Charming Stranger Films

SAVERIO will be part of the virtual program at the 12th Annual Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival! You can watch SAVERIO from wherever you are starting TODAY until November 1, with tickets available now! 🎥: loom.ly/LKDviJs

SAVERIO returns to LA as an official selection of The Reel Champions Shorts Fest! It screens on Oct 25 at 5 PM as part of the "Expect the Unexpected" block. Get tickets NOW — loom.ly/LRCVQSQ 🎬

JOYBUBBLES is heading back to WA, but this time for the Tacoma Film Festival! ✨ Told through archival footage and Joybubbles’ own voice recordings, it screens on October 24 at 11:45 PM at The Grand Cinema! Presented with audio description headsets and closed captions. 🎟️🎟️🎟️: loom.ly/cDONRjo

SAVERIO's next stop this month: the Awareness Film Festival! Their lineup is built around films that do more than entertain, and we’re so honored to be part of it! Our short film that sheds light on “granny dumping” screens on Oct 18 at 4 PM! 🎥 Tickets are on sale now: loom.ly/J1Hy8Ek

JOYBUBBLES is a captivating documentary about a boy who is born blind and discovers he can control the global telephone system simply by whistling a magic tone, sparking a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and modern technology. Plays Mon 10/12 at 6:30pm at the SIFF Film Center. ☎️

It’s 1995. Someone landed on your line, not knowing this world. Whether they leave more curious or scared? You won’t know until the line goes dead. 1337 hits NYC on NOV 22, as part of Odyssey Works’ New Frame 2026. Details soon! An interactive phone experience by Charming Stranger / @cameowood.com

New York friends, we’re so excited to announce that SAVERIO is officially selected for the NYC Indie Shorts Awards! Our #shortfilm will screen on October 4 at 12:30 PM at the Cinema Village in Manhattan! Get your tickets here: loom.ly/7dinokk%F0%9...

A night that brings together the spirit & the sip of a new community. The developmental production of SIP, an immersive 70-min theatrical drink-tasting experience from Culture House Immersive & The Catamounts is coming to Denver! Meet the Sip Society. Coming to CO from Oct 2-25. 🎟️: loom.ly/Fq8fY2g

Introducing 1337, a new immersive experience from Charming Stranger / @cameowood.com! Someone joins the illegal conference call. Someone waits on the line. That’s the MENTOR, and we’re casting now! California-based actors: remote, paid, and closes Sept 30! Apply: loom.ly/gBpYFPM #castingcall

‼️NOW CASTING‼️ We're looking for California-based actors for 1337, a phone-based interactive show! A one-on-one experience performed live, entirely by phone, for a single audience member at a time. 100% remote, apply by September 30th: cameo.name/1337-Mentor/ #castingcall

It's here! Ellen Ancui’s SAVERIO is streaming now as part of the Women Over 50 Film Festival’s online program! 🎞️ Watch from home through October 5th — loom.ly/fGEsKSY #WOFFF26

SAVERIO is officially selected for the Independent Writers Caucus (IWC) Short Film Festival! Our short film will screen on Sept 12 at 10:30 AM at Laemmle NoHo 7, followed by a reception at Lawless Brewing Co. at 12:30 PM! Come join us in North Hollywood — tickets here: loom.ly/g4l1I4c 🌟

LA, we’re back! SAVERIO will be screening again in LA, this time for the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival! Screening on September 19 at 3 PM in the ‘Alliance of Women Directors’ block at the Eastwood Performing Arts Center! Tickets are live now ➡️ loom.ly/Xy1mozk

do you... want to find aliens??? One solo traveler. One hour encounter. Somewhere in LA this September. Candle House's THE PINEAPPLE has limited tickets available, book your spot now: candlehouse.org/tickets/pine...

Whoa - just saw Joybubbles at #hope26 and it was absolutely amazing & beautiful. Definitely see this documentary if you can.

JOYBUBBLES is headed to the 28th #SidewalkFilmFestival on August 29th at 8 PM at the Alabama Theatre in downtown Birmingham’s Theatre District! Audio description and captioning devices will be available upon request, and a Q&A will follow the screening. 🎟️ Get your tickets NOW — loom.ly/FSSdkNc

Director/writer of SAVERIO, Ellen Ancui, sits down with John Wildman at #FilmsGoneWild to chat all about SAVERIO! From its 'coming-of-aging' story and the reality of elder abandonment, to the challenges of filming inside a car and future plans for the short film. 🎥 Full interview: loom.ly/8a76n3k

Alabama, we heard you calling! JOYBUBBLES is officially selected for the 28th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival ☎️ Join us on August 29 at 8 PM as part of the ‘Women in Film’ program, audio description and captioning devices will be available upon request! Grab your tickets now! 🎟️: loom.ly/FSSdkNc

Every great film begins with a blank slate. But what happens when creativity comes at a cost? Watch @cameowood.com's REAL ARTISTS, now available on digital platforms: loom.ly/KR5RsMw!

Couldn’t make it to an in-person screening for SAVERIO? Well… we got some good news! Very excited to share that SAVERIO is officially selected for the Women Over 50 Film Festival’s online program, streaming September 4 — October 5! 📽️ Watch it from anywhere! More details: loom.ly/MPKtB1w

This is a wonderful documentary that you should see whether you'd heard of Joybubbles or not and whether you identify as a, um, phone enthusiast, or not.

A slice-of-life meditation on justice and perception. If STALLED IN EIGHT ETUDES has been on your watchlist, now’s the time to watch it from home! 🎥: loom.ly/y9lbsSo "The film's essence lies in the meticulous focus on each woman, highlighting that the personal is political." - Director Kersti Bryan

G’day, Melbourne! JOYBUBBLES is heading back to Australia for the Melbourne International Film Festival w/ THREE screenings! 🇦🇺 It will screen on 8/8 at 1:30 PM, 8/11 at 4:00 PM & 8/18 at 6:45 PM! The 8/11 screening is a sensory-friendly session featuring open audio description. Tix: loom.ly/iftCSqk

Looks like SAVERIO is making another memorable festival stop 🌟 So honored that SAVERIO has been nominated for Best Screenplay (Short) at the Waco Independent Film Festival! The biggest thank you to the team at #WIFF26! Screening on 7/17 at 1:30 PM. Texas, we’ll see you soon! 🎟️ loom.ly/8GCBmz0 🎟️

"Joybubbles serves as a blueprint for accessibility." — Lauren A, Disability Belongs Born blind and yearning for connection, JOYBUBBLES continues its festival run this July at Galway Film Fleadh (loom.ly/xx7Karo) & We Crip Film Festival (loom.ly/Di08mTg)! 🇮🇪🤍🇬🇧

Next stop… Waco! SAVERIO is heading your way for the Waco Independent Film Festival, one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals! SAVERIO will screen on July 17 at 1:30 PM as part of the ‘You Cannot Get There From Here’ block! See y’all there? Tickets are available here: loom.ly/8GCBmz0

JOYBUBBLES is making the call to the 15th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival in Texas! ☎️ Join us on August 1 at 1 PM at the Bishop Arts Theatre Center for a screening of JOYBUBBLES! Get your tickets NOW: loom.ly/jENO600

I’ll be at this UK festival premiere of the Joybubbles documentary down in London, it is being hosted by the British Film Institute and I believe there are still tickets available. whatson.bfi.org.uk/online/defau...

We Crip Film Festival will open with JOYBUBBLES for its UK premiere in London on July 18 at 6 PM! Taking place during #DisabilityPrideMonth, it means so much to be part of a Festival that celebrates disabled filmmaking & reclaiming authentic representation 💛 Tickets & more info: loom.ly/cNRxbJM 🇬🇧

A jazz club where every song launches a new case. A note on your cocktail napkin. A portal in the cleaning closet. Last month, Culture House's creative team began developing a new narrative-driven experience, CLUB HOLMES, co-produced by @cameowood.com / Charming Stranger Films. The game is afoot! 🔍