The Entertainment business is always looking for the next biggest thing – the next biggest pop star, chick-lit novelist, or teenage heartthrob – but never before have a car company and marketing agency come so thrillingly close to hitting the mark. Scion and malbon Brothers Farms (mBF) have joined forces to select 10 fledgling filmmakers for the independent film circuit through the Scion Easy 10 Film Series. The project, now in its first year, creates 15-20 minute films by pairing members of this elite class. Each short film will premiere in Los Angeles and New York and join Scion’s Route Film Series in August of 2007. In addition to this exposure, each filmmaker chosen will attend three film festivals of their choice with support from Scion. This partnership promises an excellent yield from many different arenas in film, from documentaries to fiction.The ten filmmakers chosen for this year’s circuit are David Choe, Chris Cruse, Blue Davis, Roger Gastman, Monihan, Reza Moosavi, Nemo, Jack Pearley and Dennis White, and were selected for their originality, as well as their revolutionary style and subject matter. Jeri Yoshizu, Scion sales and promotions manager, says that "this is a unique opportunity for these artists to showcase their originality, test new waters, and begin to make a name for themselves as filmmakers."

Scion will screen all 10 films in an exclusive premier once at Sandbox Studios (250 Hudson Street, 11th Floor) in New York on August 2, and once in Los Angeles (screening information coming soon). After each screening, there will be a meet and greet with the innovative filmmakers at a VIP reception.

Select films will also be shown before each Route 07: Scion Independent Film Series screening, which launches in September of 2007.

SCION EASY 10 FILM SYNOPSIS:

23 Short Films
A film by David Choe and Pete Glover
Choe and Glover co-direct 23 slices of experience by manipulating time and space through the usage of various pieces of equipment and techniques.

Norman
A film by Chris Cruse
Norman takes to the skies in typical airlines to escape the pressures and responsibilities of everyday life. When he randomly comes across a particular traveler, his path may be rerouted.

Endless Knot
A film by Blue Davis and Danny Brown
Two monks recently released from a lifetime of spiritual and physical training start on two contradictory paths, in this avant-garde story by the two filmmakers.

The Pigeon Mumbler
A film by Roger Gastman
Mike Alicea, a Brooklyn native and lifelong pigeon handler, gives Gastman and the viewers a peek into the surprisingly cutthroat world of pigeon keepers.

Notes on a Paper Plane
A film by Nemo Librizzi
Hope Hill has just started her first job selling newspapers in her Harlem neighborhood. On her first day, she is subject to a stream of counsel and wonders whether she wants to grow up at all.

La Voz De Los Silenciados (The Voice of the Voiceless)
A film by Monihan Monihan
Based on actual events, Olga, a young deaf-mute woman is lured from her village in Guatemala to the U.S. by the promises, which ultimately prove to be false, of a philanthropic sign language school in New York.

Guardians of Hope
A film by Reza Moosavi
Guardians of Hope is a documentary which covers the efforts of social workers in Los Angeles to provide aid and representation to the homeless population of the city.

Native New Yorker
A film by Jack Pearley
Day, a rapper from Brooklyn, is caught up in a double life caused by the conflict he feels between representing the streets and pursuing his passion for film leads to a double life.

Castellars: Human Castles in the Sky
A film by Dennis White
Castellars takes place in the Tarronga region of Spain, and documents the centuries-old tradition of competitive human castle building.

Correfoc: Dancing with the Devil in Barcelona
A film by Dennis White
This film documents the ancient Spanish art of dancing with fire by taking the viewer through Catalunya, Spain, to the festival known as Correfoc.