Updates, videos and blog posts from H.P. Mendoza
Because of the uncommonly long festival run we had for I Am a Ghost, people have been confused about when the official anniversary is. The film was shot in 2011, did the United States festival run in 2012, then the European run in 2013. It was released theatrically in 2014 and then on home video in 2015.
Well, now that Level 33 Entertainment is our new distributor, I Am a Ghost is receiving the deluxe Blu-Ray treatment with a new…[more]
Fruit Fly - the very first film I ever directed - has moved to Level 33 Entertainment, the distributor who currently has my most recent film The Secret Art of Human Flight! This is the first time the film has been on HD physical media AND it’s the first time the proper 5.1 soundtrack is being presented. (The previous tracks were mishandled during the ingestion process somewhere, and I’ll tell you what…[more]
Hey everybody, it’s H.P. again.
Usually, we do a sing-along after a singer dies (“Hey, let’s do Bowie!” / “Hey, let’s do Leonard Cohen!”) but this is the first time people have asked to do a specific song of mine: “Animated TV Show” (which you can hear/see at this link: https://www.hpmendoza.com/atvs ) In case you haven’t seen our previous videos, here’s a few seconds of each…[more]
For the month of October, the San Francisco Public Library is doing a FREE series focusing on my the music in my films AND I’ll be doing a free LIVE show called “Singing in the Stacks” on October 19th where I lead a sing-along for various songs from films and albums I’ve released over the past 20 years, I hope you can...[more]
Today, our distributor put out the final trailer for the digital release of The Secret Art of Human Flight, and I’ll post it at the end of this piece. I’m thankful to everyone for supporting me during what is always the most important time for me: The release of another movie. Other folks have children; I have these films. It’s what I do. It’s all I want to talk about. It’s my passion, my insecurity and my pride. Even though it’s the first film I directed that I didn’t write, I...[more]
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on Friday night at 7PM! QUEERING PILIPINX AESTHETICS is a three-day art festival showcasing the work of Queer Filipinx artists of all disciplines and I'm going to be kicking it off on Day One in conversation with...[more]
Leah Ferrer started brainstorming with me about ways to "die with dignity" on November 17, 2022 and she gave ALL of us until April 30, 2024 (today) to say goodbye. She was in Switzerland this morning when she passed and we were all over here on Zoom and, while we all agreed that it was an amazing opportunity to be able to say goodbye, it…[more]
I’m this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the 2024 Ouray International Film Festival! Excited to reconnect with Ouray alums and congratulations to this year’s Scholar-in-Residence, James Choi!...[more]
Here’s what Ouray International has to say:…[more]
Hey everyone, so I didn’t have time to get a party together this year. My intention was to throw a party and catch up with folks now that I’m back in “real time”, but I at least want to share the song that I…[more]
This is such a weird and extraordinary circumstance. Leah Ferrer, a dear friend of mine who has been battling cancer for a while is now terminally ill and she made arrangements to fly to Switzerland where she can die with dignity. She tasked me with…[more]
Yesterday, we got to screen The Secret Art of Human Flight as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and they programmed us at The Castro Theatre, whaaaat?!? [more]
