
Anthony Pedone
Directing
Biography
Anthony Pedone is a Writer/Director/Actor/Producer and Sundance Alumni. Anthony was born in Texas but spent the formational years of his life on a ranch in Clayton, New Mexico. At 16 he moved back to Texas and played in multiple musical projects while studying music at Texas State University. In 2008 he co-founded Robotic Indifference and has collaborated with an innovative and diverse group of artists to produce over a dozen award winning films. In 2015, Anthony produced THE STRONGEST MAN. Written and directed by Kenny Riches, THE STRONGEST MAN world premiere at Sundance and was released theatrically, and on VOD by Film Buff in North America and Sundance Global internationally. Other endeavors include THE WHY which screened in 6 countries, receiving multiple Best Experimental Feature Awards; THE CASSEROLE CLUB, winner of 5 Independent Vision Awards; ISIP THE WARRIOR, winner of Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film at The Key West Film Festival; CAMP CASSEROLE winner of Best of Fest at the Radar Hamburg Film Festival; and ROUNDBALL which world premiered at the 47th Annual World Fest in Houston, TX and received the Platinum Remi award for Best Romantic Comedy. Anthony is also the founder and Executive Director of The Victoria TX Independent Film Festival and The Self-Medicated Film Expo(RxSM). In 2012 Anthony started Film Exchange, an international network of festivals that program several major cities including: Berlin, Austin, New Orleans, New York, Bend, Oregon, Corpus Christi and Lake Tahoe. Film Exchange is dedicated to helping regional films find international audiences, and has generated over 100 screenings internationally, given financial support to indie film projects, and has awarded over $180,000 in film services for its filmmakers in the 3 years it has been in operation. - IMDb Mini Biography By: anthony pedone
Known For

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
Dazed and Confused

Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To

This documentary looks at the surge in political violence through the story of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, showing the roots of anti-government sentiment and its reverberations today, along with the emotionally charged warnings of those who suffered tragic losses in the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history.
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th

CHASING CHASING AMY explores the transformational impact of a ‘90s rom-com on a 12 year old kid from Kansas, coming of age and contending with queer identity. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic, CHASING AMY, became a life raft. As Rodgers examines the film and its making as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema, he finds himself at a complicated crossroads.
Chasing Chasing Amy

An addict ex-politician whose life has spiraled out of control finds redemption when challenged with keeping his sister-in-law and niece alive during the apocalypse.
Jack's Apocalypse

The South Texas town of Victoria faces difficult questions about its own identity after a local mosque is burned to the ground.
A Town Called Victoria

Based on a true story, and set in late 1990 against the backdrop of the first gulf war, An American in Texas is the story of lifelong friends as they reach the cusp of adulthood and must decide between the hollow values of corporate careerism; or the narrow way of individualism and freedom.
An American in Texas
Isip the Warrior follows Isip and Simon, lifelong friends who commiserate in their passive, girl-deficient lives – that is until Isip decides to make a dramatic life change, becoming a self-proclaimed missionary.
Isip the Warrior
Syl is a mother whose young daughter Liberty is abducted by an otherworldly force in the desert. As she desperately searches for answers, Syl is pulled into a tangled web of conspiracy, community secrets, and the supernatural.
Sky Valley

About four American college grads who take their first trip overseas and get caught in an international crime ring. It's an action-packed thrill ride with humour, intrigue, and tweets.
Culture Shock

As dementia engulfs her employer, a fragile home health aide begins to question her own sanity.
Sanzaru

The why is an experiential meditation on death, on loves lost, the duality of mind, and ultimately the nature of attachment and memory turned obsession.
The Why

After a rough breakup, Charlie Monahan dives headfirst into the world of online dating. Guided by his charismatic best friend, Rufus, Charlie meets the charmingly complicated Maggie Mae. Quickly learning the differences between expectations and reality, Charlie's forced to confront the challenges of maintaining a relationship in the digital age. In an era where everyone's connected, Charlie's never felt more apart.
The Lost Weekend

When the local mosque is burned to the ground in an apparent hate crime, the town of Victoria must overcome its age-old political, racial, and economic divides to find a collective way forward.
A Town Called Victoria

A one night only concert experience celebrating the new album Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land. Spend an evening with Marina and her band in the remote California desert, where nature and music will collide and come to life. Playing the new album and fan favorites, let Marina take you away to her unique Land for a night of desert dreaming.
MARINA - Ancient Dreams: Live from the Desert
A powerful cultural documentary about a Caribbean father and son who return to Grenada to reclaim ancestral stories. Blending folklore, myth, and underwater visuals, the film preserves Black heritage and reframes the feared Jab Jab as a symbol of resistance and identity.
CALL OF THE JAB

Anthony Pedone’s film documents an extraordinary response to an appalling American injustice. In 2004, up-and-coming music entrepreneur Weldon Angelos was sentenced to 55 years in federal prison. His crime? Three marijuana sales, totalling $350, to an informer. Angelos’s case became a cause célèbre, attracting rare cross-partisan support: not only did the judge and prosecutor call for his release, but so did powerful conservatives such as Charles Koch. With help from his music industry associates, including Snoop Dogg, Angelos fought long and hard for his freedom, which was only granted after more than a decade.
Unlikely Allies
The story of the revenge rampage and interrogation of a woman who has been done wrong by the men in Hollywood.
The Other Woman

Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores how advances in neuroscience are shedding light on the origins and impact of stress.
One Nation Under Stress
The Antagonist Movement was formed by a group of unknown artists in 2000. Begun in bars and clubs of the Lower East Side, the movement promoted lesser-known works by up-and-coming talent. Over the last thirteen years the Antagonist Movement has grown and expanded from its base in New York to show in cities around the world, including Berlin, Lisbon, and Quito. This film documents the entire history of the Antagonist Movement and the artists involved, employing animation, stop-motion film techniques, interviews, and a killer soundtrack that spans the globe.