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FatsO: When They Fall

"WHEN THEY FALL" is the latest music video by the Jazz/Rock band - FatsO (Bogota, Colombia). - Released March 2021

Filmed on location in Texas and featuring a song about war, around the terror that some may feel in the moments before an attack.

  • Marcelo De Stefano
    Director
  • Daniel Restrepo
    Producer
  • Marcelo De Stefano
    Producer
  • Tori Gene McCarthy
    Producer
  • Alexa Capareda
    Key Cast
  • Chandler Dalton
    Key Cast
  • Ellen Farrell
    Key Cast
  • Elizabeth Farrell
    Key Cast
  • Tori Gene McCarthy
    Cinematography
  • Daniel Restrepo
    Music & Lyrics
  • Marcelo De Stefano
    Choreography
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Student, Web / New Media, Other
  • Genres:
    contemporary, Jazz, Rock, Blues, WWII, TEXAS, Historical
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 26, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    800 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Micro four thirds
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - University of Texas at Austin
  • 6th Annual Bogota Music Video Fest 2021
    Bogota
    Colombia
    November 25, 2021
    Latin American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 6th Annual Austin Music Video Fest 2021
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    December 1, 2021
    North American Premiere
    Overachiever Nominee
Director Biography - Marcelo De Stefano

Documentary filmmaker from Saltillo, Coahuila with a degree in Radio, Film and Television from the University of Texas at Austin. His thesis / documentary TOYAH about the Texan town of the same name, received its North American premiere at SXSW 2022 as part of the Longhorn Denius Showcase. It previously won the Audience Award at VERTIFILMS 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic and was nominated for Best Short Film at the 27th LINEA D'OMBRA 2022 in Salerno, Italy. His documentary work focuses on themes regarding immigration, Chicano identity, as well as the human intervened landscape shared between Texas and Mexico.
Marcelo is also a music video director and cinematographer. His work has been presented at various other festivals such as the Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2021, the Austin Music Video Fest 2021 and the Bogotá Music Video Fest 2021.

Most recently, he was chosen by filmmaker Richard Linklater to receive the 2022 TEXAS WATER FOUNDATION AWARD in recognition of his latest short documentary film - VALLE.

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Director Statement

The film transmits the pain and anguish of the song through interpretative dance. The movement of our subjects and scenery selected, depict the imagery of loss, solitude and destruction, all effects of war, while at the same time showing the strength of the human spirit and its ability to bestow beauty upon the world, even in the worst of circumstances.