ABOUT
Christopher is a designer and independent filmmaker. His movies have screened in numerous festivals and other various curated media as well as on television stations worldwide. Screenings include The Film Society of Lincoln Center, San Francisco International Film Festival (Golden Gate Award Winner), Indie Lisboa (Onda Curta Award Winner), MTV and Canal+.
FEATURES
Christopher has completed one feature film and has a second in production with his boutique film production studio, Film Club 13: www.filmclub13.com
THE BITCOIN EXECUTOR
Below is a teaser trailer for The Bitcoin Executor, a feature length narrative project currently in production. For more information visit: www.thebitcoinexecutor.com.
GIVER TAKER HEARTBREAKER
Below is the trailer for Giver Taker Heartbreaker, a low-fi surrealist dark comedy shot in NYC on MiniDV in 2007 and 2008 with no money as an experimental project. The movie was remastered and released in 2020 as a 90 minute feature. You can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/givertakerheartbreaker
MUSIC VIDEOS
MORE MUSIC VIDEOS:
VO5: Dance Originality (2015)
VO5: We’re Getting Older (2016)
Bridges and Powerlines: Even Killers Need a Home (2016)
Bridges and Powerlines: National Fantasy (2016)
Her Magic Wand: Draw a Line (2016)
FLAUNT: My Clone Sleeps Alone (2015)
Cloud Boat: Kowloon Bridge (2013)
FLAUNT: Codon (2014)
Cloud Seeding: Ink Jar (2011)
FLAUNT: CNQR (2015)
FLAUNT: Dipped in Ecstasy – Mark Picchiotti Radio Mix (2014)
Bridges and Powerlines: Williamsburg (2013)
Bridges and Powerlines: Bushwick (2013)
FLAUNT: Spiritualized (2014)
Japan Soul: Hey Yah Hey (2013)
FLAUNT: You Sure Know How to Hurt Someone (2016)
Cloud Seeding: Newer Testament (2012)
Okay: Compass (2005)
SHORTS
MORE SHORTS:
Complete Silence (2016)
Overhead Light (2017)
Forgotten (2017)
The Surrealist (2011)
Yellow Carnation (2011)
CRIME SCENE GREENPOINT (2007)
SCREENINGS
Canal +
Indie Lisboa (Onda Curta Award)
Labocine
MTV’s The Freshmen (3 time winner)
Raw Science Film Festival
Rooftop Films
RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal)
Rural Route Film Festival
Sacalacalaca
San Francisco International Film Festival (Golden Gate Award)
SBS Australia
Scanners: the Video Festival by the Film Society of Lincoln Center
SCI-FI-LONDON
Shiny Awards
Small Chair (McSweeney’s iphone app)
VOTD (3 time winner)
Wholphin (curated video periodical published by McSweeney’s)
World Film Festival of Bangkok
PRESS
The Café Bitcoin Podcast (beginning around the 1 hour mark): The Bitcoin Executor, Bitcoin Art & Film!
Filmmaker Magazine: Watch: Christopher Arcella’s Bitcoin-Inspired Short, The Satoshi Sculpture Garden
Atwood Magazine: “National Fantasy” Searches for Meaning