A barber by day in Bridgenorth, Adriano Ferreri is about to premiere his debut feature film with an exclusive screening at 7:30 p.m. at Galaxy Cinemas (320 Water St., Peterborough) on Thursday, June 28th.
Almost three years in the making, E.M.P. 333 Days was shot entirely in the Kawarthas and features local actors, with the lead role of Niamh played by Adriano’s teenaged daughter Rosa Ferreri, in her first feature film role.
Other local actors appearing in the film include Liam Davidson (best known for his work at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook) as William, Martin Saunders as John, Derek Bell as Craig, Cheryl Jan Ellis as Grandma, and Dan Smith as Zain.
E.M.P. 333 Days is an 83-minute thriller about what happens to introverted 11-year-old Niamh (Rosa Ferreri) after an electromagnetic pulse weapon fries all electrical devices, returning North America to pre-industrial conditions and sending it into anarchy. Niamh must fend and fight for herself while trying to find her father John (Martin Saunders).
Producer and director Adriano Ferreri has been interested in filmmaking since he was a teenager. He graduated from Niagara College’s film and broadcasting program in 1998, but after marrying his wife Michelle (also an executive producer on the film) in 2002 and starting a family, he began working as a barber in 2005 and took over his uncle’s barbershop in 2014.
Since launching his production company Ferreri Films in 2007, he has managed to produce some short films while balancing work and family but hadn’t fulfilled his dream of making a feature film.
“I gave up weekends and every spare hour I had to finish this movie,” he says. “I wrote it to match our community and showcase our area, but also to prevent travel costs and ultimately a higher budget. I have wanted to make a feature film since film school, but life often has other plans — but it’s never too late to pursue your dreams.”
Adriano cast his daughter Rosa in the lead role of Niamh as she had some local theatrical acting experience and, more importantly, she was almost always available given her father’s eratic shooting schedule spanning more than a year.
A limited number of advance tickets are available for $10 each in Peterborough at The Pasta Shop at 166 Sherbrooke Street, Pensieri Shoes at 373 George Street North, and Fresh Country Pies & Produce at 566 Frank Hill Road, and in Bridgenorth at Sam’s Nephews Barber Shop.
Adriano has offered to give a portion of tickets sales to the Greater Peterborough Health Services Foundation’s Mindfulness program.
For more information about E.M.P. 333 Days, visit www.ferrerifilms.com.
VIDEO: “E.M.P. 333 Days” Trailer
Tickets are available NOW!!! Local exclusive screening in Peterborough Ontario at Galaxy Cinemas Thursday June 28th 7:30pm in theatre #9!!
Tickets avail for pickup at The Pasta Shop on Sherbrooke St, Pensieri Shoes LTD Fresh Country Pies & Produce and Sams Nephews Barber Shop in Bridgenorth beside home hardware:
This is the official EMP trailer release.
A bit of background on the director Adriano Ferreri.
My goal before marriage and children was to make a feature film, but life often has different plans, and like so many people, my dreams and aspirations got pushed to the side for other dreams and goals.
But the goal to make a feature film still burned inside of me.
This project that has taken my time and often my sanity for the past three years.
Please watch, please comment and please share. Please come to the premiere if you can!
The movie was all locally shot in Peterborough and the Kawarthas and features all local talent, including my daughter. There’s an incredible team of people who made this possible and I’m pretty pumped to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!
??Posted by Ferreri Films on Sunday, April 22, 2018
