By Paloma Valenzuela for Jewish Arts Collaborative

Behind the Scenes of “The Seltzer Factory” Short Film

Some behind-the-scenes photos of filming “The Seltzer Factory,” a short film written and directed by Paloma Valenzuela.

April 28, 2022

"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)
"The Seltzer Factory" (Photo: Paloma Valenzuela)

On April 9, 2022, I gathered with friends, family and Boston artists and creatives to film scenes for my upcoming short film “The Seltzer Factory,” where I explore my family’s story on my mother’s side, starting from a small town in Hungary (now Romania).

Poster March 2022 JPEG

(Image: Beryl Schmitt)

These are some behind-the-scenes photos from that shoot in Jamaica Plain.

Crew:

Paloma Valenzuela (Director, Writer, Producer)
Steve Osemwenkhae (Director of Photography)
Noelle Rudeen (Sound and Production Assistance)
Maddox Ramirez (Sound and Production Assistance)

Starring:

José Ramirez (Máximo)
Courtney Jacobovits (Herself)
Ari Jacobovits (Himself)
Monica Cohen (Herself)
Ross Fujita (Himself)
Craig Akira Fujita (Himself)
Paloma Valenzuela (Herself)

Special shout-out to Denise Delgado, Egleston Square Mainstreet, Wilda, Dariel and La Peraviana! Thank you so much to Beryl Schmitt Salinger, Darcy Salinger and Eduardo Valenzuela for everything!

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Paloma Valenzuela

Paloma Valenzuela is a Dominican-American, Jewish-American writer, director, actress and educator originally from Boston. She is the creative director of the production company La Palomita Productions, LLC. She is the writer/producer/creator of the comedic web series “The Pineapple Diaries.” The show was featured in Latina Magazine’s “5 Web Series Every Latinx Needs to Watch Right Now.” She is a 2018-2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Neighborhood Salon Luminary and between 2020-2021 directed an eight-episode video series for the museum called “Luminary Lens Series.” She is a 2019 City of Boston Artist Fellow. In 2019 she won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy at the Iris Dominicana Movie Awards for her role as Lolita in the Dominican film “Un 4to de Josué,” which can be found on HBO. Her writing was recently published in the anthology book “Ni De Aquí Ni de Allá,” a compilation of stories and works by Dominican-American writers created by the Dominican Writers Association. She works as a teaching artist in Boston and teaches screenwriting as a lecturer at Brandeis University. She recently joined the ICA Teens film school faculty at the Institute of Contemporary Art as the teaching artist for its Fast Forward Film Program.