, Mariana Bernoski and Willow Williamson, Dahmer was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, including the John Cassavetes Award for Best Picture. The soundtrack features Williamson, Bernoski and Agamanolis' voices, organ, and guitar performance as well as an abundance of sample processed soundscapes. Variety wrote, "The exquisite soundtrack pulsates with selected sounds conveying (sans images) violence and an electronic score of unnerving moodiness."

2001

Willow Williamson, Mariana Bernoski
After School Special
A film by David Quantic. The score includes pieces that range from techno to rock to electronic.